Interface AI
Head of Security & Privacy Engineering
San Francisco ยท Senior
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About the role
- This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role influencing technology, governance, and culture across the organization.
- This is both a strategic and hands-on leadership role that will influence technology, governance, and culture across the organization.
- You will be responsible for leading the company's cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance programs
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.
- 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.
Requirements
- 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
- Data Security & Privacy Engineering: Deep knowledge of data protection, encryption, identity and access management (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
- Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science or related field.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or related field.
- Experience in a startup or high-growth SaaS/AI company.
- Shape the security, privacy, and trust strategy for an industry-defining platform.
Benefits
- ๐ฉบ 100% paid health, dental & vision care
- ๐ฐ 401(k) & financial wellness perks
- ๐ Commuter benefit
- ๐ช Monthly wellness stipend
- ๐ด Discretionary PTO + paid parental leave
- ๐ง Mental health, wellness & family benefits
- Founding-team-tier equity, top-of-market base, comprehensive benefits, and a modern San Francisco office worth showing up to.
Company info
- Customers are live, revenue is real, and the mission is one you can explain to your family without a slide deck.
- Work in a high-impact, mission-driven environment where your leadership directly influences millions of banking customers.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer.
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