Senior Security Engineer
- Stellar Development Foundation
- San Francisco, California, United States
Job Description
Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system? Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Recently, the Stellar network saw a significant upgrade in the form of Soroban, a new Smart Contracts platform. Developers and companies around the world are already building on Soroban, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem.
SDF is looking for an experienced Security Engineer who will work closely with our engineering and product teams as well as third-party groups to ensure the Stellar ecosystem is secure.
In this role you will:
- Lead efforts to improve our security vulnerability management programs both proactively (audits, etc) and reactively (bug bounties, etc)
- Establish a security framework (processes, training, etc) with engineering teams to incorporate security during all phases of application development lifecycle.
- Build a strong "security minded" community for the long term. Expanding our security framework to the broader community as to help secure the Stellar Ecosystem.
- Identify gaps in tools and automation in the Stellar Ecosystem, and help close those gaps by leveraging all SDF resources available (legal, business partnerships, grants, or developed in house).
You have:
- 5+ years of experience on a SecOps, AppSec team and/or Software development team.
- Strong understanding of security libraries and common security flaws.
- Hands on development experience with various languages. Being able to understand and work with a new language is a plus.
- A strong track record working in a collaborative environment
- Experience consulting with external vendors
- Experience with MITRE, NIST, OWASP frameworks
- Experience with common security / pen testing tools, nmap, Burp Suite
- Experience with automated security scanners: Nessus, Qualys, Snyk
- A strong understanding of OSI protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS
- A good understanding of Cloud Infrastructure access controls and best practices.
- A good understanding of Linux
- Experience performing security testing using fuzzing techniques
Nice to have:
- Experience working on open source projects
- Active participation in the crypto community
- Experience with infrastructure solutions like Docker, Kubernetes
- Experience in developing smart contracts
- Experience applying formal methods of verifying blockchain systems
We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $150,000 - $200,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, we offer lumen-denominated grants along with the following perks and benefits:
USA Benefits/Perks:
- Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependants
- Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
- Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for both non-birthing and birthing parents, as well as up to 14 weeks of paid pregnancy leave for birthing parents
- Gym reimbursement ($80 per month)
- Life & ADD (up to $50K)
- Short & Long term disability
- 401K with 4% match
- Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts
- Commuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution
- Family building benefits through Kindbody
- Wellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace)
- L&D budget of $1,500/year
- Daily lunch and snacks in office
- Company retreats
Working at the Stellar Development Foundation
Our team is awesome. Our work is fulfilling. Our snacks are relatively fresh. If you can contribute to our mission, we'd love to talk to you.
Why work at SDF?
We're transforming global finance
Each day our team adds to the foundation of a new, interoperable financial system—a new global payment standard that will change how people move and save money.
Our Values
01
User-Obsession
We prioritize user needs in our decision-making process
02
Accountability
We truly own our work and its outcomes, good or bad
03
Respectful Candor
We say what needs to be said, with empathy
04
Tenacity
We persistently innovate and bounce back from failures
05
Camaraderie
We value our teammates and embrace our diversity
Benefits
Insurance
Stay healthy with medical, dental, and vision coverage, with close to 100% cost-coverage of employee & dependents
Remote Friendly Culture
Our team is globally distributed
Learning Stipend
Continue to learn and develop new skills
Flexible Time Off
Sick time and unlimited vacation days
Pre-Tax Commuter Program
Save up to 40% on commuting expenses
401k
Get a tax break when saving for retirement
Paid Parental Leave
Take advantage of generous parental leave to bond with your new child(ren)
Competitive Compensation
Market competitive salaries with generous long-term incentives
Flexible Spending & Dependent Care Accounts
Save on your healthcare and childcare expenses
Paid shutdown
Celebrate the end of the year with a week-long paid shutdown
Bicoastal Offices
Join us in SF or NYC, or work remotely
SDF's 70+ team members span two offices and eight countries.
