Job Description

About Pave Bank
Pave Bank is the world's first programmable business bank. Built by the founders behind Monzo and BigPay, we're redefining global business banking by combining programmable financial infrastructure with world-class client experiences.
About This Role
We're looking for a Security Engineer to help strengthen the security of Pave Bank's platform and products. You'll work closely with engineering and product teams to identify vulnerabilities, guide secure design and coding practices, and build tools that improve security testing and enforcement.
This role is ideal for someone who is hands-on, technically curious, and excited to solve complex security challenges in a high-growth fintech environment. You will have the opportunity to influence secure practices across the platform while continuing to grow your expertise in both application and infrastructure security.
Key Responsibilities

• Review platform and product code to identify security issues and guide engineers toward secure solutions
• Educate engineering and product teams on secure coding and design practices, and why they matter
• Develop and contribute to internal tools, libraries, and automation to improve security testing and enforcement
• Continuously test internal and external applications for vulnerabilities and perform threat modeling
• Stay current on the latest security threats, attack techniques, and how they apply to our systems
• Assist with third-party application security reviews, penetration tests, and audits
• Collaborate cross-functionally to embed security into the development lifecycle and product roadmap

What We're Looking For

• 3-6 years of experience in application or infrastructure security
• Strong understanding of attacker tools and techniques, and how insecure development practices can be exploited
• Hands-on programming experience in at least one modern language (Go, Python, or TypeScript preferred)
• Experience reviewing or securing distributed systems, APIs, or backend services
• Clear communication skills to explain security concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to work in a fast-moving startup environment
• General understanding of blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency systems, and their unique security implications

Nice to Have

• Experience writing secure backend code in Go
• Familiarity with front-end security concerns in TypeScript-based SPAs
• Understanding of common authentication and authorization patterns (OAuth2, RBAC, Google Zanzibar)
• Exposure to smart contract or Web3 security concepts
• Prior experience in a high-growth fintech or startup environment

Why join Pave?

• We recently raised $39 million in our Series A (led by Accel), positioning the company for major growth and giving you a rare chance to join while things are still moving fast
• We're building a fully-licensed programmable bank, rearchitecting how money moves between businesses, across borders, and between traditional and digital finance
• We ship fast, think deeply, and expect everyone to have high ownership
• Work with engineers who were founding engineers at Monzo, Atom Bank, and Blockdaemon

Skills Required