Senior Security Application Engineer
BitGo Prime, LLC is BitGo Holdings’ institutional digital-asset trading and lending subsidiary, operating BitGo Prime’s trading, financing, collateral-management, and settlement offering.
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About BitGo Prime, LLC
A Delaware LLC and wholly owned BitGo Holdings subsidiary. It acts as counterparty for digital-asset trades and provides institutional digital-asset lending; BitGo’s Prime product presents trading, financing, collateral management, settlement, and access to regulated custody in one institutional platform.
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About the Role
You will lead threat modeling and product-security architecture reviews. You will embed security automation into CI/CD pipelines, build secure AWS infrastructure, and implement encryption and key-management controls. You will oversee bug bounty, incident-response, and penetration-testing initiatives while securing AI-integrated applications and platform infrastructure.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience engineering and scaling end-to-end security programs
- Experience securing FinTech, Web3, and digital asset platforms
- Engineering proficiency in distributed systems, microservices, Python, or Java
- Container security, Kubernetes, and AWS hardening expertise
- Knowledge of SOC 2 Type II and GDPR technical controls
- Expertise in AI/ML lifecycles, MLOps, and agentic AI platforms
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent technical field
Responsibilities
- Lead threat modeling and product security architecture reviews
- Integrate security automation into CI/CD pipelines
- Architect secure-by-default AWS infrastructure with Terraform and Kubernetes
- Deploy encryption services, key management systems, and data protection controls
- Oversee bug bounty programs, incident response workflows, and penetration testing
- Establish validation protocols and LLM guardrails for AI-integrated applications
- Engineer defenses against sophisticated threats
Benefits
- Bonus and stock options
- 100% company-paid health insurance for employees, partners, and dependents
- Up to 4% 401k company match
- Paid parental leave
- Paid vacation
- Free commuter or parking pass
- Free custom lunches, dinners, and snacks
- Computer equipment and workplace furniture