Incident Response Principal Engineer

About the Role

As an Incident Response Principal Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in safeguarding 73 Strings’ systems, data, and customers by owning and evolving our incident preparedness and response capabilities. This isn’t just about reacting when something goes wrong — it’s about building resilient systems, designing smart processes, and fostering a culture of security readiness across our global teams.

You'll lead from the front, owning the entire incident lifecycle: from detection to resolution and continuous improvement. You'll collaborate closely with engineering, legal, compliance, and leadership teams to ensure that our processes are not only well-documented and tested — but also actively embraced and operationalized across the organization.

What You’ll Do

• Own and Enhance Incident Response
  Design, document, and continuously improve our incident response and preparedness processes to keep us ahead of emerging threats.
• Lead Critical Incident Management
  Act as the point person during cyber security incidents, coordinating efforts, driving resolution, and managing communications with stakeholders and external partners including forensics teams, legal counsel, and law enforcement.
• Strengthen SaaS Platform Security
  Develop and maintain incident response processes specifically for our multi-tenant SaaS platform, including handling access control errors and data incident management.
• SIEM & Threat Hunting
  Ensure complete and effective coverage of our IT and application landscape. Regularly conduct threat hunting activities and eliminate blind spots in monitoring.
• Log Management & Security Controls
  Review and enhance logging architecture. Ensure logs are collected, stored, and monitored in alignment with best practices.
• Test, Measure, Improve
  Define incident readiness KPIs, conduct regular tabletop and live-fire IR exercises, and refine our playbooks based on outcomes.
• Support Compliance & Audits
  Contribute to certifications like SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR. Address audit findings, maintain documentation, and ensure policy alignment.
• Promote a Culture of Security
  Engage stakeholders, deliver training, and foster ownership of security practices across the business.
• Reporting & Insights
  Deliver clear and actionable reports to leadership on incident metrics, policy gaps, patching SLAs, and risk posture.

What You’ll Bring

• Education & Experience
  • Graduate in Computer Science, IT, or related field
  • 10+ years in information security, with a strong focus on incident response
  • Experience in global fintech and multi-tenant SaaS environments is a strong advantage
• Technical Proficiency
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of SIEMs, DLP, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), and vulnerability management tools
  • Familiarity with modern DevSecOps practices
  • Skilled in threat hunting and proactive security analysis
• Soft Skills & Leadership
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to lead during high-pressure situations with clarity and calm
  • Proven capability to work across departments in a global, fast-moving environment
• Mindset
  • Curious, detail-oriented, and proactive
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and complexity
  • Committed to continuous improvement — both personally and professionally

Why Join 73Strings

As part of our team, you'll work at the forefront of AI innovation in financial technology, solving challenging problems that transform how financial professionals conduct valuations and investment analysis. You'll build systems that extract critical data from diverse sources, design intelligent agents that interact with structured financial data, and create tools that derive competitor insights from web data and third-party platforms. If you're passionate about using machine learning to revolutionize financial workflows and enable more accurate, data-driven investment decisions, we want to hear from you.