Director, Security & Privacy Engineering

About the role

As the Director of Security & Privacy Engineering , you will report to the VP of Engineering and play a pivotal role in defining and executing interface.ai's enterprise-wide security and privacy strategy.You will build and lead a program that ensures our AI products and cloud infrastructure are secure, compliant, and resilient , fostering customer trust and meeting regulatory requirements. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role influencing technology, governance, and culture across the organization. You will lead the development of a secure, compliant, and resilient environment for our AI products and cloud infrastructure - ensuring customer trust and adherence to industry regulations. This is both a strategic and hands-on leadership role that will influence technology, governance, and culture across the organization. You will be responsible for leading the company's cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance programs; establishing strong internal controls; managing security risk; and driving security-by-design practices across all engineering and AI initiatives.

Responsibilities

• As a Director of Security & Privacy Engineering you will be reporting to the VP of Engineering and will be responsible for:
• Own all aspects of Security (excluding physical security), Privacy, and Compliance across the company.
• Develop and enforce security and privacy policies, procedures, and standards, ensuring organization-wide compliance.
• Lead cybersecurity incident response and continuous risk assessment programs.
• Partner with the executive team to align security strategy with business goals and risk tolerance.
• Oversee compliance with GLBA, FFIEC, SOC 2, and other applicable frameworks.
• Champion privacy-by-design principles across product and AI initiatives.
• Lead security and privacy initiatives for AI-powered products, ensuring safe deployment of generative AI, LLM-driven systems, and AI workflows through secure architecture, risk mitigation, and responsible AI governance.
• Partner with Sales, Legal, Compliance, and Product teams to address security inquiries and due diligence requests.
• Deliver executive-level security and risk reports to leadership and the board.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Cloud Infrastructure teams to embed Dev SecOps and secure architecture practices.
• Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of security and privacy engineers.
• Foster a culture of proactive risk management, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 12+ years of cybersecurity leadership experience , ideally within financial services, banking, fintech, or regulated environments.
• AI & Generative AI Security Mindset: Experience securing AI-driven platforms, LLM workflows, or AI-powered products , including awareness of emerging AI risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, and model misuse
• Cloud Security Expertise: Strong experience securing cloud-native infrastructure , particularly AWS , including identity management, network security, container security, and infrastructure protection
• Security Architecture & DevSecOps: Ability to embed security-by-design practices across distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines
• Data Security & Privacy Engineering: Deep knowledge of data protection, encryption, identity and access management (IAM), and threat modeling , especially for sensitive financial data
• Regulatory & Compliance Leadership: Strong understanding of GLBA, FFIEC, SOC 2, and enterprise security frameworks , with experience building compliant security programs
• Executive Leadership & Communication: Proven ability to lead security programs, communicate risk to executive stakeholders, and build high-performing security and privacy engineering teams
• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science or related field.
• Preferred:
• Master's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience in a startup or high-growth SaaS/AI company.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or ISO 27001 Lead Implementer.
• Why Join Us
• Shape the security, privacy, and trust strategy for an ind

Additional Information

Banking is being reimagined-and customers expect every interaction to be easy, personal, and instant . We are building a universal banking assistant that millions of U.S. consumers can use to transact across all financial institutions and, over time, autonomously drive their financial goals . Powered by our proprietary BankGPT platform , this assistant is positioned to displace age-old legacy systems within financial institutions and own the end-to-end CX stack , unlocking a $200B opportunity and potentially replacing multiple publicly traded companies . Ultimately, our mission is to drive financial well-being for millions of consumers. With over two-thirds of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, 50% holding less than $500 in savings, and only 17% financially literate, we aim to put financial well-being on autopilot to help solve this problem.

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