Security Engineer

San Francisco, CA

About the role

Security Engineer Overview Thunes Financial Services is hiring a Security Engineer to be the architect of trust for our fintech platform. We are looking for a hybrid specialist who can bridge the gap between Infrastructure Security and Application Security, ensuring our systems are as resilient as they are compliant. This role will play a critical part in maintaining our regulatory compliance posture while building automated, scalable security guardrails. This role reports to the VP of Engineering.

The Role As a Security Engineer, you will be responsible for security across the full lifecycle of our fintech platform. This hybrid specialist role requires deep engagement with both infrastructure and application security, focusing heavily on automation and regulatory compliance within a high-stakes, regulated environment. Day-to-day: CI/CD Security Integration: Design, build, and maintain automation to integrate security testing (SAST/DAST/SCA) directly into our deployment pipelines. You'll ensure that security is a "paved road" for developers, not a bottleneck. Full-Stack Security: Own security across the lifecycle—from securing our cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP) to performing code reviews and architectural risk assessments. Vulnerability Management: Manage our detection stack using modern vulnerability scanning and dependency management tools to identify, prioritize, and track risks across the environment. Security Automation: Build and maintain automated workflows for vulnerability reporting, triage, and remediation. We want someone who leverages AI-powered agentic coding tools or similar automation to eliminate manual toil and accelerate response times. Compliance Engineering: Monitor our technical security controls to ensure that they are operating effectively throughout the year to meet the rigorous cybersecurity compliance

requirements to support regulatory exams as well as SOC-2 and PCI audits. Incident Response: Serve as a key member of our security response team, helping to investigate and mitigate potential threats. Collaborate with: Product, data engineering, front-end engineering, tech ops, compliance, and legal Tech stack: Cloud (AWS/GCP, K8s), CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins), Python, Go, or Bash, SAST/DAST/SCA, enterprise vulnerability management platforms, automated dependency scanning solutions. Success in this role means: Ensuring systems are resilient and compliant. Maintaining our regulatory compliance posture. Building automated, scalable security guardrails. Having a direct impact on the security strategy. Travel: Some travel required for periodic team offsites. Knowledge Required

Qualifications A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, but similar professional experience is equally valued. Experience A proven track record of deep experience in both Infrastructure Security and Application Security is required. Technical skills: Pipeline Proficiency: Hands-on experience building security guardrails within CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins). Hybrid Expertise: Deep experience in both Infrastructure Security (Cloud/K8s) and AppSec (OWASP Top 10, Secure SDLC). Tooling Experience: Proven proficiency with enterprise vulnerability management platforms and automated dependency scanning solutions. Automation Mindset: You don’t just find bugs; you write code (Python, Go, or Bash) to handle them. Experience using AI-driven automation or agentic tools to streamline security workflows is required. Fintech Fluency: You understand the high-stakes nature of working in a regulated environment and can translate compliance

requirements into technical reality. Leadership and collaboration: Clear, effective communication of trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders History of collaboration with engineers and others

Nice to have but in no way required: Certifications such as CISSP Prior experience in startups, especially Fintech

About Thunes

Thunes provides a global payments infrastructure that enables businesses and financial institutions to move money internationally. The company offers cross-border payment solutions, digital wallets, bank transfers, and mobile money services, allowing users to send and receive funds in various currencies. Thunes focuses on simplifying the complexities of international transactions by connecting different payment systems across countries. The platform supports payment acceptance, disbursement, and currency exchange, helping companies expand their financial reach. Thunes also partners with banks, fintechs, mobile operators, and money transfer operators to facilitate seamless payment flows. Its technology enables fast, transparent, and interoperable financial services across emerging and developed markets. In April 2022, Thunes acquired a controlling stake in a leading anti-money laundering and compliance platform company, Tookitaki, which now enables the company’s advanced compliance, anti-fraud, and anti-money laundering capabilities, setting an international benchmark for sustainable compliance.

The company is headquartered in Singapore, with regional offices in London, Paris, Shanghai, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Miami, and Nairobi. Current investors include VISA, EDBI, Endeavor Catalyst, Marshall Wace, Bessemer Venture Partners, 01Fintech, Future Shape, Insight Partners, Checkout.com, Helios Investment Partners, and GGV Capital. For more information, visit www.thunes.com.

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Location

San Francisco, CA

Company

NameThunes
IndustryCross Border
Team Size4

Funding

Total raised

$362M

Last stage

Series D

Investors

Apis Partners
Vitruvian Partners
MMarshall Wace
Bessemer Venture Partners
VVisa

Founders

PD

Peter De Caluwe

Co-Founder & CEO

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Eric Barbier

Eric Barbier

Co-Founder (Former CEO; currently CEO of Triple-A)

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