Talent is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to secure infrastructure, applications, and third-party integrations. The ideal candidate will have strong engineering fundamentals, hands-on AWS security experience, and a deep understanding of web and API security. This is a fully remote contract role.
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Job Description
We’re looking for a hands-on Senior Security Engineer to own and scale security across a fast-growing cloud-native platform. This is a highly autonomous role for someone who combines strong engineering fundamentals with practical, real-world security experience.
You will be responsible for securing infrastructure, applications, CI/CD pipelines, and third-party integrations — while enabling engineering teams to move quickly and safely.
Responsibilities
- Secure AWS infrastructure including IAM, RDS, networking, secrets management, and Terraform-managed resources
- Strengthen security across serverless backends, APIs, and cloud services
- Improve application security across web and mobile applications
- Embed security into CI/CD pipelines and development workflows
- Own logging, monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes
- Conduct third-party vendor security reviews (e.g., payments, identity, infrastructure tools)
- Support compliance readiness (e.g., SOC 2, GDPR) and assist with customer security reviews
- Act as the internal security point of contact during growth and audits
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Must Have
- Strong engineering fundamentals (cloud, Linux, networking, APIs)
- Hands-on AWS security experience
- Deep understanding of web and API security (authentication, permissions, OWASP Top 10)
- Experience handling production security incidents
- Automation mindset (Python, scripting, infrastructure-as-code awareness)
- Ability to balance risk pragmatically in a fast-moving startup environment
- Fluent spoken English
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Nice to Have
- Experience securing serverless architectures
- Exposure to payments, identity verification, or distributed systems
- Startup or scale-up experience
- Familiarity with SOC 2 or ISO 27001 frameworks
Role Details
- Fully remote B2B
- Contract role (12 months)
- CET working hours
- 300 USD per day
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