Head of Product Security

Exodus is hiring a Head of Product Security to embed secure-by-design principles at every stage of development. You’ll integrate security into the development process to build trust, drive adoption, and advance our product. We’re looking for someone with proven experience leading SDLC teams and hands-on security integration.

What You Will Do

• Own and evolve Exodus product security strategy, embedding security into the full product lifecycle from ideation and design to deployment and maintenance.
• Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing team that blends technical expertise with strong developer and business empathy.
• Partner with engineering, product, and design to integrate secure development safe UX/UI practices into product development without slowing delivery.
• Drive strategic initiatives for secure SDLC, security tooling adoption, developer enablement, and measurable risk reduction.
• Work with cross-functional partners, including Legal and Compliance, to ensure product designs and processes meet industry and regulatory requirements, enabling Exodus to operate securely and compliantly in all markets.
• Lead product security incident response and manage Exodus’s vulnerability disclosure and bug bounty programs, acting as the technical authority to contain, resolve, and learn from vulnerabilities while fostering productive engagement with the security community.
• Play an active role in shaping product strategy to ensure security is a differentiator and enabler for business growth.

Who You Are

• 8-10+ years in software or security engineering roles, with the ability to work hands-on in code, architecture, and tooling.
• Experience leading SDLC security programs.
• Strong understanding of software development and CI/CD environments, and how to integrate security into fast-moving product teams without creating bottlenecks.
• Proficiency in at least one major programming language and ability to work across multiple languages and API types when needed.
• Skilled in secure code reviews, business logic assessments, cloud security, and applying security frameworks and compliance requirements in practical ways.
• Proven ability to influence and drive change across teams without direct authority, building trust and alignment with diverse stakeholders.
• Proactive, adaptable, and continuously learning to stay ahead of emerging threats and technologies.

A Plus

• Experience in cryptocurrency, blockchain, and/or fintech environments.
• Knowledge of privacy engineering principles and regulations such as GDPR, DORA.

About Exodus

Exodus is a multi-asset cryptocurrency wallet with a built-in exchange feature. We started our movement in 2015, and have been a distributed team since then. Our mission is to help half of the world exit the traditional financial system and move into the crypto financial system by the year 2030. 

What We Offer

• Freedom to work wherever you want, whenever you want.
• Building the future. Cryptocurrencies lay the foundation to the internet of value, the next major wave in application technology and personal finance.
• Collaborative and feedback-driven culture.
• Opportunity to grow. 
• Fair pay, no matter where you live, along with a competitive benefits package.
• 100% pay in Bitcoin with a buffer to account for price changes and exchange fees. 
• All the tools you need to do the job. 

Benefits

Health: Most of our health insurance plans are covered 100% for you and covered 50% for your dependents. We’ll also cover dental insurance. If you are outside of the United States, we will reimburse you up to $500 per month for any medical and dental insurance for you and your dependents.

PTO: 30 days of paid time off per year on top of a flexible schedule where you can work wherever and whenever. If you’re part-time with us, you’ll still receive 15 days of paid time off.

Unlimited Bereavement: We will pay you your full salary for the first two weeks for the loss of any immediate family members, but we allow you to take all the time you need to grieve outside of that.

Parental Leave: 13 weeks of fully paid leave with and a month of flexible work for the primary caregiver. 4 weeks of paid leave if you are the child's secondary caregiver.

Tax Help: Getting paid in Bitcoin new to you? Don’t worry! We will reimburse you for speaking with a professional tax specialist in your state/country to make sure everything is taken care of.

Perks: Exodus offers a variety of seasonal perks, such as cove