Security Engineer, Circle
Detection and Response
$122.5-165k
AWS
Python
macOS
GSuite
Slack
Golang
Junior and Mid level
Remote from US
Building the Internet Financial Platform
Posted today
Building the Internet Financial Platform
1001+ employees
FintechB2BCryptocurrencyBankingPaymentsDeep TechFinancial ServicesSaaSBlockchainWeb 3.0
Posted today
$122.5-165k
AWS
Python
macOS
GSuite
Slack
Golang
Junior and Mid level
Remote from US
1001+ employees
FintechB2BCryptocurrencyBankingPaymentsDeep TechFinancial ServicesSaaSBlockchainWeb 3.0
Company mission
To raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of value.
Role
Who you are
- Strong ability to work collaboratively across teams during high-stress situations, which sometimes involves after hours work
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and use good judgment to establish order of priorities on the fly
- Self-motivated and creative problem-solver able to work independently with minimal guidance
- Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS, and GSuite
- We’re looking for strong, impactful work experience, which typically includes:
- 2+ years of experience in detection, response, or security engineering
- Experience working security incidents, especially those involving engineering
- Experience working in an AWS + EKS environment required
- Hands-on experience using AI tooling both to accelerate work and to address threats, coupled with a strong understanding of the organizational risks AI introduces and strategies to defend against them
- Knowledge of operating systems, file systems, and memory on MacOS
- Programming experience in Python, Golang, or similar programming languages
- Professional or hobbyist blockchain exposure is preferred
- You are the right person if you:
- View Security Detection & Response as a data and engineering problem
- Exude positivity
- Aren't afraid to share your ideas
- Meet problems head-on and view them as opportunities
- Are self-reliant and motivated
- Communicate fearlessly
What the job involves
- Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions
- Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence. We have built a flexible work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder
- The Circle Security Team works to protect Circle; our customers, clients, and partners; and the financial markets upon which we rely
- As a member of this team, you’ll lead projects and be responsible for key deliverables of the security program while collaborating across Circle teams
- You will continue to learn and stay current in a fun and rapidly changing environment
- Also note that this position will require you to perform on-call duties mainly during working hours to support security operations, and you will assist the team with the occasional night time and weekend incident
- We would also like someone with a strong response background and some exposure to insider risk
- What you'll work on:
- Proactively identify and respond to emerging security threats
- Advance deployment of AI to SOC function
- Help manage core tooling, such as SIEM and Orchestration platforms
- Identify gaps in our infrastructure, and work with business partners to gain visibility through logging and detection
- Respond to incidents and collaborate across teams to investigate and resolve
- Develop detection techniques to identify anomalous behaviors and attacks across the environment
- Support broader security team projects such as threat modeling, vulnerability scanning, audits, and custom tool building
- Take on-call shifts
Our take
Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is a leading internet financial platform company advancing an open, global economy through digital assets, payment applications, and programmable blockchain infrastructure. With USDC, Circle Payments Network, and Arc, Circle enables trusted financial innovation for institutions, enterprises, and developers worldwide.
Circle provides a comprehensive suite of financial and technological services that empower enterprises and developers to integrate stablecoins and blockchains into their products, service and business operations.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
Eliza, Senior Software Engineer
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Apr 2022
$400m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
May 2021
$440m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company benefits
- Remote-First and Flexible Work - Do your best work from home! Our remote jobs empower you to work around your life schedule. Want to switch up your work spot? We provide access to WeWork locations globally. Need time away? We offer flexible paid time off beyond paid holidays— so you can thrive at work and at rest.
- Health & Well-Being - No matter where you live, we offer a market competitive suite of benefits to help keep you and your loved ones healthy. We also keep your emotional well-being top of mind, offering an Employee Wellness Program for all employees and immediate family members globally. We also have various leave options, including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Financial Planning - Circle is invested in your future! All part-time and full-time U.S. employees enjoy 401(k) benefits, including up to 4% company matching, and can become owners in Circle through our equity program. Pension plans are also offered in select countries. FSA and HSA accounts are available for U.S. employees, with Circle contributing annually to employee HSA accounts.
- Stipends & Reimbursements - To support our employees and their unique lifestyles, Circle offers a set of stipends and reimbursements (offerings vary by location and enrollment). These include home office, mobile phone, fitness and weight loss, and more!
- Learning & Development - Circle is committed to cultivating experiences internally and externally that promote constant learning in support of Crypto Literacy, as well as operational and interpersonal development that drives growth aligned with career aspirations for employees at all levels of the organization.
- In-Person Connections - Outside of our remote work, we know how important collaborating in-person is. We invest in bringing Circlers together through an annual company-wide conference, local meet ups as well as team and leadership offsites to lock in relationships beyond the screen.
Company values
- Multistakeholder - We must organize, incentivize and measure ourselves against meeting the needs of all of our stakeholders
- Future Forward - We embrace a transformative vision for the future, and this energy shapes how we operate
- Mindful - We seek to be present and aware, to be respectful, active listeners (with each other and with our customers alike), and pay attention to detail
- Driven by Excellence - We relentlessly pursue excellence, we do not tolerate mediocrity, we reward based on merit, and we work intensely to achieve our goals
- High Integrity - We seek open and honest communication, and hold ourselves to very high moral and ethical standards
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Jeremy Allaire
(CEO)Founder and former Chairman and CEO of Brightcove. Former Entrepreneur in Residence at General Catalyst Partners, CTO of Macromedia, and Co-Founder & former CTO of Allaire Corporation.
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