Staff Security Engineer

March 18

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Alpaca is a fintech company that provides a comprehensive brokerage and trading platform through a suite of APIs. These APIs enable developers and businesses to integrate algorithmic trading, app development, and embedded investing into their services. Alpaca offers services like trading in US stocks, ETFs, and cryptocurrency with options for local currency transactions. The company is recognized for its cyber security practices and is a member of FINRA and SIPC. Alpaca is ideal for fintech startups, broker-dealers, hedge funds, and other financial services looking to build sophisticated trading applications and platforms with minimal friction through their well-documented Broker API.

Finance • Trading • Fintech • Algorithm Trading • Investing

201 - 500 employees

🔌 API

💳 Fintech

₿ Crypto

📋 Description

•Alpaca is a US California headquartered brokerage infrastructure technology company and self-clearing broker-dealer. •We are seeking an experienced Staff Security Engineer who can help expand our Security efforts and safeguard Alpaca’s systems, data, and client assets from evolving cyber threats. •The Security Team is 100% distributed and remote and will report directly to the CISO. •Lead and triage security events including potential security incidents, insider threats, malware infections, unauthorized access, fraud, and data exfiltration events. •Conduct thorough analyses of events, assess impact, and implement corrective actions by collaborating with cross-functional teams to prioritize and remediate issues as necessary. •Manage and optimize security tools and technologies, such as SIEM, SOAR, Container Orchestration like Kubernetes, Docker / Docker Swarm and other relevant solutions. •Foster strong cross-functional relationships with IT, Engineering, Compliance, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment and effective security practices. •Assist with compliance audits and assessments as necessary. •Conduct security research and contribute to the development of new security tools and techniques.

🎯 Requirements

•Excited about Alpaca’s mission and what we’re building •6-8 years of mixed experience in a security operations, security engineering, product security, and DevSecOps •Experience with implementing and maintaining SIEM/SOAR and automation solutions, and other security tools •Experience with cloud-centric environments and cybersecurity capabilities, including a strong understanding of Kubernetes security concepts •Strong analytical and problem-solving skills •Excellent communication skills and committed to work collaboratively across the Firm •Available for on-call rotations and after-hour responses as needed

🏖️ Benefits

•Competitive Salary & Stock Options •Benefits: Health benefits start on day 1. In the US this includes Medical, Dental, Vision. In Canada, this includes supplemental health care. In Japan, you are offered local benefits. Internationally, this includes a stipend value to offset medical costs. •New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500 •Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card •Work with awesome hard working people, super smart and cool clients and innovative partners from around the world