Mlabs
Principal Security Engineer
New York, New York, United States · Principal · Full-time
No sponsorship$160k-$240kDetected 1 day ago
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About the role
- In this role, security is built directly into the system's architecture rather than applied as a secondary control.
- The ideal candidate will take ownership of hardening key management, signing workflows, authentication systems, policy enforcement, and multi-chain integrations.
- Core Infrastructure Security: Analyze and secure key management systems, transaction pipelines, and signing workflows across modern distributed networks.
Responsibilities
- Architectural Leadership: Lead product security architecture, ensuring security principles are embedded into core platform design and development cycles.
- Threat Modeling & Review: Perform system-level threat modeling for new product features, protocols, and multi-chain integrations.
- Cryptographic & Auth Security: Design and evaluate security-sensitive components, including authentication protocols, authorization frameworks, and applied cryptographic workflows.
- Defense-in-Depth: Define, implement, and maintain multi-layered security controls across the application, infrastructure, and protocol layers.
- Supply Chain & Environment Security: Own and expand end-to-end software supply-chain security, spanning dependency scanning in CI pipelines to local developer environments.
- Compliance & Audits: Support ongoing SOC 2, ISO 27001, and ISO 22301 compliance frameworks alongside expanding control surfaces.
- External Representation: Participate in security architecture reviews with tier-one banking partners, external auditors, and enterprise clients.
- Lead product security architecture, ensuring security principles are embedded into core platform design and development cycles.
- $160K - $240K Our client operates a core banking platform designed specifically for digital assets, enabling fintechs and systemically important financial institutions to build, operate, and scale onchain infrastructure.
- Our client is seeking a Principal Security Engineer to lead product security across the entire ecosystem.
Nice to have
- 10+ years in security engineering, product security, or security architecture roles.
- Domain Expertise:
- Demonstrated track record of securing financial infrastructure, institutional blockchain platforms, or both.
- Cryptographic Systems:
- Deep understanding of cryptographic protocols, wallet architectures, and key management frameworks.
- Direct experience with Multi-Party Computation (MPC), threshold signatures, or HSM-backed solutions is strongly preferred.
- Threat Modeling:
- Extensive experience performing comprehensive system-level threat models and architecture reviews.
Skills
- Professional familiarity with modern backend languages such as Rust or TypeScript.
- Competitive executive-level compensation package.
- Flexible, remote-first work environment.
- Comprehensive health, wellness, and benefits coverage tailored to regional standards.
- Generous paid time off (PTO) and personal Leave policy.
- Professional development budget for security research, certifications, and industry conferences.
- Exposure to cutting-edge cryptographic engineering alongside leading global financial institutions.
- Our goal is to foster a diverse, inclusive workplace with equal opportunities for all.
- Communication:
- Interview Process The selection process for this position consists of the following structured phases:
- Initial Screening Call (30 mins):
- A series of brief, timed assessments via
Compensation
- $160k-$240k
Benefits
- Beyond core product security and vulnerability management, this position plays a pivotal role in shaping the long-term architectural vision of a platform trusted by tier-one financial institutions.
Company info
- Due to the high volume of applications we anticipate, we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback to all candidates.
- Commitment to Equality and Accessibility: At MLabs, we are committed to offer equal opportunities to all candidates.
- If you need any reasonable adjustments during any part of the hiring process or you would like to see the job-advert in an accessible format please let us know at the earliest opportunity by emailing human-resources@mlabs.city.
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