Staff Product Security Engineer

Airwallex

Staff Product Security Engineer at Airwallex enhancing cybersecurity practices across applications and infrastructure. Collaborating with teams to strengthen defenses against cybersecurity threats while maintaining operational efficiency.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $200,000 - $290,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create and build security controls that strengthen Airwallex’s ability to scale securely.
Design and deliver security improvements across applications, software, and services.
Develop and operationalise detection strategies and response workflows that improve the speed and effectiveness of incident response.
Build and enhance secure systems through strong integration, testing, operations, and maintenance practices.
Leverage and analyse endpoint, network, and cloud telemetry to identify, investigate, and mitigate threats.
Design, implement, and maintain cybersecurity infrastructure that improves resilience across the Airwallex environment.
Investigate, contain, and respond to cybersecurity incidents to reduce risk and strengthen defensive capability.
Assess and improve system and network security by identifying vulnerabilities, configuration issues, and remediation opportunities.
Collect and analyse threat intelligence and forensic evidence to better understand, track, and disrupt threats.
Conduct and support defensive operations, tactical forensics, and threat hunting to strengthen security outcomes.
Partner with teams across Airwallex to embed security into new and existing applications, software, and services and drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years working in a security engineering or incident response role within a tech company
In depth expertise with at least one major cloud platform
Strong knowledge of common software development tools and infrastructure, including CI/CD tooling and pipelines
Comprehensive understanding of common attacker tools and techniques, how they can be detected and prevented, and ability to respond to incidents with high depth and quality of investigation
Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical security and software concepts to a non-technical audience
A passion for solving the complex challenges of high-growth startups
Self motivation and drive to learn new skills, or dive deeper into existing skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) plan
Short-term and long-term disability
Basic life insurance
Well-being benefits
20 paid days of vacation
12 paid days of company holidays in a calendar year

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Hard Skills & Tools

security controlsdetection strategiesincident responsecybersecurity infrastructurevulnerability assessmentthreat intelligenceforensic evidence analysisthreat huntingCI/CD toolingcloud platform expertise

Soft Skills

strong communicationself-motivationproblem-solvingcontinuous improvementcollaborationtechnical explanationdrive to learn