Full-Time
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Very Good Security
201-500 employees
Tokenization-based data security platform
Compensation Overview
$145k - $185k/yr
Remote in USA
Remote
Remote in the United States; hybrid if within 30 miles of an office.
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- On-call support: Go on call for the services owned and operated by the team.
- Proven experience in Infrastructure/SRE roles, with a track record of managing production systems in complex, large-scale environments.
- Strong proficiency in AWS, including infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.).
- Solid understanding of cloud-native architecture, Linux Systems, microservices, Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK), CI/CD (CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Argo), GitOps, Authentication and Authorization, APIs and API Gateway, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Kafka (MSK), Java, Spring Framework, Python, and AWS services.
- Strong plus if you are a database wiz.
- Expertise in monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Open Telemetry or similar tools to measure system health and performance.
- Programming and scripting experience in languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or other relevant languages used in automating infrastructure.
- Solid understanding of networking, security, and load balancing in cloud-native environments.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and mentor junior team members.
- Experience with incident management and disaster recovery best practices.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Architect and maintain scalable, reliable infrastructure: Design and optimize infrastructure for high availability, fault tolerance, and performance across distributed systems.
- Lead incident management and root cause analysis: Own incident response processes, ensure swift resolution of issues, and drive post-incident improvements to prevent recurrences.
- Service monitoring and automation: Build and maintain automated monitoring, alerting, and healing systems that improve system health, reduce manual intervention, and minimize downtime.
- Performance tuning and capacity planning: Identify bottlenecks and optimization opportunities, and implement scaling strategies to handle traffic spikes and growing workloads efficiently.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams: Work closely with software engineers, product teams, and DevOps to enhance system reliability and delivery pipelines.
- Improve operational processes: Champion continuous improvement initiatives in deployment, scaling, and performance testing, while advocating for the adoption of SRE best practices across the organization.
- Mentorship and leadership: Provide technical mentorship to junior engineers, contribute to strategic decisions around infrastructure, and ensure best practices are implemented at scale.
- Be proactive and innovative: we rely on your feedback to build a world-class product.
- Be a part of a team that believes in the core values of transparency, collaboration, grit, and humility; in going above and beyond what is required to do the right thing for our customers and the company; and in having fun while doing all this!
Very Good Security provides a security infrastructure that helps businesses protect sensitive data and stay compliant, so product teams can focus on building features. Its Vault stores data securely and its Tokenization API replaces sensitive information with tokens that preserve meaning without exposing data. It also offers Payment Optimization products to help store payment and PII data, cut fees, and reduce vendor lock-in while increasing transaction volume. Its pricing scales from free to higher tiers as needs grow, and its goal is to simplify product development by handling data security and compliance workloads.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$103.5M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2015
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- VGS raised $60 million in June 2026 from Vertex, a16z, and Goldman Sachs Growth.
- Chuck Yu's January 2026 CEO appointment and the July 2026 release cadence signal execution.
- Onafriq and Dyneti partnerships expand VGS across Africa, MENA, and mobile card capture workflows.
What critics are saying
- Stripe already sells network tokens and account updater across 36 markets, squeezing VGS pricing.
- Forter launched Payments Agent and MCP in June 2026, owning more merchant trust workflows.
- If agentic commerce standardizes inside Stripe or Forter stacks, VGS becomes a niche vault layer.
What makes Very Good Security unique
- VGS's June 2026 Account Validation unifies card, CVC, AVS, and ANI checks.
- VGS's neutral tokenization keeps merchants multi-PSP flexible, highlighted in Forter's February 2026 partnership.
- ISO 27001 certification in April 2026 strengthens VGS's compliance story versus smaller vault vendors.
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Health Insurance
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Flexible Work Hours
Stock Options
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Parental Leave
Phone/Internet Stipend
Home Office Stipend
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↓ -3%Introducing VGS's Account Validation. May 28, 2026 In 2025, US nationwide credit card transaction value hit $3.841 trillion, up 3.3% from the previous year. These transactions include digital payments that contain highly sensitive information that must remain secure. To do so, account validation is necessary to ensure the customer's payment account is legitimate. Without proper validation, businesses risk: * Higher fraud rates: including account takeovers and unauthorized transactions. * Failed payments: due to incorrect or invalid account details. * Poor customer experience: failed transactions create friction and frustration. Today, Very Good Security is excited to announce the launch of VGS's Account Validation, a powerful new feature that solves these challenges. With its Account Validation, VGS enables businesses to instantly verify customer accounts, reduce fraud, and deliver better user experiences. What is Account Validation. VGS Account Validation is a robust, single-point pre-authorization API. Its primary function lies in fraud prevention and identity verification. VGS Account Validation helps detect stolen or fake accounts, prevent identity theft, and combat unauthorized payments, thereby significantly reducing costly chargebacks. Why VGS Account Validation matters. Launching Account Validation is more than just another product update; it represents a crucial step in helping businesses balance security, compliance, and user experience at a time when the stakes have never been higher. With VGS, customers can seamlessly configure their preferred individual verification service or the entire suite from their VGS account while still experiencing: * Centralized management of verification * Full customization to configure what works best for workflows * And cost savings by reducing failed transactions with authentication By bringing together data security and real-time account intelligence, VGS is uniquely positioned to help companies protect their customers, strengthen their bottom line, and scale with confidence. How VGS Account Validation works. VGS's Account Validation runs