About the role

  • Senior Security Engineer at Float enhancing security for fintech features. Leading initiatives to implement security controls and work closely with cross-functional teams for compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Owning and improving AWS and GitHub security guardrails, including IAM, OIDC, network segmentation, and CI/CD hardening.
  • Leading automation for vulnerability management and cloud posture using our security tools and infrastructure-as-code.
  • Partnering with developers to embed secure SDLC practices, including dependency scanning, secret management, and threat modeling for high-risk features.
  • Helping mature endpoint and identity security while ensuring full coverage and strong baselines.
  • Tuning and expanding detection and response capabilities, developing playbooks, alert pipelines, and response automation.
  • Contributing to evidence automation for PCI DSS 4.0 and SOC 2, ensuring “compliance by default.”
  • Championing security metrics that matter: coverage, time-to-remediate, and control effectiveness.

Requirements

  • Strong background in security, authentication, infrastructure, and cloud technologies, including vulnerability management and threat detection/remediation.
  • Familiarity with integrating security practices into CI/CD pipelines, ideally using tools such as Buildkite.
  • Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security, particularly with Terraform.
  • Knowledge of compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
  • Experience with risk assessment and management in cloud environments, as well as network monitoring and intrusion detection/prevention.
  • Hands-on experience with vulnerability scanning tools and methods for identifying, prioritizing, and remediating vulnerabilities.
  • Strong grasp of common security vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top Ten) and security testing techniques.
  • Experience with Auth0 and Okta for user management, SSO, and MFA.
  • Familiarity with implementing and managing IAM policies, RBAC, and user lifecycle best practices.
  • Experience securing PostgreSQL databases (access control, encryption, auditing).
  • Proficiency in Python for scripting, automation, and API integrations, including developing and maintaining security automation tools.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation, equity options, and benefits
  • Hybrid work model – we are based in Toronto with in-office days for connection and collaboration
  • Enjoy catered team lunches every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
  • Bring your pup to our dog-friendly office
  • Thrive in a high-trust, high-performance culture where your work truly matters

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

AWSCloudPostgresPythonSDLCTerraform

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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