Head of Security and ComplianceSan Francisco, CA
Posted
- Work style
- Onsite
- Salary
- $200k–$300k
- Stage
- Series A
- Industry
- Fintech
- Visa sponsorship
- Transfers only
- Employment
- Full-time
The opportunity
Lead security and compliance at an AI-native fintech that banks rely on. You'll build the team and the program, secure AI agent workflows, and own the compliance roadmap, while keeping guardrails practical for a fast startup.
A Series A AI company, founded in 2023 by banking and machine learning experts and backed by top-tier investors. It builds an AI-native lending platform for banks and fintechs that automates most of the manual work in business lending. About 45 people in San Francisco.
What you will do
- Build security tooling and processes engineers actually use, across appsec, identity and threat detection
- Manage, mentor and grow the application security team
- Mature secure SDLC, threat modeling and vulnerability management
- Secure the AI agent surface with engineering and product
- Own and expand the compliance roadmap (SOC 2, SOC 1, ISO 27001) with go-to-market and legal
- Lead incident response and build the detection pipeline
What you bring
- Around 5 to 10 years in security engineering, with at least 2 in B2B tech
- Experience leading or growing a security team
- Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP, identity and access management and DevSecOps
- Experience running compliance programs such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001
- Practical judgment that keeps guardrails useful, not heavy
- Already based in the San Francisco Bay Area (relocation isn't offered)
Nice to have
- Experience in fintech, legal tech or another highly regulated industry
- Experience securing AI or agent-based systems
Pay and benefits
$200k–$300ka year, full-time
- Salary range: $200,000 to $300,000 per year. This is the range the client expects to pay in good faith. The final amount depends on experience and other job-related factors.
- Competitive salary plus equity, based on experience
Where you will work
The team is based in San Francisco, CA, and works onsite. We can talk about what that looks like for you.
This role can support a transfer of an existing work visa, but not a new petition.
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- ApplyTwo minutes. A resume or pasted text, plus a few lines on why you fit.
- V6 screenA practitioner reviews your application, and we call when there's a match.
- Intro call
- Technical and leadership interviews
- Team conversations
- Offer
Interview steps are set by the client and may change. V6 does not control the client's process, but we advocate for every candidate at each stage.
About this listing
V6 posts this role on behalf of a client company, which makes the hiring decision. Role details, salary range and benefits come from the client and may change or close without notice. A listing is not an offer of employment, and applying does not create an employment, agency or contractual relationship with V6 or the client. Candidates never pay V6 any fee.
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