Security Engineer (Golang)

About the role

Join a global team focused on safeguarding Binance's extensive blockchain ecosystem. You will be instrumental in developing and implementing advanced security solutions, contributing to the protection of millions of users and their assets. This role involves building critical security infrastructure and enhancing our defensive capabilities.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Develop and deploy production-ready security applications and services using Golang.
• Construct internal security platforms and utilities from the ground up.
• Establish security APIs and integrate them with current systems.
• Create automated processes for identifying system misconfigurations, enforcing security standards, and automating reviews and alerts.
• Design and integrate AI-driven security features.
• Architect and enforce secure cloud environments, specifically on AWS.
• Implement policies for identity and access management, secrets management (e.g., Vault, SSM, Sealed Secrets), and network security.
• Secure CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) to prevent credential exposure and ensure artifact integrity.
• Manage code and artifact security scanning, including SAST, DAST, dependency analysis, SBOM generation, and container image checks.
• Define security checkpoints that balance development speed with risk mitigation.
• Enhance runtime security measures, focusing on anomaly detection and abuse prevention.
• Enforce security policies in live production environments.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams on threat modeling and secure design evaluations.
• Provide security support during incident response and post-mortem analyses.
• Drive improvements based on security incidents and close calls.
• Lead the technical aspects of security incident investigations.

Requirements

• Significant experience in infrastructure, platform, or cloud security.
• Proficient in Golang development for building production software.
• Practical experience with security tools within CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven track record of building security applications and platforms.
• Understanding of software design patterns and engineering best practices.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD systems and Infrastructure as Code.
• Expertise in Golang software development, including APIs, services, and tooling.
• A strong preference for automation over manual processes.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence engineering teams.
• Comfort working in dynamic, production-critical environments.
• Application of software engineering principles to security challenges.

Nice to have

• Experience with Python development for security tooling.

Skills & tools

• Golang
• AWS
• Kubernetes
• GitHub Actions
• Vault
• SSM
• Sealed Secrets
• SAST/DAST
• SBOM
• Python (for tooling)

Practical notes

• Visa sponsorship is available.
• Occasional travel may be required.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
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