About Float Float is on a mission to simplify finance for Canadian businesses, empowering them to eliminate complexity and unlock new opportunities. Through our innovative platform, Float enables businesses to streamline financial operations and optimize cash flow, so they can focus on what matters most: growth. As one of Canadas fastest growing companies and toprated startups in 2024 and 2023, Float is customerobsessed, passionate and entrepreneurial, with a team that includes leaders from Uber, Shopify, Top Hat, TouchBistro, Bill, Stripe, and Ada. At Float, everyone is an owner, bringing their unique perspective to our team and product. Your voice is important, and we take having a culture based on feedback seriously. We openly share our thoughts and differing opinions so we can continue to improve. We do our best to keep our decisionmaking decentralized so that all team members feel ownership in our success. Our Product Float is Canadas complete business finance platform, combining modern financial services and software to help businesses spend, save, and grow. Trusted by 5000+ Canadian companies, Float provides highlimit corporate cards, automated expense management, nextday bill payments, highyield accounts and fast, friendly supportall built in Canada, for Canada. Float is backed by worldclass venture and fintech investors, including Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and OMERS Ventures, partners behind our $70million SeriesB raise. Our team is a collection of ambitious, collaborative and missiondriven people from all walks of life but with one goal: helping Canadian companies not just survive but thrive. And were looking for bold innovators to help shape the future of business finance in Canada. AI Use in Our Hiring Process We use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), to support parts of our hiring process. This may include AIassisted scheduling and candidate communications, and AIgenerated interview notes, guides or summaries to help our team focus on the conversation. All hiring decisions are made by our hiring team. About the Role Float is building modern financial tools for businesses, and security is at the heart of earning customer trust. As a Senior Security Engineer, youll help us build and enforce the guardrails that let Float ship fintech features faster and with confidence. Youll lead initiatives that turn tooling installed into controls enforced and measured, working handson across Floats infrastructure tool stack. This role combines technical depth with a builders mindset. Youll design secure patterns for infrastructure and application teams, automate evidence for PCIDSS4.0 and SOC2, and reduce risk through practical, measurable controls. Youll partner closely with Platform, Engineering, IT, and Risk & Compliance to make security part of how Float operates every day. What Youll Be Responsible For Owning and improving AWS and GitHub security guardrails, including IAM, OIDC, network segmentation, and CI/CD hardening. Leading automation for vulnerability management and cloud posture using our security tools and infrastructureascode. Partnering with developers to embed secure SDLC practices, including dependency scanning, secret management, and threat modeling for highrisk features. Helping mature endpoint and identity security while ensuring full coverage and strong baselines. Tuning and expanding detection and response capabilities, developing playbooks, alert pipelines, and response automation. Contributing to evidence automation for PCIDSS4.0 and SOC2, ensuring compliance by default. Championing security metrics that matter: coverage, timetoremediate, and control effectiveness. About You Heres what sets you up for success at Float: You Put Customers First, Always. You care deeply about delivering meaningful value. Whether you''''re building internal systems or customerfacing features, youre always thinking about how to make life better for our users. You Act Like an Owner. You take responsibility for outcomes, step up to challenges, and seek solutions proactivelydoing whats best for the business, not just your role. You Think Big and Move Fast. Youre energized by building from 0 to 1. Youre not afraid to challenge the status quo, experiment quickly, and learn as you go. You Constantly Learn and Grow. Youre hungry to improve your craft and open to feedback. You bring a growth mindset to everything you do. You Raise the Bar. You care about doing things well and efficiently. You balance speed with rigor and always look for ways to improve how we work. You Win as a Team. Youre a generous collaborator who values communication, context, and shared wins. You lift others up and help make the team stronger. In addition to living our values, you bring: Technical Skills and Experience Strong background in security, authentication, infrastructure, and cloud technologies, including vulnerability management and threat detection/remediation. Familiarity with integrating security practices into CI/CD pipelines, ideally using tools such as Buildkite. Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security, particularly with Terraform. Knowledge of compliance frameworks such as SOC2 and ISO27001. Experience with risk assessment and management in cloud environments, as well as network monitoring and intrusion detection/prevention. Handson experience with vulnerability scanning tools and methods for identifying, prioritizing, and remediating vulnerabilities. Strong grasp of common security vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top Ten) and security testing techniques. Experience with Auth0 and Okta for user management, SSO, and MFA. Familiarity with implementing and managing IAM policies, RBAC, and user lifecycle best practices. Experience securing PostgreSQL databases (access control, encryption, auditing). Proficiency in Python for scripting, automation, and API integrations, including developing and maintaining security automation tools. Personal Attributes and Mindset You can explain complex technical problems in simple terms, adapting your communication for different stakeholders. You understand the business context and how your role supports the companys vision and strategy. Youre strategic yet detailoriented, capable of balancing longterm goals with immediate tactical execution. You ruthlessly prioritize competing demands and manage multiple responsibilities effectively. Youre curious and committed to continuous learning, seeking to understand the why behind every solution and engaging thoughtfully in technical discussions. You adapt quickly to change and maintain focus in a dynamic, evolving environment. This may not be the role for you if Youre not extremely detail oriented You arent a selfstarter and dont like to work independently Youre not comfortable wearing multiple hats You dont like change and adapting to new ways of doing things You arent comfortable with ambiguity You arent able to translate technical jargon into simple language You lack patience for iterative work You want detailed todos for your tasks and projects Youre not keen on learning new things You dont have strong stakeholder management skills You dont like regular feedback on your work Flexible Work Model We believe in flexible work supported by meaningful inperson collaboration. Team members within commuting distance of our Toronto office work in a hybrid model, while those based farther away primarily work remotely with occasional travel to Toronto for inperson time. Specific expectations can vary by role and will be discussed during the interview process. Why You Should Join Work at one of Canadas fastestgrowing fintech companies Make a real impact in a highautonomy, highgrowth role Collaborate with an ambitious and supportive team Competitive compensation, equity options, and benefits Hybrid work model we are based in Toronto with inoffice days for connection and collaboration Enjoy catered team lunches every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Bring your pup to our dogfriendly office Thrive in a hightrust, highperformance culture where your work truly matters In Short At Float, youll thrive if youre bold, curious, and eager to make a real impact. Were building something specialand having a lot of fun along the way. If youre excited to build, grow, and win together, wed love to meet you. Were committed to building a workplace thats welcoming and accessible for everyone. If you need any accommodations during the hiring process or once you join Float, just let us know! You can reach out to Vic ([email protected]), and well work with you to make sure you have what you need to succeed. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Senior Security Engineer (Remote)