on a single-point API, providing a strategic and comprehensive way to optimize robust account validation across your payments tech stack. Very Good Security leverage its platform's secure data vaulting and tokenization to verify sensitive account details without exposing your business to compliance risks. Account validation with VGS assures sensitive data is: * Capture securely: Sensitive account information is collected via VGS Vault or existing integrations. * Validate instantly: Account data is verified in real time with trusted financial institutions. * Tokenize safely: Instead of storing raw account details, VGS provides tokens that can be safely used across systems. With individual endpoints for: * Card Verification * CVC Verification * Address Verification Service (AVS) * Account Name Inquiry (ANI) Rest assured, your business can easily configure your preferred validation method. What are the benefits of VGS Account Validation? VGS Account Validation benefits include: Risk mitigation & fraud prevention. * Identity Assurance: Cardholder data is verified against records on file, preventing stolen credentials from reaching the network. * Reduced Chargebacks: Upfront account validation cuts "unauthorized transaction" disputes and the fees that follow. * Pre-emptive Screening: Fraudulent or invalid cards are flagged before they ever enter your payment ecosystem. Improved operational efficiency. * Higher Authorization Rates: Validated data gives issuing banks greater confidence, directly boosting approval rates. * Lower Administrative Costs: Automated validation reduces failed payments, cutting the need for manual intervention and streamlining dunning cycles. * Elimination of "Orphaned" Data: Pre-storage card validation keeps your vault clean, verified, and free of dead payment methods. Enhanced user experience. * Immediate Feedback: Real-time validation flags incorrect card details instantly, preventing frustrating transaction failures down the line. * Reduced Friction: For subscriptions and recurring billing, upfront validation ensures the first charge goes through smoothly. No interruptions, no drop-offs. Who can benefit from VGS Account Validation? VGS Account Validation is designed to deliver value across industries where trust, efficiency, and compliance are critical. No matter the use case, Account Validation helps organizations reduce risk, improve customer experiences, and scale with confidence. Account Validation is ideal for: * Fintechs that are looking to streamline customer onboarding. * Merchants who have a desire to reduce payment failures. * Platforms & Marketplaces that are building trust between buyers and sellers. In short, whether you're a fintech focused on onboarding, a merchant striving to reduce failed transactions, or a marketplace working to strengthen trust between users, VGS Account Validation delivers measurable value. Get started with Account Validation. Account Validation with VGS is available now. If you're interested in adding this feature to your payment flows, contact your VGS representative or fill out the form, and its dedicated team will contact you shortly. You might also be interested in... PSP vault or independent token vault? Learn how credential storage impacts payment flexibility, network token portability, multi-processor routing, vendor lock-in, and when merchants should choose a neutral vault to scale globally. May 27, 2026 VGS is the universal translation layer for any agentic protocol. Through tokenization and protocol interoperability, VGS enables agents to communicate securely and seamlessly across any protocol stack. May 15, 2026 Command-line commerce is redefining payments. As AI agents transact autonomously, payments must become programmable, identity-driven, API-native, and built for trust beyond the traditional checkout experience. May 8, 2026
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Inside Agent Connect: connecting the humans behind agents. March 9, 2026 * home * blog * inside Agent Connect: connecting the humans behind agents. On March 3rd in San Francisco, VGS hosted its first-ever Agent Connect, a dedicated event to exploring the rapidly advancing world of agentic commerce and payments. As AI agents begin to browse, decide, and transact on behalf of users and businesses, the infrastructure powering commerce and payments must evolve just as quickly. Agent Connect was designed to bring together the builders shaping that future. Agent Connect was also featured on UBS's recent Agentic Commerce Thoughts, highlighting the growing momentum behind the emerging space. Very Good Security, Inc. were thrilled to welcome close to 350 attendees from across the fintech, payments, AI, and commerce ecosystems. Thank you to everyone who joined Very Good Security, Inc. and helped make the inaugural Agent Connect such an energizing and thoughtful gathering. Very Good Security, Inc. were proud to convene an extraordinary group of leaders from OpenAI, Instacart, Visa, PayPal, Stripe, Mastercard, Shopify, and more to dig into what it truly takes to enable seamless, trusted, agent-ready transactions. Across a series of forward-looking sessions, speakers explored how to: * design commerce experiences for AI-first journeys * unlock the next wave of B2B payments driven by agents * modernize payment rails for agent-readiness * understand merchants' perspective and needs when it comes to AI and shopping * and establish the protocols, roles, and global standards needed for interoperable agents. Beyond the stage, Agent Connect created space for meaningful connection. By bringing together the brightest minds in fintech and commerce, Agent Connect allowed everyone to collaborate, challenge assumptions, and build the foundation for autonomous transactions. This inaugural gathering marked the beginning of an important conversation: how Very Good Security, Inc. power the agentic economy with trust at its core. You might also be interested in... Data Security Back it Up, Baby Very Good Security, Inc. has all been there. In college, Very Good Security, Inc. lost the killer ending of its thesis. At work, Very Good Security, Inc. could not find its quarterly results. And right now, Very Good Security, Inc. is sure that Very Good Security, Inc. went on vacation in 2016, but Very Good Security, Inc. cannot remember where - because that was several phones ago. Fortunately, due to the miracle of autosaves, cloud storage, and more, such data loss happens less often than it used to. March 31, 2022 Agentic commerce is no longer theoretical. AI-powered agents are already researching products, comparing prices, and completing transactions on behalf of consumers. For merchants, this shift is bigger than just a new channel. It fundamentally changes how identity, intent and risk are established and managed. February 23, 2026 With agentic commerce, payments are no longer confined to a single checkout page or even a single platform. As merchants expand into the agentic commerce channel and the customer journey evolves, the ability to securely accept and manage payment credentials has become a core part of building a resilient revenue strategy. February 11, 2026
VGS is actively partnering with the networks, including Visa and Mastercard, to build agentic payment solutions, and working with VGS now ensures you can be the first to access agentic network tokens when they become available.
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