San Francisco, CA, United States Hybrid Full-time USD 232,000 – 290,000 / year

Ripple is hiring a Senior Staff Security Engineer, Ripple Treasury

Responsibilities

  • Act as the primary Security Engineering partner for the Treasury business unit, managing security posture from assessment to remediation and continuous enhancement.
  • Conduct threat modeling and security architecture evaluations for Treasury products and services.
  • Oversee the secure software development lifecycle, establishing security guardrails, CI/CD integrations, and developer guidance to enable secure-by-default practices.
  • Lead cloud security architecture on Azure and AWS, covering IAM, network segmentation, encryption, zero trust controls, Kubernetes policies, and DDoS/WAF strategies, aligning with infrastructure standards.
  • Collaborate with GRC to ensure Treasury meets compliance requirements for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and financial regulations as it integrates into governance programs.
  • Manage vulnerability discovery via security assessments, penetration testing, and bug bounty programs, automating triage, prioritization, remediation, and validation processes.
  • Develop and expand a Security Champions program within Treasury Engineering to embed security advocates and extend team influence.
  • Influence senior-level engineering architecture decisions through design reviews and assessments, with authority to address security concerns.
  • Mentor and develop Security Engineers through threat model walkthroughs, design discussions, and structured knowledge sharing to elevate technical standards.
  • Monitor emerging threats in FinTech, crypto, and enterprise treasury systems, translating new attack techniques into defensive improvements across platforms.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of Security Engineering experience with hands-on work in Product Security and Infrastructure Security.
  • Expert-level skills in threat modeling using STRIDE or similar, security architecture review, OWASP Top 10, API security, authentication/authorization design, and secure SDLC.
  • Deep expertise in securing cloud environments on Azure, AWS, or GCP, including IAM architecture, network security, secrets management, container/Kubernetes security, and infrastructure as code.
  • Hands-on experience building and operating DevSecOps tools like static analysis, dynamic analysis, software composition analysis, secrets scanning, container scanning, and CI/CD security integration.
  • Strong software engineering skills in Python, Go, or equivalent, with ability to build security tooling, automate controls, and integrate security into engineering workflows.
  • Experience with cryptographic principles and key management, including HSMs, MPC, PKI, and key rotation, understanding financial infrastructure implications of key management failures.
  • A hands-on approach, effective when engaged in writing threat models, reviewing architecture documents, reading code, and building tooling.

Nice to Have

  • Background in FinTech, crypto, blockchain, or high-stakes financial environments, especially where security failures directly impact customers or financial systems.
Required Skills
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Job Details
Department Ripple Treasury
Category Security
Posted 5 hours ago