Head of Security and Compliance
Raydar
Head of Security and Compliance
Raydar
AI-powered recruiting agency for tech roles
Raydar · San Francisco, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-04
Salary: USD 200,000–300,000
Workplace: on_site
About the company
Our client is a financial technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead the security function at a fast-paced company, pairing hands-on engineering with people leadership of security engineers. The role covers building security controls into everyday engineering work, shaping security architecture for automated systems, and owning compliance and incident response.
What you'll do
- Build security tooling and processes that engineers adopt as a natural part of shipping software.
- Manage and develop a group of security engineers, supporting their professional growth.
- Strengthen secure development lifecycle practices, threat modeling and vulnerability management.
- Design security architecture for automated and AI-driven systems, covering data privacy and AI-specific risks.
- Partner with go-to-market and legal teams on compliance and customer security questions.
- Own the compliance roadmap across major security frameworks.
- Lead incident response, build detection capabilities and turn each incident into lasting improvements.
What we're looking for
- Able to write code and read production software, so you can trace and remediate security flaws yourself.
- Strong grounding in application security, product security, secure development lifecycle, web security and DevSecOps.
- Demonstrated accountability for independent audit attestations under widely used security frameworks.
Bonus points
- Background as a software or full-stack engineer who moved into security.
- Earlier work in a senior security leadership position or as the first security hire at a company.
- Involvement in the security community, such as speaking, attending conferences or maintaining open-source projects.
- Degree from a highly ranked US university.
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: $200K to $300K
- Equity
- Comprehensive healthcare
- Retirement plan
- Flexible time off
Location and work model
- San Francisco, California, United States
- On-site
- Full-time
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Raydar is an AI-powered talent acquisition firm that serves tech-focused organizations on a contingency basis, charging client companies only after a successful hire. It uses proprietary AI to identify a large pool of candidates and conducts a short 15-minute AI-driven interview (recorded and transcribed) before human recruiters review materials, provide interview prep, and assist with offers and negotiations. What sets it apart is the blend of automated sourcing and screening with hands-on human oversight and tailored client support. Its goal is to help organizations hire more efficiently by speeding up sourcing while maintaining thorough evaluation and negotiation assistance.
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