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Head of Security & Privacy Engineering

interface.ai· Engineering
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San Francisco$260k - $350kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Leadership role responsible for enterprise-wide security, privacy, and compliance programs for interface.ai, with a focus on secure, compliant, and resilient AI products and cloud infrastructure; strategic and hands-on leadership influencing technology, governance, and culture.

Responsibilities

  • Own all aspects of Security (excluding physical security), Privacy, and Compliance across the company.
  • Develop and enforce security and privacy policies, procedures, and standards, ensuring organization-wide compliance.
  • Lead cybersecurity incident response and continuous risk assessment programs.
  • Partner with the executive team to align security strategy with business goals and risk tolerance.
  • Oversee compliance with GLBA, FFIEC, SOC 2, and other applicable frameworks.
  • Champion privacy-by-design principles across product and AI initiatives.
  • Lead security and privacy initiatives for AI-powered products, ensuring safe deployment of generative AI, LLM-driven systems, and AI workflows through secure architecture, risk mitigation, and responsible AI governance.
  • Partner with Sales, Legal, Compliance, and Product teams to address security inquiries and due diligence requests.
  • Deliver executive-level security and risk reports to leadership and the board.
  • Collaborate with Engineering and Cloud Infrastructure teams to embed Dev SecOps and secure architecture practices.
  • Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of security and privacy engineers.
  • Foster a culture of proactive risk management, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of cybersecurity leadership experience, ideally within financial services, banking, fintech, or regulated environments.
  • AI & Generative AI Security Mindset: Experience securing AI-driven platforms, LLM workflows, or AI-powered products, including awareness of emerging AI risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, and model misuse
  • Cloud Security Expertise: Strong experience securing cloud-native infrastructure, particularly AWS, including identity management, network security, container security, and infrastructure protection
  • Security Architecture & DevSecOps: Ability to embed security-by-design practices across distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Data Security & Privacy Engineering: Deep knowledge of data protection, encryption, IAM, and threat modeling, especially for sensitive financial data
  • Regulatory & Compliance Leadership: Strong understanding of GLBA, FFIEC, SOC 2, and enterprise security frameworks, with experience building compliant security programs
  • Executive Leadership & Communication: Proven ability to lead security programs, communicate risk to executive stakeholders, and build high-performing security and privacy engineering teams
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science or related field.

Skills

Required:Security strategy and governanceCloud security (AWS)AI security for generative modelsDevSecOpsData protection and IAM

Benefits

  • 100% paid health, dental & vision care
  • 401(k) & financial wellness perks
  • Daily meals on us
  • Commuter benefit
  • Monthly wellness stipend
  • Claude Enterprise + frontier AI tools for every employee — build with the best
  • Brand-new 21st-floor SF office at 44 Montgomery — floor-to-ceiling views, worth showing up to
  • Discretionary PTO + paid parental leave
  • Mental health, wellness & family benefits
  • A mission-driven team shaping the future of banking
Last updated Sep 18, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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