GRC Engineer

Apex Fintech Solutions (Apex) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by building tech-forward solutions that help simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech software enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, Webull, and eToro, amongst many others; collectively, Apex powers access to the stock market for over 22+ million end customers.

At Apex, we are changing how the securities industry operates by reinventing the status quo, which was manual, slow, and accessible only by the ultra-wealthy. We're digitizing and democratizing systems so that everyone has an opportunity to invest.

When you're at Apex, you drive this change. You're part of a global team with a clear vision: to be the trusted technology that powers the digital economy. Our offices in Austin, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Portland, Belfast, and Manila are home to over 1,000 employees.

Together, we're shaping the future of financial innovation. Embrace change. Solve big. Win together. And be G.R.E.A.T.

- grit, results, empathy, accountability, and teamwork - with Apex.

We're proud to be recognized for the innovative work we do, the purpose-driven nature of our work, and the collaborative culture we've created.

Here are just a few of the many awards we've recently received:

• Best Places to Work 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023 - Presented by Built In
• Wealth Tech of the Year 2025 - Presented by US Fin Tech Awards
• The World's Top 250 Fintech Companies 2024 - Presented by CNBC

Apex Fintech Solutions is looking for a GRC Engineer to help build, scale, and operate our governance, risk, and compliance program. This is a hands-on, technically minded role that blends traditional GRC responsibilities, including audits, risk management, policy, and due diligence, with engineering-oriented skills like API integrations, data querying, and control automation.

You'll be a key player in maintaining our compliance posture across frameworks like SOC 2, NIST CSF, and ISO 27001, while also helping modernize how we monitor and evidence controls using platforms like Anecdotes. This role suits someone who is equally comfortable talking to auditors as they are writing a query to pull evidence out of a data pipeline.

• Own or co-own preparation for and execution of SOC 2 (Type I/II) audits, working directly with external auditors to scope, evidence, and remediate findings
• Lead or support NIST CSF assessments and gap analyses, translating results into actionable remediation plans
• Support alignment and readiness activities for ISO 27001 and other relevant frameworks (e.g., PCI DSS, GLBA, state/federal financial regulations as applicable)
• Maintain a unified control framework that maps overlapping requirements across multiple standards to reduce duplicate effort

• Build and maintain continuous compliance monitoring using GRC platforms such as Anecdotes (or equivalent tools like Vanta, Drata, Secureframe, One Trust, Service Now GRC)
• Configure and manage automated evidence collection via API integrations with cloud, identity, ticketing, and infrastructure systems
• Design and implement controls that consume ingested data, ensuring accuracy, freshness, and appropriate alerting on control drift or failures
• Query and analyze compliance and security data (SQL or platform-native query languages) to validate control effectiveness and produce audit-ready evidence
• Maintain the organization's control library, risk register, and policy/procedure repository

• Support enterprise risk assessments, including identification, scoring, tracking, and remediation of risks
• Maintain…