Staff Security Engineer, Product Security
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About ChainalysisBlockchain technology is powering a growing wave of innovation. Businesses and governments around the world are using blockchains to make banking more efficient, connect with their customers, and investigate criminal cases. As adoption of blockchain technology grows, more and more organizations seek access to all this ecosystem has to offer. That s where Chainalysis comes in. We provide complete knowledge of what s happening on blockchains through our data, services, and solutions. With Chainalysis, organizations can navigate blockchains safely and with confidence.About the TeamProduct Security at Chainalysis keeps our SaaS platform - used by governments, banks, and crypto exchanges to investigate financial crime - secure by design. We partner directly with product and platform engineering on threat modeling, design reviews, penetration testing, and remediation of findings across our AWS and Kubernetes estate.As a Staff Product Security Engineer, you ll be the technical lead for product security across one or more product areas. You ll run security reviews for new launches and AI tooling, perform hands-on pentests, ship code and fixes directly into product repos, own our Vulnerability Disclosure Program, and drive SOC2 and risk-framework work across R&D. You ll participate in a shared on-call rotation for production security incidents.In this role, you ll:Lead Product Security across Chainalysis SaaS offerings, partnering with product and platform engineering teams on design, code, and remediationOwn Unified Security Review process for new product launches, vendor evaluations, and AI tooling - including custom penetration tests scoped to each reviewDrive Security Engineering Risk Management Framework, for consistent risk classification and remediation tracking across productLead the Vulnerability Disclosure Program and security bug reporting workflow, from researcher intake through fixDrive SOC2 and compliance-related security remediation across product engineering, partnering with R&D leads on architectural fixesProvide security review and guardrails for internal AI platforms and coding agents (LLM gateways, prompt/response controls, agent permissioning)Participate in a shared on-call rotation for high-severity production security incidentsWe re looking for candidates who have:8+ years of application security engineering experienceStrong production coding ability in at least one of Java (preferred), TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, or Go - enough to perform deep code review, write proof-of-concept exploits, and contribute fixes directly into product reposBuilding security automation into CI/CD pipelinesHands-on penetration testing of production SaaS applications, including custom tests scoped to new product launchesThreat modeling, secure design reviews, and static/dynamic code analysis across the SDLCIdentifying and remediating common web application vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10)Experience securing internal AI/LLM platforms and coding agents (model gateways, prompt/response controls, agent permissioning)Nice to have experience:Experience in Web3, Blockchain or Digital AssetsExperience building AI workflows, agents, and guardrailingTechnologies we use:Cloud and containers: AWS, GCP, Kubernetes (EKS/GKE)Infrastructure-as-Code: TerraformSecurity tooling: Wiz, SonarCloud, Burp, CloudflareCI/CD and source control: GitHub, GitHub Actions, Artifactory and related build/deploy toolingLanguages and scripting: Java, JavaScript, Python, GoAI Coding Agents, Tooling, SystemsAbout ChainalysisBlockchain technology is powering a growing wave of innovation. Businesses and governments around the world are using blockchains to make banking more efficient, connect with their customers, and investigate criminal cases. As adoption of blockchain technology grows, more and more organizations seek access to all this ecosystem has to offer. That s where Chainalysis comes in. We provide complete knowledge of what s happening on blockchains through our data, services, and solutions. With Chainalysis, organizations can navigate blockchains safely and with confidence.You belong here. At Chainalysis, we believe that diversity of experience and thought makes us stronger. With both customers and employees around the world, we are committed to ensuring our team reflects the unique communities around us. We re ensuring we keep learning by committing to continually revisit and reevaluate our diversity culture.We encourage applicants across any race, ethnicity, gender/gender expression, age, spirituality, ability, experience and more. If you need any accommodations to make our interview process more accessible to you due to a disability, don t hesitate to let us know. You can learn more here. We can t wait to meet you.