Head of Security

About the role

Tremendous is seeking its first Head of Security to own and define the company's security posture. This is a player-coach role where you will initially perform hands-on security work while partnering with engineering to drive implementation, eventually building and leading a security team. You will report to the VP of Engineering and be responsible for managing security across production infrastructure, incident response, and AI tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own Tremendous' security posture end-to-end, partnering with the engineering team on production infrastructure and code security.
• Assess security gaps, prioritize them, and execute on high-leverage improvements.
• Treat incident response as a core function to ensure breaches are contained and managed effectively.
• Drive a cultural shift toward security across the company by working collaboratively with teams.
• Lead the company's AI-security posture, managing risks while enabling the use of AI tooling.
• Define the strategy for staffing the security function and hire your own team.

Required skills

• Security operations
• Incident response
• Product security
• Identity and access management
• Ruby on Rails
• TypeScript
• React
• PostgreSQL
• Google Cloud

Nice to have

• Fintech experience
• Payments industry experience
• Regulated industry experience
• Team building

Qualifications

• Hands-on security experience at a company that scaled
• Experience as an early security hire in a high-growth environment

Benefits

• Equity
• AI tools budget

About the Company

Tremendous is a global platform that enables businesses to send payouts, including gift cards and money, to recipients worldwide. The company is profitable, growing without outside investors, and maintains a high-documentation, low-meeting remote culture.