Responsibilities
- Drive the application security roadmap: threat modelling standards, secure code review practices, API security testing strategy, and security pipeline architecture
- Define the company's approach to securing AI/agentic workflows – setting guardrails for prompts, destructive actions, and data exposure, and advising other teams building with LLMs/MCP servers
- Set the technical direction for detection engineering, alert pipelines, and automated response across the security stack (Datadog SIEM, CrowdStrike, Cloudflare), and raise the bar on how the team designs and reviews detections
- Own incident response readiness at a program level: design IR playbooks, lead tabletop exercises, and act as technical lead during major incidents
- Set the standard and approach for cloud security assessments across AWS and Kubernetes, reviewing findings from other engineers and tackling the most complex environments directly
- Own the vendor security assessment framework itself: continuously improving the due diligence process and handling the highest-risk vendor reviews
- Act as a technical mentor to mid and senior engineers, reviewing their detection logic, assessments, and playbooks without formal management responsibilities
Requirements
- 7+ years in information security, including demonstrated experience building or substantially maturing a security function or program from the ground up
- 2+ years at a regulated fintech/bank/payment company
- Deep, hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure security (AWS, Kubernetes), able to architect controls
- Proven experience driving application security programs: threat modelling frameworks, secure code review standards, CI/CD pipeline hardening, and API security testing strategy
- Demonstrated ability to define practical security guardrails for AI/agentic tooling – you understand the risks of LLM integrations, MCP servers, and automated workflows at an architectural level
- Strong detection engineering background – you've designed detection strategy and mentored others in writing rules
- Deep experience with endpoint security tooling (EDR/XDR) and identity & access management architecture in a SaaS-heavy environment (Google Workspace, Okta/Cloudflare Access, SSO/SCIM)
- Experience designing or significantly evolving a vendor security assessment/third-party due diligence program
- Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable representing security decisions to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
- Business fluent in English
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Stock options, so you own part of what you build
- Discretionary performance bonus
- The latest tools and technology
- A world-class team that will challenge and grow your skills
- The opportunity to help build the best fintech app in Latin America
- Office Policy: 3-4 days a week in-office
Work Arrangement
On-site
Team
Structure: First Security Engineer in Brazil, working closely with global security team
Additional Information
- Office Policy: 3-4 days a week in-office
