[Hiring] Senior Security Engineer @Later

Role Description

We're looking for a Senior Security Engineer to strengthen Later's company-wide security posture through hands-on engineering, thoughtful collaboration, and pragmatic standards. This role blends deep security expertise with strong software engineering skills, focusing on:

• Application security
• Cloud and infrastructure security
• Secure development practices
• Vulnerability management
• Compliance enablement
• Security improvements across corporate systems and business operations

You'll partner closely with teams across Engineering, Infrastructure, Product, IT, Legal, People, Finance, and other business functions to embed security into Later's systems, tools, workflows, and operating practices. A core focus of this role is helping Later mature its security capabilities in support of SOC 2 and other compliance expectations through:

• Practical controls
• Automation
• Evidence-ready processes
• Clear guidance that works across the company

This role is ideal for a senior security practitioner who thinks like a defender, builds like a software engineer, and leads through influence across both technical and non-technical teams.

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of experience as a Security Engineer or Software Engineer with a strong security focus.
• Proven ability to build and operate production-quality software, automation, and internal tooling.
• Strong understanding of application security, infrastructure security, cloud security, secure CI/CD practices, and corporate security controls.
• Hands-on experience with vulnerability management, secure software development, threat modeling, remediation workflows, and operational security improvements.
• Experience with security frameworks and standards such as OWASP, NIST, CIS Controls, SOC 2, and ISO 27001.
• Experience supporting SOC 2 compliance efforts through practical, automated, and auditable controls.
• Familiarity with cloud security platforms such as AWS Security Hub, Azure Security Center, or GCP Security Command Center.
• Experience with SIEM/SOAR tools, logging and monitoring platforms, detection workflows, and practical incident response processes.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code security scanning for tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Ability to translate complex security concepts into clear, actionable guidance for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience collaborating closely with engineering, IT, compliance, and business teams to improve security outcomes.
• Familiarity with C#, modern backend systems, cloud-native architecture, and SaaS business tooling.

Requirements

• Assess and continuously improve Later's overall security posture across applications, infrastructure, cloud environments, corporate systems, vendor tooling, and business workflows.
• Define and implement scalable security standards, best practices, and guardrails that support SOC 2 readiness.
• Partner with Engineering, Infrastructure, IT, Product, Legal, People, Finance, and business leaders to align security priorities with company goals.
• Translate SOC 2 and related compliance requirements into sustainable technical and operational controls.
• Identify security gaps across the company, prioritize remediation efforts, and help teams make pragmatic, risk-based decisions.
• Support company-wide security awareness, secure operating practices, and adoption of security controls across business teams.
• Build and maintain internal security tools, automation, and services that support secure development.
• Design and implement security controls within CI/CD pipelines.
• Support application security efforts, including secure design reviews and threat modeling.
• Improve cloud infrastructure and corporate systems security through hardening and monitoring.
• Collaborate with technical and business teams to identify vulnerabilities and control gaps.
• Strengthen security observability and response readiness through logging and alerting.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on market data.
• For candidates located in the US: $125,000-205,000 USD.
• For candidates located in Canada: $110,000-160,000 CAD.
• Eligibility to participate in various benefits plans as part of the overall compensation package.

Company Description

At Later, we are committed to fostering a culture rooted in an inclusion-first mindset at every level of the company. We embrace the importance of hiring and building teams for culture add rather than culture fit. We openly build and maintain unbiased hiring, pay, and promotion practices to create a foundation for an equitable workplace, paving the way for systemic change.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or age.