Principal Platform Security Engineer

Early Warning Services

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Scottsdale, AZChicago, ILSan Francisco, CANew York, NY
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Full-time
Posted
30 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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About Early Warning Services

Early Warning Services is a fintech company that operates the Zelle person-to-person payments network, the Paze digital checkout wallet, and Certos fraud prevention and identity risk solutions for financial institutions.

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TL;DR · Principal Platform Security Engineer

The Principal Platform Security Engineer serves as a hands-on enterprise technical leader responsible for defining the long-term technical vision, architecture patterns, and control strategies for platform security across products, platforms, and shared services. This role leads principal-level engineering efforts to ensure secure engineering is embedded throughout the software and infrastructure lifecycle. Key responsibilities include establishing scalable security capabilities, defining secure target states, and driving the adoption of secure-by-default patterns across multiple technology pillars. The engineer will build reusable frameworks, reference implementations, and scalable automation while resolving complex, cross-domain technical challenges. The role requires expert-level experience in platform, infrastructure, software, and security engineering. This position addresses the business problem of systemic risk reduction by protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data within a complex financial payments environment.

What you'll do

  • Define the long-term technical vision and secure target states for platform security across all products and shared services.
  • Establish enterprise-scale design patterns, engineering standards, and control strategies for secure-by-default platform capabilities.
  • Lead complex security engineering decisions regarding platform security, lifecycle controls, and systemic risk reduction.
  • Develop reusable frameworks, reference implementations, and scalable automation for broad organizational adoption.
  • Partner with senior leadership to align long-term roadmaps, investment priorities, and enterprise design direction.
  • Resolve ambiguous, cross-domain technical challenges by providing clear recommendations on risk, tradeoffs, and implementation.
  • Lead the technical response strategy for significant platform security issues to ensure durable and systemic improvements.
  • Mentor senior engineers and serve as a recognized technical authority across the organization.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States for any employer.
  • Typically has 15 or more years of experience or a demonstrated portfolio consistent with the role's requirements.
  • Expert-level experience in platform, infrastructure, software, and security engineering, including architectural and implementation leadership.
  • Significant experience owning technical direction for broad engineering domains, enterprise initiatives, or complex cross-functional programs.
  • Significant experience defining target states, standards, design patterns, reference architectures, or control strategies adopted at scale.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders and align multiple organizations around a common technical direction.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to explain complex technical risk, tradeoffs, and strategic recommendations.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

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