Senior Product Security Engineer / Architect

Swiss digital-asset infrastructure company providing regulated custody, tokenization, trading, and settlement solutions for financial institutions.

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Geneva, Switzerland
About Taurus SA

Taurus SA operates an enterprise-grade platform for custody of digital assets, tokenized-asset issuance and lifecycle management, institutional trading, and interbank collateral and settlement workflows. Founded in 2018, it is regulated by FINMA as a Swiss securities firm.

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About the Role

You will own product security, contribute to security architecture, and review application code, cryptographic workflows, smart contracts, HSM integrations, and enclave-based components. You will model threats, lead penetration tests, automate security guardrails, design fixes with engineering teams, support incident response and audits, and translate regulatory requirements into technical controls.

Requirements

  • Master’s or PhD in computer science, IT security engineering, or cryptography
  • 7+ years in application security, product security, offensive security, or security engineering
  • Experience in security-critical or regulated environments
  • Fluent written and spoken English
  • Security code review experience in at least two of Go, C/C++, TypeScript, and Python
  • Threat modeling, secure design reviews, and penetration testing
  • Applied cryptography knowledge including PKI, TLS, X.509, AES, RSA, ECDSA, EdDSA, and key management
  • Experience with HSM technologies and PKCS#11
  • Kubernetes and container security experience
  • Cloud IAM, workload identity, secrets management, and policy-as-code familiarity

Responsibilities

  • Own product security for applicable digital asset products
  • Contribute to security architecture for HSMs, confidential computing, MPC, and cryptographic systems
  • Perform security reviews of code, cryptographic workflows, smart contracts, HSM integrations, and enclave-based components
  • Model threats and review designs before release
  • Lead penetration tests and validate remediation plans
  • Build and own security automation across CI/CD, software supply chains, Kubernetes, and deployment platforms
  • Design and ship security fixes with product engineering teams
  • Review authorization models, privilege management, identity integrations, and access controls
  • Support incident response, vulnerability management, and security investigations
  • Support client audits, RFPs, security workshops, and regulatory discussions
  • Translate regulatory and compliance requirements into technical controls
  • Monitor security trends and apply corrective actions

Benefits

  • Hybrid remote work
  • Flexible working hours
  • Team events