Senior Security Engineer

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🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $225k - $275k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Shakepay

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2018

💼 Consulting

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🛡️ Insurance

💰 Series A on 2022-01

Consulting • Food & Beverage • Insurance

Shakepay is a Canadian company that provides an easy and quick platform for buying, selling, and earning bitcoin and ethereum. It offers a user-friendly app where Canadians can set up accounts, perform transactions, and manage digital currencies like bitcoin and ethereum in minutes. Shakepay is noted for its fast service, commission-free transactions, and cashback rewards, making it an attractive option for cryptocurrency enthusiasts. The company ensures the security of digital assets by keeping them in secure offline storage backed by insurance. Shakepay operates under regulatory oversight as a Money Service Business licensed by FINTRAC and is registered in all Canadian provinces and territories as a Restricted Dealer.

📋 Description

• Design and lead security solutions across product, internal applications, infrastructure, enterprise systems, and observability • Perform threat modeling for existing systems and new product initiatives • Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate security into development and delivery workflows • Create, refine, and automate security alerts, detections, observability, and response workflows using AI and agents • Participate in incident response and help lead incidents as part of the on-call rotation • Support governance, compliance, and regulatory efforts, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI • Mentor engineers and share security best practices • Help define security priorities and technical direction • Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external security vendors • Protect Shakepay’s infrastructure, products, and customer data while advancing its AI platform, security capabilities, and observability

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in security engineering, software engineering, or a related technical discipline, with significant security experience • Strong technical expertise in one or more areas of security, with the ability to contribute effectively across related domains • Advanced hands-on experience using AI tools, agents, and automation to increase the scale and effectiveness of security engineering work • Experience working in cloud environments, preferably AWS • Hands-on experience with incident response and on-call rotations • Excellent communication skills, sound technical judgment, and a strong sense of ownership • Fluency in English required • Assets include: experience in fintech, cryptocurrency, or regulated environments; product security expertise; AI-assisted security testing, offensive security, vulnerability research, detection engineering, or security observability experience; knowledge of Bitcoin; and proficiency with Git/GitHub

🏖️ Benefits

• Stock options as part of the total compensation package • Quarterly performance and compensation reviews • Medical and dental coverage, including health and wellness spending accounts • Work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to offices in Montreal and Toronto • Annual $2,000 budget for courses, certifications, and training • 20 vacation days per year • $1,000 bonus for taking all vacation days • Parental leave top-up to 100% of salary for 18 weeks • Quarterly team or company-wide gatherings • Performance-based salary increases • Paid time off