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Head of Security Engineering

January· Engineering
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Hybrid (New York City)$258k - $297kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Head of Security Engineering leading proactive security initiatives, compliance programs, and security culture; reports to VP of Engineering; responsible for strategy, monitoring, incident response, IAM, cloud security, vulnerability management, and AI security.

Responsibilities

  • Define and own the strategy for security engineering, deciding where the real risk is and what we do about it.
  • Hire, mentor, and grow the security engineering team as the function scales.
  • Lead identity and access management across our systems.
  • Direct security monitoring, detection, and incident response.
  • Own our security posture for AI, in both our products and internal tools.
  • Manage cloud security architecture and guardrails, including data isolation across our multi-tenant platform.
  • Own vulnerability management end to end, partnering with Engineering to build security into the development lifecycle.
  • Partner with our compliance function to support SOC2, PCI, and other audit and regulatory work.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in security, including 2+ years in a leadership role.
  • Hands-on software or security engineering background. You've built and run cloud security, identity and access, and detection systems yourself.
  • Prior experience working in a regulated industry (financial services, healthcare, payments, etc.).
  • Track record of setting security strategy and driving it to execution at an early- or growth-stage company, where you build the playbook yourself.
  • Strong communicator and collaborator, with a track record of building trust across Engineering, Product, and other teams.
  • Preferred: strong understanding of how AI/ML systems work and where they introduce risk.

Skills

Required:Security strategyLeadership and people managementIdentity and access management (IAM)Security monitoring and incident response
Nice to have:AI security
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About January

Humanity in consumer finance starts with data.

January helps consumers take control of their debt with flexible payment options, settlements, and easy online account management.

consumer financeAI-enabled solutionsdebt recoverycompliancecredit lifecycle insightsthird party recoveriesconsumer relationships
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