Lead Security Engineer
Flywire (company site, opens in a new tab)8+ yrsBengaluruHybridDirect career pageEst. 30–50 LPA
Posted on 9 Sept
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Job description
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About This Role
- Set and own the technical security engineering strategy covering defensive (AppSec, CloudSec) and offensive (PenTest, SecOps) disciplines.
- Lead integration of automated security controls into engineering and cloud infrastructure pipelines; approve complex cloud architecture and IAM decisions.
- Mentor senior and junior engineers, lead incident response escalation, and represent security engineering to leadership and business stakeholders.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Software Engineering, or related technical field (Master's preferred).
- 8+ years of progressive security engineering experience with depth in defensive or offensive disciplines and fluency across both.
- Hands-on seniority in application security, cloud defense, penetration testing, or security operations with cloud and DevOps tooling knowledge.
- Work Experience Required: 8 or more years. Notice period: Not explicitly mentioned in the JD.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced in both building robust defensive architectures and leading offensive security assurance activities.
- Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers, driving technical roadmaps, and influencing hiring and resourcing decisions within security functions.
- Strong communicator capable of translating technical risks to executives and making clear, calm decisions in high-pressure and incident situations.