Senior/Staff Mobile Security Engineer

About the Company:

World is building a real human network designed to accelerate people in the age of AI. As bots and autonomous agents reshape the internet, people, institutions, and applications need a trusted way to confirm who is a real human while preserving privacy. Our products make this possible: the Orb verifies real people, World ID proves it privately, and World App enables and distributes the new applications made possible by this technology. Together, they form a new layer for AI internet.

We’re one of the fastest-growing networks in tech. More than 17 million people across 160 countries have verified with World ID, and we complete over 350,000 verifications each week. World App is already among the most used wallets globally. Developers are integrating World ID to build safer online experiences and create spaces where real people can participate, earn, and be recognized in ways AI simply can’t replicate.

World was founded in 2019 and launched globally in 2023. We are more than 400 people across hardware, software, AI, cryptography, mobile engineering, and global operations. Our teams come from OpenAI, Tesla, SpaceX, Apple, Google, Stripe, Meta, Coinbase, Palantir and MIT Media Lab. We’re backed by leading investors, including a16z, Khosla Ventures, Bain Capital Crypto, Blockchain Capital, Variant, Tiger Global, and Coinbase Ventures, as well as prominent operators and founders across fintech and AI.

World has been featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, highlighted in Fast Company’s Next 5 in Fintech, and explored in a Bloomberg deep dive. The New York Times, Bankless and TechCrunch have all recognized our progress in identity, cryptography, AI, and global-scale hardware deployment. Our leadership is also named to the Time AI 100. Learn more about the newest product launches from our Unwrapped event.

About the Team

The Security team at Tools for Humanity operates at a level far beyond a regular company. Our objective is not just to secure an organization, but to build the trusted, foundational infrastructure for the world's largest identity and financial network. We are a team of over 15 seasoned engineers who are central to the success of the World protocol. We tackle a unique and complex threat landscape that spans state-of-the-art hardware security for the Orb, advanced cryptography including new zero-knowledge proofs, and the security of a global, distributed cloud and mobile ecosystem. Our work is critical to enabling the protocol to scale to billions of users while upholding an unwavering commitment to fail-safe security and privacy.

About the Opportunity

As a Mobile Security Engineer, you will own the security and integrity of the mobile applications at the core of the World protocol World App on Android and iOS used by millions of people worldwide to verify their identity, authenticate with biometrics, and manage digital assets. This is not a consultative role; you will be a hands-on builder, designing and implementing the systems that ensure our mobile clients are trustworthy, tamper-resistant, and resistant to adversarial attack at global scale.

Our mobile threat model is uniquely challenging: the World App must perform privacy-preserving biometric operations (iris and face authentication) on-device, hold cryptographic keys for identity proofs, and interact with hardware attestation systems all while operating in environments where adversaries range from casual fraud to nation-state-level identity fabrication at scale. You will be the expert