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Branch InternationalPlatform Security Engineer
Branch International is hiring a Platform Security Engineer to join its team on a remote basis. As a leading AI-powered lending fintech, the company utilizes alternative…
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Branch International is hiring a Platform Security Engineer to join its team on a remote basis. As a leading AI-powered lending fintech, the company utilizes alternative data and machine learning to expand financial access across India and Africa. In this role, you will work at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, security engineering, and DevSecOps to protect global fintech systems. The position requires a hands-on engineer who can secure AWS environments,…
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Branch International is hiring a Platform Security Engineer to join its team on a remote basis. As a leading AI-powered lending fintech, the company utilizes alternative data and machine learning to expand financial access across India and Africa. In this role, you will work at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, security engineering, and DevSecOps to protect global fintech systems.
The position requires a hands-on engineer who can secure AWS environments, container platforms, and deployment pipelines. You will collaborate closely with platform engineers, DevOps teams, and application developers across India, the United States, Nigeria, and Kenya to mitigate risks and automate security controls. The ideal candidate possesses an adversarial mindset and enjoys building preventative guardrails that scale.
Responsibilities
- Identify and secure attack surfaces across AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, and internal platforms
- Design and implement preventative cloud security guardrails including IAM hardening and network controls
- Conduct security design reviews for new services and infrastructure changes prior to production
- Integrate automated vulnerability, container, and dependency scanning into CI/CD pipelines
- Develop automation and internal tooling to detect and remediate leaked secrets and misconfigurations
- Perform threat modeling and adversarial analysis on infrastructure and applications
- Improve security visibility through monitoring, logging, and security signal generation
- Investigate security incidents and vulnerabilities to perform root cause analysis and permanent fixes
- Collaborate with engineering teams to embed security into development workflows
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in cloud security, DevSecOps, or security engineering
- Strong understanding of applied cryptography and systems security approaches
- Hands-on experience securing AWS environments, including IAM and networking controls
- Practical experience securing Kubernetes and containerized workloads
- Experience integrating automated security controls into CI/CD pipelines
- Proficiency in writing automation and security tooling using Python, Go, or similar languages
- Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform
- Experience identifying and mitigating cloud security risks and supply chain vulnerabilities
Qualifications
- Experience in security research, penetration testing, or bug bounty participation
- Contributions to security-focused open-source projects
- Ability to lead and mentor a team
- Ability to drive complex projects spanning multiple code bases, systems, and people
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What is the employment type for this role?
The position is full-time.
Where is the job located?
The role is remote, with the engineer collaborating across time zones with teams in India, the United States, Nigeria, and Kenya.
What is the salary for the Platform Security Engineer position?
The source posting does not specify a salary.
How many years of experience are required?
Candidates must have four or more years of experience in cloud security, DevSecOps, security engineering, or related fields.
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