Security Operations Engineer

Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their life easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission.

Job Description

Wise is one the fastest growing companies in Europe and we’re on a mission: to make money without borders the new normal. We’ve got over 16 million customers across the globe and we’re growing. Fast.

Current banking systems don’t let us send, spend or receive money across borders easily. Or quickly. Or cheaply. 

So, we’re building a new one.

And, we need a Security Engineer to join our mission and help us build a global platform that’s scalable, reliable and secure. We’re working on lots of exciting challenges, and you’ll dive right into projects helping consumers and businesses receive and send money from anywhere in the world.

About the role 

You will be responsible for building security focused technical solutions with high regards to code quality, architecture applicability, performance, reliability and adherence to company-wide engineering standards. You will be responsible for monitoring, detecting, responding to, and managing security incidents, ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of our organization's information systems.

How we work

We work in an agile fashion, with engineers closely collaborating with other platform teams. Team operates from Tallinn, London and Austin offices.
 

What will you be working on?

You will be part of an autonomous team, driving the technical solutions for detection engineering, threat hunting, incident response and threat intelligence. You will help us scale-up and build a world class SOC.

Qualifications

A bit about you: 

• You have experience working with large scale distributed systems

• You have experience with Windows, MacOs and Linux, with deeper knowledge of at least one of them

• You have experience with Elastic 

• You have experience with EDR, SIEM, WAF, cloud infrastructure

• Comfortable working on big challenges and taking full ownership of the problem

• A passion for learning and investigating problems to root cause

• You enjoy threat hunting and digging in data

• You enjoy collaborating with others and bringing people together to solve a problem

• You believe in and follow best coding practices, code reviews and open feedback

• You are happy to participate in on-call rotations

Nice to have: 

• Experience working with Python, Go, asynchronous message queues and have worked with microservices architecture

• You have experience in designing, deploying and maintaining clean RESTful APIs

• Knowledge of regulatory compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, PCI-DSS)

Additional Information

What We Offer:

• RSU's in a rapidly growing company 
• An annual self-development budget
• Medical, dental, & vision insurance – including HSA and FSA options
• Company-paid: Life Insurance, Short & Long-Term Disability, and an EAP program
• Flexible working model – a mix of working from home and from the office
• Relocation expenses covered
• 25 days PTO, 15 sick days, 11 holidays, 5 compassionate leave days, 3 paid “Me” days and a paid volunteer day, annually
• A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years 
• 18-weeks of paid parental leave, after a year with us
• 401k with up to a 4% employer match
• 2023 Austin BuiltIn Best Award winner for Best Places to Work and Best Large Places to Work

Interested? Find out more

• The Wise Tech Stack, 2022 Edition.

• Scaling our Infrastructure; how we make it work

• Wise Engineering

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders  — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

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