Staff Security Engineer, Paxos
$184.8-217.4k
+ Equity and bonus. 15% Annual Salary
Blockchain infrastructure for financial services
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Blockchain infrastructure for financial services
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$184.8-217.4k
+ Equity and bonus. 15% Annual Salary
201-500 employees
Company mission
To enable the movement of any asset, at any time, in a trustworthy way.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience securing distributed systems in high-growth technology companies
- Proven track record of leading complex security initiatives from conception to delivery
- Strong experience with microservices architecture (Kubernetes, Istio, etc.) and cloud-native security controls
- Experience mentoring engineers and driving security excellence across teams
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions across the organization
- Demonstrated experience using AI tools to improve how you work
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
What the job involves
- The Security team is a specialized, deeply technical, and vigilant group tasked with protecting our digital assets, customer funds, and sensitive data against a sophisticated threat landscape
- The team has many pillars, such as Application and Blockchain Security, Cloud Security, Security Operations, GRC, and IT
- As a Staff Security Engineer at Paxos, you will play a pivotal role in designing, building, and securing products, infrastructure, and operational flows
- You will leverage your expertise in security principles, threat modeling, cloud security, distributed systems, cryptography, and modern software development practices to ensure the security of our platform
- Implement Next-Gen Defenses: Lead the design and implementation of secure infrastructure application architecture, and standards
- You will influence the security of our systems, including hot/cold signing services, distributed systems in Kubernetes, network controls, blockchain & asset bridges, etc
- Drive the Secure SDLC: Embed security into the development lifecycle. You won't just audit code; you will build the pave-the-road tooling and CI/CD guardrails that make it easy for developers to ship secure code by default
- Threat Modeling & Risk: Conduct deep-dive threat modeling sessions for new products (e.g., new chain integrations, bridge architecture, etc.). You will identify issues and economic attack vectors that automated tools miss
- Incident Response Leadership: Serve as an Incident Commander during high-severity security events. You will refine our IR playbooks, lead war games/tabletop exercises, and ensure we can detect and neutralize threats in seconds, not days
- Cryptography & Key Management: Oversee the lifecycle of cryptographic material. You will ensure our use of HSMs (Hardware Security Modules) and key management services adheres to the strictest industry standards.
- Mentorship & Culture: Elevate the team around you. You will mentor Senior and Mid-level security engineers, champion a "security-first" culture within the wider engineering team, and act as a pragmatic partner to Product managers
Our take
Paxos develops regulation-compliant infrastructure services for companies looking to add features like crypto brokerages or branded stablecoins to their customer offerings. Its focus on regulatory compliance, and its status as one of only three national trusts born in the crypto ecosystem, gives it an edge in building a unique and global network of enterprise customers.
Cryptocurrency remains a risky sector, so a company at the forefront of crypto regulation is proving highly attractive to a growing sector of enterprises tentatively dipping their toes in. It is pushing ahead of competitors as one of the largest crypto/blockchain startups with substantial funding and an impressive valuation.
Its growth has been backed up by material results, too. It has established relationships with firms like Bank of America, Credit Suisse and Mastercard. PayPal also leverages Paxos on its backend to enable its users to buy, sell and hold crypto. This proven success with an expanding roster of big-name clients is very impressive, as is the company's success in receiving approval to convert to an OCC National Trust Bank.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2021
$300m
SERIES D
Dec 2020
$142m
SERIES C
Total funding: $535.3m
Company HQ
Midtown East, New York, NY
Leadership
Charles Cascarilla
(CEO & Co-founder)Previous Co-founder and Partner at Cedar Hill Capital Partners for 10 years. Current Partner at Liberty City Ventures and Founding Board Member of the Association for Digital Asset Markets, alongside working at Paxos.
Rich Teo
(CEO Asia & Co-founder)Previous Financial Analyst at Citi for 2 years before becoming a Principal / Senior Analyst at Cedar Hill Capital Partners. Has served as CEO of Asia at Paxos for 7 years.
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