Engineering Manager, Paxos

Product Security

$240.2-275.5k

Offers Equity • Offers Bonus • 15% Annual Salary. The listed salary is applicable to candidates based in Tier 1 and it may vary for candidates based in other locations

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Senior and Expert level

Remote from Canada, US

Blockchain infrastructure for financial services

Job no longer available

Blockchain infrastructure for financial services

201-500 employees

FintechB2BCryptocurrencyEnterpriseFinancial ServicesSaaSBlockchain

Job no longer available

$240.2-275.5k

Offers Equity • Offers Bonus • 15% Annual Salary. The listed salary is applicable to candidates based in Tier 1 and it may vary for candidates based in other locations

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Senior and Expert level

Remote from Canada, US

201-500 employees

FintechB2BCryptocurrencyEnterpriseFinancial ServicesSaaSBlockchain

Company mission

To enable the movement of any asset, at any time, in a trustworthy way.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

8+ years of engineering experience (software, infrastructure, or security), including time as an individual contributor security engineer working on cloud or application security
At least 2–3 years of experience as an engineering manager, leading and developing security or infrastructure teams
Proven experience securing production AWS environments at scale, including AWS Organizations, IAM, SCPs, VPC design, Transit Gateways, WAFs, and logging/monitoring
Hands-on experience securing multi-cluster Kubernetes environments (e.g., network policies, admission controllers, service mesh, secrets management, runtime hardening)
Strong fluency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CDK); you view infrastructure as software and are comfortable driving code reviews, testing, and automation for infra changes
Deep understanding of security architecture concepts, including Zero Trust, mTLS, identity-based perimeters, least privilege, and cloud hardening best practices
Demonstrated experience leading incident response as an Incident Commander for major vulnerabilities or breaches, including coordinating cross-functional teams under pressure
Proficiency in headcount planning, performance reviews, and mentorship, with a clear and thoughtful leadership philosophy you can articulate with examples
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex security risks and trade-offs to both deeply technical engineers and non-technical stakeholders

What the job involves

As the Engineering Manager, Cloud Security at Paxos, you will lead a team of security engineers responsible for securing our AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure end-to-end
You’ll combine deep hands-on security engineering experience with strong people leadership to design Zero Trust architectures, harden critical services, and build automated guardrails that enable product teams to move fast safely
You will set the technical direction for cloud security, lead high-pressure incident response when needed, and grow a high-performing team that treats “security as an enabler,” not a bottleneck
Lead, coach, and develop a team of cloud security engineers, including setting clear goals, providing ongoing feedback, and running performance reviews
Own the security posture of our AWS and Kubernetes platforms, including multi-account AWS Organizations (SCPs, IAM, VPCs) and multi-cluster Kubernetes environments
Drive the design and implementation of Zero Trust architectures, including identity-based perimeters, mTLS, network segmentation, and least-privilege access controls
Partner with Platform, SRE, and Product Engineering teams to embed security into infrastructure roadmaps, CI/CD pipelines, and service architectures
Establish and scale infrastructure as code and policy as code practices (e.g., Terraform/CDK, OPA/Kyverno) to build automated guardrails and reduce manual configuration
Act as Incident Commander for high-severity security incidents and vulnerabilities (e.g., Log4j-style events), coordinating technical response, stakeholder communication, and post-incident reviews
Own the security engineering roadmap for cloud and container security, balancing short-term risk reduction with long-term strategic investments
Collaborate with Compliance, Risk, and Legal to maintain and improve our security posture relative to frameworks like SOC2 and ISO, and to support customer and regulator inquiries
Partner with leadership on headcount planning, hiring, and organizational design to ensure the Cloud Security team scales with the business
Champion a culture of security across Paxos through education, documentation, and close collaboration, helping teams ship secure systems quickly and confidently

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

Top investors

10% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.2)

Trustpilot (1.5)

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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