Taurus SA

Senior Product Security Engineer / Architect [Lausanne]

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4 months ago
Lausanne, SwitzerlandSenior

Responsibilities

  • Own product security for Taurus-PROTECT, Taurus-CAPITAL, Taurus-EXPLORER, Taurus-NETWORK, and applicable financial services products.
  • Contribute to security architecture for HSMs, confidential computing, MPC, and cryptographic systems.
  • Perform application-code, cryptographic-workflow, smart-contract, HSM-integration, and enclave-component security reviews.
  • Threat-model new features and review architectural designs before release.
  • Lead and review penetration tests, reproduce findings, and validate remediation plans.
  • Build and own automated security guardrails across CI/CD pipelines, software supply chains, Kubernetes environments, and deployment platforms.
  • Partner with product engineering teams to design and ship security fixes.
  • Review authorization models, privilege management, identity integrations, and operational access controls.
  • Support incident response, vulnerability management, security investigations, client audits, RFPs, security workshops, and regulatory discussions.
  • Translate regulatory and compliance requirements into practical technical controls and monitor security trends for product impact.

Requirements

  • Master’s or PhD in computer science, IT security engineering, or cryptography, or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 7 years of experience in application security, product security, offensive security, or security engineering.
  • Background in security-critical environments such as financial services, payments, identity, custody, embedded systems, or regulated platforms.
  • Strong security code-review experience in at least two of Go, C/C++, TypeScript, and Python.
  • Experience with threat modeling, secure design reviews, penetration testing, business-logic flaws, authorization issues, cryptographic misuse, and complex attack paths.
  • Applied cryptography experience with PKI, TLS, X.509, AES, RSA, ECDSA, EdDSA, key management, key ceremonies, secure key storage, and signing workflows.
  • Experience with HSM technologies and PKCS#11 environments.
  • Strong Kubernetes and container-security experience, plus familiarity with cloud IAM, workload identity, secrets management, and policy-as-code.
  • Experience with one or more of Thales/Luna HSM, AWS CloudHSM, Azure Managed HSM, Intel SGX, AMD SEV-SNP, AWS Nitro Enclaves, and Azure Confidential Computing.
  • Fluent written and spoken English and the ability to explain complex security topics clearly and pragmatically.
  • Ability to engage with security teams, auditors, regulators, enterprise clients, and prospect CISOs.
  • Preferred experience includes blockchain and smart-contract security, MPC, threshold signatures, fuzzing, secure software testing, security compliance frameworks, public security research, CVEs, bug bounties, open-source security contributions, RFPs, security questionnaires, and customer due diligence.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work at the intersection of digital assets and finance with an experienced team and world-renowned experts.
  • Fast-paced learning environment, entrepreneurial culture, team spirit, and growth opportunities.
  • State-of-the-art technology and IT infrastructure.
  • Hybrid remote work and flexible working hours.
  • Fun team events.
  • Target start date is Q1 2027; early applications are welcome, and applications from agencies will not be considered.
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