11 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define and own the technical security engineering strategy and roadmap across AppSec, CloudSec, penetration testing, SecOps, and incident detection.
- Represent security engineering in cross-functional and executive forums, translating technical risk into business impact.
- Direct automated security controls across engineering pipelines and cloud infrastructure.
- Provide final technical escalation and sign-off for complex cloud architecture, Identity and Access Management, and Zero Trust decisions.
- Set standards for penetration testing, red-team simulations, and detection engineering.
- Lead containment and post-incident reviews during critical security incidents.
- Mentor senior and junior security engineers and support career development and technical growth.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition and Cyber leadership on hiring, career ladders, resource planning, and technical priorities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline is required; a master's degree is preferred.
- At least 8 years of progressive engineering experience, with demonstrated depth in defensive or offensive security and strong working fluency across both disciplines.
- Hands-on senior-level experience in application security, cloud architecture defense, penetration testing, or security operations.
- Practical knowledge of public cloud topologies, containerization and orchestration, GitLab CI pipelines, manual testing, and forensic tooling.
- Expert understanding of the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, applied cryptography, and federated authentication architectures.
- Experience aligning security controls with PCI-DSS v4.0, SOC 1, SOC 2, and DORA.
- Experience mentoring engineers, shaping technical roadmaps, and influencing hiring or resourcing decisions.
- Preferred certifications include AWS Certified Security - Specialty, CKS, CISSP, OSCP, OSCE, SANS GXPN, GCIH, GCFA, and OffSec OSAI.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Competitive time off, including Digital Disconnect and FlyBetter Days for volunteering.
- Flying Start global induction program with executives and global teams.
- Global collaboration with colleagues across Flywire's international organization.
- Wellbeing programs including mental health, wellness, yoga, Pilates, and HIIT classes.
- Talent and development programs including Managers Taking Flight and OneFlywire Career Mobility.
- Interview process includes meetings with the hiring manager, peers, the department VP, and a skills assessment.
Tech Stack
GitLab CI/CD
Categories
About Flywire
Flywire is a public payments enablement and software company that helps education, healthcare, travel, and B2B organizations accept and reconcile complex cross-border payments. It sells vertical-specific A/R software integrated with a proprietary global payments network, monetized through SaaS and transaction fees. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boston, it supports 5,300+ clients, 140+ currencies, and payment flows across 240 countries and territories, with ERP integrations such as NetSuite.