Staff Product Security Engineer

Airwallex•San Francisco, CA

2d•$220,000 - $280,000

About The Position

As a Staff Product Security Engineer at Airwallex, you will be a trusted member of the Information Security team, working closely with Infrastructure, Product, and Engineering teams across the business. Reporting directly to the Product Security Engineering Manager, you will help identify, protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity threats. This is a dynamic, hands-on role involving the design, development, and management of infrastructure projects, processes, and standards related to the security of networks, systems, and applications. The role is based in San Francisco, Sydney, or Melbourne.

Requirements

8+ years working in a security engineering or incident response role within a tech company.
In-depth expertise with at least one major cloud platform.
Strong knowledge of common software development tools and infrastructure, including CI/CD tooling and pipelines.
Comprehensive understanding of common attacker tools and techniques, how to detect and prevent them, and the ability to respond to incidents with high depth and quality of investigation.
Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical security and software concepts to a non-technical audience.
Passion for solving the complex challenges of high-growth startups.
Self-motivation and drive to learn new skills or deepen existing skills.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or similar.
Recognised training or cybersecurity certifications, such as OSCP, GIAC, or CEH.
Strong experience with Splunk and other common security monitoring tools.
Past DevOps/SRE experience with Kubernetes.
Experience with GCP or Alibaba Cloud, with or without certification.
Experience with Okta, GSuite, and cloud-based VPN services.
Experience with Python and Java/Kotlin.
Published articles, journals, or blogs related to cybersecurity.

Responsibilities

Create and build security controls that strengthen Airwallex’s ability to scale securely.
Design and deliver security improvements across applications, software, and services.
Develop and operationalise detection strategies and response workflows to improve the speed and effectiveness of incident response.
Build and enhance secure systems through strong integration, testing, operations, and maintenance practices.
Leverage and analyse endpoint, network, and cloud telemetry to identify, investigate, and mitigate threats.
Design, implement, and maintain cybersecurity infrastructure that improves resilience across the Airwallex environment.
Investigate, contain, and respond to cybersecurity incidents to reduce risk and strengthen defensive capability.
Assess and improve system and network security by identifying vulnerabilities, configuration issues, and remediation opportunities.
Collect and analyse threat intelligence and forensic evidence to better understand, track, and disrupt threats.
Conduct and support defensive operations, tactical forensics, and threat hunting to strengthen security outcomes.
Partner with teams across Airwallex to embed security into new and existing applications, software, and services and drive continuous improvement.