About Bastion
Bastion enables businesses and enterprises to offer the next generation of on-chain and off-chain products via its powerful API and cutting-edge technology stack, unlocking the full potential of digital interactions for everyone. From startups to enterprises, Bastion’s product suite is specially designed to facilitate the transition to web3 for businesses and their end users. With Bastion, companies can seamlessly integrate web3 infrastructure into existing technologies through a compliant, white-label platform that includes custodial wallets, smart transaction routing, and data analytics. By combining the best of web2 and web3, Bastion enables companies to create faster, easier ways for people to pay, play, connect, and shop.
Overview
We are looking for a software engineer focusing on security to join the Bastion engineering team. As a security software engineer, you will have a pivotal role in building the product and infrastructure that powers it. You will work across the full stack of features, services, and infrastructure, ensuring that we surpass our customers’ expectations. Your focus on designing and building security-centric features and systems will be critical to position Bastion as a leader in the industry.
Ideal candidates for this role value team culture and the dynamism of face-to-face collaboration. Preferably based in New York or San Francisco and interested in a hybrid or in-office working model to foster strong team bonds and drive collective success.
Responsibilities
Architect, design, and implement security measures into the Bastion infrastructure across all backend and frontend services.
Build resilient security services and infrastructure operating within the Bastion platform.
Define, socialize, and uphold the Bastion threat model and security posture across all surfaces of the platform.
Ensure customers are kept safe by implementing monitoring, analysis, and incident response measures.
Educate and train the broader Bastion team on security best practices to keep the organization safe.
Lead and orchestrate third-party security audits of the Bastion codebase and infrastructure, including ensuring the delivery of reports suitable for customer consumption.
Qualifications
4+ years of professional engineering experience, startup experience a plus.
Strong applied cryptography experience, rust/lower-level experience.
Track record and interest in building security infrastructure to directly enable products.
Optional but encouraged: You demonstrated strong appetite for competition across: competitive programming (ACM-ICPC, topcoder) and Capture-the-Flag (CSAW, DEFCON).
What We Look For
Ownership and Proactivity: Demonstrated sense of ownership and accountability, combined with a forward-thinking approach and an unwavering motivation to excel in their designated role.
Customer-Centric Mindset: Proven track record of placing customers at the heart of all decisions, striving beyond satisfaction to truly impress and exceed expectations.
Detail-Oriented: Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality work with meticulous attention to detail, ensuring consistency and precision in every task.
Team Player with a Competitive Edge: Strong collaboration skills, understanding that success is achieved collectively.
Continuous Improvement Mindset: Never settle for the status quo. Always looking for growth opportunities and new challenges, with a vision of powering the future of web3. Recognizes that the journey to excellence is ongoing and embraces the challenge.
Empathetic Insight: Demonstrated ability to understand and share the feelings of others, fostering genuine connections and promoting a supportive environment.
Bastion provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, and placement. Bastion participates in E-Verify to authorize eligibility of employment in the United States.
