Prelim

Lead Security Engineer

Prelim$125K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in security engineering, covering appsec, cloud security, and compliance.
  • Strong coding skills, able to read and write scripts, and configure cloud controls independently.
  • Experience leading or significantly contributing to SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audits.
  • Proven track record responding to enterprise-level security reviews, especially in financial services.
  • Excellent written communication skills to convey complex security issues clearly.
  • Ability to assess risk proportionality relevant to the company's scale.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Secure SDLC process, including dependency scanning and coordinating penetration tests.
  • Collaborate with DevOps to enhance IAM and network security.
  • Develop and maintain security policies and risk assessments, justified to stakeholders.
  • Manage security questionnaires and vendor risk assessments for third-party compliance.
  • Oversee endpoint management and security hygiene practices.
  • Direct the SOC 2 Type II process from design to auditor interaction.
  • Establish and lead incident response planning and simulations.

Benefits

  • Equity options in the company.
  • Sponsored 401K retirement plan.
  • Parental leave policy.
  • Fully paid health, vision, and dental insurance.
  • Unlimited paid time off (PTO).
  • Remote work and lifestyle stipends.
  • Twice-yearly company retreats.
Full Job Description
What you'll own
  • Secure SDLC: dependency scanning, static analysis, security review of high-risk changes, and coordinating annual penetration tests. Teach engineers to catch issues before you have to.
  • Partner with DevOps on IAM, secrets management, network architecture, logging, and detection.
  • Policies, risk assessment, and roadmap. Decide what a company our size and risk profile actually needs, and defend that reasoning to auditors, bankers, and internally.
  • Own security questionnaires, vendor risk assessments, and customer security reviews. Banks conduct rigorous third-party risk management (often against FFIEC guidance).
  • Endpoint management, access reviews, phishing resistance, offboarding hygiene. The unglamorous stuff that questionnaires ask about first.
  • Own SOC 2 Type II end to end: control design, evidence collection, auditor management.
  • Owning incident responsne, from writing the plan, run the tabletops, and lead if it's ever real. Banks have breach-notification expectations in their contracts. You'll know them cold.
What we're looking for
  • 5+ years in security engineering, with breadth across appsec, cloud security, and compliance.
  • Hands-on: you can read code, write scripts, and configure cloud controls yourself
  • You've owned or heavily contributed to a SOC 2 audit (or ISO 27001 / equivalent)
  • Experience answering enterprise or financial-institution security reviews.
  • Strong written communication.
  • Judgment about proportionality: you know which risks matter at our scale and which controls are theater
Nice to have
  • Fintech or banking-vendor experience; familiarity with FFIEC, GLBA, or bank third-party risk management
  • Experience as a first or early security hire
  • Detection engineering / SIEM experience
  • Familiarity with core banking integrations or handling of PII/KYC data flows


We offer equity, a sponsored 401K, parental leave, and fully paid health, vision, and dental insurance. Additional benefits include unlimited PTO, a remote work stipend, a life-style stipend, and twice-yearly company retreats.

About Prelim

Prelim is a software company that provides a platform for businesses to manage their financial data. The platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate financial tasks and provide insights into financial performance. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Learn more about Prelim
Size
10 employees
Industry
Founded
2017

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