Head of Security & Trust Engineering

ABOUT EARNIN

As one of the first pioneers of earned wage access, our passion at EarnIn is building products that deliver real-time financial flexibility for those with the unique needs of living paycheck to paycheck. Our community members access their earnings as they earn them, with options to spend, save, and grow their money without mandatory fees, interest rates, or credit checks.

We’re fortunate to have an incredibly experienced leadership team, combined with world-class funding partners like A16Z, Matrix Partners, DST, Ribbit Capital, and a very healthy core business with a tremendous runway. We’re growing fast and are excited to continue bringing world-class talent onboard to help shape the next chapter of our growth journey.

POSITION SUMMARY 

Security and trust Engineering are critical to EarnIn's STEPS (Security, Technology Enablement, and Platform Services) organization. They ensure that our products and platforms are secure, resilient, and trusted by millions in a fast-paced industry. This team has domain responsibilities for cybersecurity detection and response, security engineering, product security, consumer identity and access management (CIAM), and trust engineering.

As the Senior Director of Information Security, you will lead the development and execution of comprehensive security strategies that align with EarnIn’s mission and goals. You will lead globally distributed teams and collaborate closely with other company leaders. You will shape and execute a comprehensive security strategy, driving innovation and aligning security initiatives with business goals. Your work will enable secure, seamless financial experiences for our community members and uphold our commitment to trust and integrity.

This full-time position is based in Mountain View (Headquarters) and requires at least three days a week in the office. The salary range for this position is $360,500 - $440,600 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Strategic Leadership

• Define and Execute Strategy: You will develop and implement a forward-looking security strategy tailored to EarnIn's unique challenges, ensuring alignment with business priorities and regulatory requirements.
• Drive a Security-First Culture: You will champion security as a core pillar of our products & services, fostering awareness and accountability across the organization.

People and Team Leadership

• Inspire and Lead: You will build and lead high-performing teams, empowering them to tackle complex security challenges and deliver impactful results.
• Mentor and Develop Talent: You will invest in your team’s growth and foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and accountability.
• Manage Resources Effectively: You will oversee budgets, allocate resources strategically, and optimize vendor partnerships.

Detection and Response

• Lead Detection and Response: You will oversee advanced threat detection and incident response programs, ensuring rapid identification, containment, and resolution of security incidents.
• Enhance Threat Intelligence: You will build and maintain robust threat intelligence capabilities to stay ahead of evolving risks and bad actors targeting our community members and our business.
• Strengthen Incident Response: You will continuously refine incident response processes and tools to improve efficiency and reduce risk & exposure to EarnIn.

Security Engineering

• Build Secure Systems: You will lead the design and implementation of secure cloud infrastructure, ensuring resilience against attacks while enabling scalability and innovation.
• Scaling Security Organization: You will drive automation initiatives to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of security-related processes.
• Collaborate Across Teams: You will collaborate closely with all EarnIn teams to embed security best practices into all aspects of our business.

Product Security

• Secure Products: You will ensure our products and services meet the highest security standards, integrating security throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Proactively Reduce Risk: You will lead efforts to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and security weaknesses in our products before they impact our community members.
• Ensure Compliance: You will partner with compliance teams to align product security with regulatory framew