Staff Security Engineer

Job title: Staff Security Engineer

About the Role

As a Staff Security Engineer within the Secure Digital Asset Operations (SDAO) function, you will collaborate with leadership and cross-functional Finance, Product, and Engineering teams to secure Ripple’s digital assets. Your core mission will be to architect, implement, and operate technical solutions and operational processes to protect high-value Ripple digital assets.

What You'll Do

• Design, code, implement, and maintain technical solutions and operational processes for securely and reliably performing high-value digital asset transactions

• Develop and deploy security automation and tooling to measure, monitor, and communicate the real-time security posture of digital assets to key stakeholders

• Maintain and enhance program to proactively monitor and respond to smart contract risks

• Raise awareness and provide guidance to engineering teams on digital asset and smart contract security best practices, driving security-by-design principles and fostering a culture of security ownership

• Advise on digital asset security engineering methodologies, tooling decisions, and vendor integrations to continuously improve the solutions used to protect Ripple’s digital assets

• What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of industry experience in security and/or engineering with a focus on building services to secure digital assets

• Strong understanding of the security architecture for digital asset primitives and the end-to-end security of high value on-chain and off-chain transactions

• Strong working knowledge of key management solutions, cryptography, and key lifecycle and management best practices that include the secure creation, distribution, storage, usage, and revocation/destruction of cryptographic keys

• Strong proficiency in Javascript and/or Python programming languages

• Experience handling sensitive work with discretion and professionalism, and demonstrated ability to become a trusted digital asset security advisor and engineer to the business

• Clear, concise technical communicator and writer who can effectively document and translate complex security and compliance topics into functional engineering requirements

• Comfortable operating on an unpaved road and dealing with ambiguity and complexity through effectively prioritizing and handling multiple assignments at a time

• Compensation & Benefits

• NY Annual Base Salary Range: $196,000—$245,000 USD (annual)

• This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions

• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity

• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support

• Employee giving match

• Mobile phone stipend

• R&R days to rest and recharge

• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming

• Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it

• Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits

• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events

• Benefits listed above are for full-time employees