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Boom.tv

Founding Security Engineer

Austin Texas · Exec

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 64 days ago
TypeScriptRubyReactNext.jsFull-Stack DevelopmentCode ReviewAWSCloud PlatformsTerraformOAuthCybersecurityPenetration TestingIncident ResponseComplianceSupply ChainHIPAALeadership

About the role

  • Now serving thousands of renters, Boom is led by second-time founder Rob Whiting https://www.linkedin.com/in/robwhiting/ (ex-BCG, Rubicon).
  • This role offers the chance to work closely with our CPO, engineering leadership, and operations, owning security as a function from the ground up.
  • Comp range listed is directional and adjustable +/- based on competency.

Responsibilities

  • Own our application and cloud security posture across our infrastructure and full stack product
  • Build the secure SDLC: threat modeling, security-sensitive code review, SAST/DAST/SCA tooling, secrets management, and dependency hygiene
  • Lead incident response and vulnerability management. Triage, contain, remediate, and run blameless postmortems
  • Partner with engineering on identity, access, and data handling for PII, credit, and payment data so secure-by-default is the easy path
  • Own customer security questionnaires and represent Boom in security conversations with enterprise property management partners
  • You're already running AI coding agents autonomously, including overnight, to ship and drive your own efficiency. Daily Claude Code use is table stakes
  • We're expanding our engineering team to meet the growing demands of our B2B partners and B2C users.
  • As we move from Seed to Series A and beyond, we're hiring our Founding Security Engineer to harden our platform, mature our security posture, and partner with product engineering and infrastructure teams to bake security into how we build.
  • Lead incident response and vulnerability management.
  • You're ready to own the program, not just contribute to it

Nice to have

  • 5+ years in security engineering or application security with hands-on web development experience.
  • Track record securing production web apps and cloud environments, with AWS strongly preferred

Compensation

  • Competitive salary with stock options

Benefits

  • Competitive salary with stock options
  • Full healthcare coverage (health, dental, vision) including 50% coverage for dependents
  • Working knowledge of SOC 2 (bonus for ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI, GLBA/FCRA).
  • Boom https://www.boompay.app/ is on a mission to level the playing field for the 110+ million renters in the US by making housing more flexible, affordable, and rewarding.
  • If you're excited about building a security program at a fast-growing fintech and protecting data that materially impacts people's lives, reach out.

Company info

  • Boom is building a suite of rental financial services for renters and property managers, including tenant screening, rent payment reporting, rent reporting-as-a-service, and a number of integrations with the largest property management systems (PMS).
  • Boom serves renters through the Boom App and property managers via the Boom Platform.
  • It's backed by investors such as Starting Line https://www.startingline.vc/, Clocktower Ventures https://www.clocktowerventures.com/, Gilgamesh Ventures https://www.gilgameshvc.com/ (Petal co-founders), and angels such as William Hockey https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2022/04/21/plaids-billionaire-cofounder-is-back-with-a-new-startupa-fintech-friendly-bank-hes-running-with-his-wife/?sh=df10dc453908 and Zach Perret https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/14/plaid-ceo-touts-new-clarity-after-failed-visa-acquisition/ (Co-founders of Plaid) and Harry Stebbings https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/16/harry-stebbings-turns-up-the-volume-on-20vc-with-new-140m-fund/.
  • Boom has been profiled by Inman https://www.inman.com/2023/10/30/new-boom-api-to-scale-reporting-of-tenant-payments-to-credit-bureaus/, Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/boom-pitch-deck-fintech-credit-builder-seed-2023-6, HousingWire https://www.housingwire.com/articles/rent-reporting-platform-boom-raises-4-5m-in-seed-round/, and more.
  • Boom handles sensitive consumer data at scale -- credit, identity, income, an other verification data flow through our platform every day, and we report rent payments to the credit bureaus on behalf of hundreds of thousands of residents.
  • For this role, we are hiring for candidates in Austin, TX, where our leadership and product team is located.
  • Our engineering culture is hands-on and pragmatic -- we value shipping real product, maintaining high standards, and communicating clearly.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • It's backed by investors such as Starting Line https://www.startingline.vc/, Clocktower Ventures https://www.clocktowerventures.com/, Gilgamesh Ventures https://www.gilgameshvc.com/ (Petal co-founders), and angels such as William Hockey htt
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