Staff Product Security Engineer
Airwallex· Engineering
Hybrid (US - San Francisco)$200k - $280k + equity + bonusFull-timePosted 4mo ago
About the role
Staff Product Security Engineer responsible for designing and operating security controls, detection and response, and embedding security across applications, software, and services. Hybrid role based in SF or Australia (Sydney or Melbourne) with collaboration across Infrastructure, Product and Engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Create and build security controls that strengthen Airwallex’s ability to scale securely.
- Design and deliver security improvements across applications, software, and services.
- Develop and operationalise detection strategies and response workflows that improve the speed and effectiveness of incident response.
- Build and enhance secure systems through strong integration, testing, operations, and maintenance practices.
- Leverage and analyse endpoint, network, and cloud telemetry to identify, investigate, and mitigate threats.
- Design, implement, and maintain cybersecurity infrastructure that improves resilience across the Airwallex environment.
- Investigate, contain, and respond to cybersecurity incidents to reduce risk and strengthen defensive capability.
- Assess and improve system and network security by identifying vulnerabilities, configuration issues, and remediation opportunities.
- Collect and analyse threat intelligence and forensic evidence to better understand, track, and disrupt threats.
- Conduct and support defensive operations, tactical forensics, and threat hunting to strengthen security outcomes.
- Partner with teams across Airwallex to embed security into new and existing applications, software, and services and drive continuous improvement.
Qualifications
- 8+ years working in a security engineering or incident response role within a tech company
- In depth expertise with at least one major cloud platform
- Strong knowledge of common software development tools and infrastructure, including CI/CD tooling and pipelines
- Comprehensive understanding of common attacker tools and techniques, how they can be detected and prevented, and ability to respond to incidents with high depth and quality of investigation
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical security and software concepts to a non-technical audience
- A passion for solving the complex challenges of high-growth startups
- Self motivation and drive to learn new skills, or dive deeper into existing skills
Skills
Required:Security engineering/incident response experienceCloud platform expertiseCI/CD tooling and pipelinesThreat detection and incident responseCommunicationSecurity mindset for high-growth environments
Benefits
- airwallex promotes fair compensation practices (details in compensation)
- US-based benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), disability, life insurance, well-being benefits, 20 vacation days, 12 company holidays per year
- Benefits vary by country and employment type in accordance with local statutory requirements
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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