Security Engineering (w/m)

Security Engineer
B2B card payments infrastructure, with a focus on the country's 500,000 commercial fleets, 40 million commercial vehicles, and many million commercial drivers. The incumbent technologies that cater to these customers are decades old, and drivers, fleets, and the merchants that serve them all increasingly demand modern digital experiences and affordable and transparent financial services products. The company is backed by top fintech and mobility venture funds.
Coast is competing and winning with software, and we are building a world-class engineering team. If you're practical and business-minded, smart and creative, and excited about the rewards and the energy of an early-stage venture-backed startup, we'd love to hear from you.
The Security Engineer is our first explicitly security-focused hire. In this role you will be an early member of the Platform Engineering organization and help us mature a critical part of Coast. Doing it well is critical for our ability to execute.
Working directly with an enthusiastic and invested product team, you will help us stay on top of a wide array of areas, from network security and least-privilege permissions in the cloud to rationalizing our SIEM and code scanning posture, from supply chain security to application security reviews for our product organization. At the end of the day, we want to establish "paved paths" that allow us to minimize friction while ensuring security of our software. this role reports to the Head of Platform.
Our NYC office is located in the heart of Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood, benefiting from its vibrant creative energy. The whole company is in the office on average 4 days a week.
The Security Engineer will:

Hold a high bar for security standards and help us establish best practices;
Influence design and implementation of all aspects of our product, by acting as a sounding board and SME for our product managers and engineers;
Improve scanning to ensure that risks in our codebase and cloud environment are identified, assessed, and remediated in a timely manner;
Help shape the engineering culture of the company by championing security practices;
Maintain comprehensive documentation of the security infrastructure, policies, and procedures;
Remain relentlessly pragmatic and balance the product velocity demand with the needs of a secure platform.
The Security Engineer must:

Be proficient at automating tooling, whether it be using the shell or (preferably) a programming language such as Python;
Deep hands-on knowledge and experience developing in AWS, especially IAM and SIEM, but also networking;
Keep a finger on the pulse of the industry - latest risks, trends in CICD, networking, and vendor landscape.
Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of our total compensation package that also includes benefits, signing bonus, and equity. Pay decisions are based on a number of factors, including scope and qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to other Coast employees. Equity grant: commensurate with level determined at the discretion of the company, with meaningful potential upside given the company's early stage

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Flexible paid time off (vacation, personal well being, paid holidays)
• B2B card payments infrastructure, with a focus on the country's 500,000 commercial fleets, 10 million commercial vehicles, and 4 million commercial drivers.

Coast has raised $165M in total funding — our recent $40M Series B equity round was led by ICONIQ Growth with participation from Thomvest, and Synchrony. We're also backed by top fintech and mobility venture funds – including Accel, Insight Partners, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Avid Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, BoxGroup, Foundation Capital, Greycroft, Colle – and premier angel investors – including Max Levchin (Affirm), Josh Abramowitz (Bread), Jason Gardner (Marqeta), William Hockey (Plaid), Ryan Petersen (Flexport), and many others.
Check out our CEO's recent podcast interview with Primary Venture Partners and last year's product/market deep dive on Fintech Layer Cake with Coast Founder Daniel Simon!
Coast is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are building a diverse and inclusive environment, so we encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. We're an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.