Hiring: Senior Staff Security Engineer, Ripple Treasury Company: Ripple Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-13 12:04:59 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Azure, Blockchain, CI/CD, DDoS, Encryption, GCP, IAM, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, OWASP, PKI, Penetration Testing, Python, R, REST, SOC 2, WAF, Zero Trust About the job Experience: •10+ years of Security Engineering experience, including hands-on work in Product Security and Infrastructure Security. Required Skills: •As a Senior Staff Security Engineer, you will be one of Ripple's most senior technical security practitioners, operating at the intersection of application security, cloud infrastructure security, and secure software delivery. •Serve as the dedicated security engineering partner for Ripple Treasury. •Lead the technical direction for product and infrastructure security, partnering with Ripple Treasury Product and Engineering teams to drive secure design, threat modeling, vulnerability management, and cloud security architecture. Qualifications: •Expert-level product security skills including threat modeling using STRIDE or equivalent, security architecture review, OWASP Top 10 and beyond, API security, authentication and authorization design, and secure SDLC development. •Deep expertise in securing cloud environments across Azure, AWS, and/or GCP, covering IAM architecture, network security, secrets management, container and Kubernetes security, and infrastructure as code security. •Hands-on experience building and operating DevSecOps tooling, including static analysis, dynamic analysis, software composition analysis, secrets scanning, container scanning, and CI/CD pipeline security integration. •Strong software engineering skills in Python, Go, or equivalent, with the ability to build security tooling, automate controls, and integrate security into engineering workflows without relying on third-party tools for everything. •Background in FinTech, crypto, blockchain, or high-stakes financial environments is a strong plus, particularly where security failures have direct customer or systemic financial impact. •A practitioner's approach. Most effective when close to the work, writing threat models, reviewing architecture documents, reading code, and building tooling. •Other common names for this role: Security Architecture, Security Engineering Lead •For positions that will be based in CA, the annual salary range for this position is below. Actual salaries may vary based on numerous factors including, among other things, an individual applicant’s experience and qualifications for the position. This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions. •CA Annual Base Salary Range: $232,000 USD - $310,000 USD •The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders Compensation: •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •Competitive benefits and rewards package Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!