Senior Security Engineer LATAM

We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join a fast-paced Security Engineering team. This role will serve as a key technical leader, focused on building and implementing foundational security controls to protect the platform, data, and users. The goal is to establish a secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure and product environment by default. The engineer will collaborate cross-functionally with product, IT, and compliance teams to embed security into every stage of the development lifecycle.

Design and implement scalable IAM guardrails for cloud and corporate environments (AWS/GCP/Azure, Okta)

Lead the design and implementation of security architecture and Zero Trust strategies

Mentor engineers and scale security knowledge across the organization

Evaluate and implement security technologies from PoC to production

Re-architect platforms to eliminate classes of vulnerabilities

Lead critical incident response efforts

Develop automated pipelines for asset inventory and SBOM generation

Define and drive technical roadmap for data protection (encryption, tokenization, key management)

Implement secure-by-default configurations for containerized environments (Kubernetes, EKS) and IaC workflows (Terraform)

Engineer resilient systems with disaster recovery capabilities

Provide authoritative context and guidance on security controls to compliance and audit teams

Participate in on-call rotation

6+ years in technical security roles, including 3+ years in cloud security (SaaS environment)

Deep expertise in product/app security, IAM, IaaS, and network security

Strong experience with AWS security services (IAM, KMS, Security Hub, Guard Duty)

Proficiency in identity and access management platforms (IdP, IGA, PAM), and standards (SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SCIM)

Proven track record with security guardrails for IaC (preferably Terraform), CI/CD, and Kubernetes

Experience developing custom security tooling and rules (e.g., CodeQL)

Strong knowledge of data protection (encryption, key management, DLP, etc.)

Scripting or automation skills in Python, Go, or similar

Excellent communication skills in English to communicate to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Ability to work with alignment to US Central Time (CT)