Security Engineer, Institutional Trading
Core
Hands-on security engineer ensuring the resilience of off-chain trading processes, infrastructure, and key custody interfaces for institutional business.
Role type
Senior IC security engineer (institutional trading operations)
Builds
Secure off-chain trading infrastructure, integrations, signing flows, and key custody interfaces for institutional clients
Domain
Institutional finance / Crypto trading operations
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Threat modeling (STRIDE), SIEM/SOAR integration, secrets management (KMS/Vault), IAM/least-privilege, technical due diligence, AI/LLM agent architecture, code review (TypeScript/Java/Python)
Preferred skills
Trading systems knowledge, blockchain on-chain concepts, SOC operations, financial audit standards (SOC2/ISO 27001)
Technologies
SIEM, SOAR, KMS, Vault, AWS/GCP KMS, TypeScript, Java, Kotlin, Python, LLM agents
Responsibilities
Map inventory trading systems and data flows; conduct threat modeling and draft Risk Treatment Plans; act as security liaison for senior management; implement monitoring for abnormal order patterns and settlements; manage secrets and key-management hygiene; assist in triaging SAST/SCA findings; participate in incident exercises and post-incident reviews; document controls and produce risk summaries; research and embed AI/LLM agents into secure infrastructure
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC