[Remote] Senior Platform & Security Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Taekus is a profitable fintech and travel startup building a next-generation premium banking and rewards ecosystem for affluent customers. We are seeking a Senior Platform & Security Engineer to own the infrastructure, reliability, and security that everything we build runs on, defining a function from the ground up and setting technical direction as we scale.ResponsibilitiesOwn and unify the platform and infrastructure that powers our core products and servicesTreat our engineers as your customers—build the tooling, paved roads, and self-service workflows that let them ship quickly and safelyOwn CI/CD and release automation, keeping the path to production fast, reliable, and observableOwn feature-flag, configuration, and secrets infrastructure, along with the reliability of our background-job, caching, and queue systems (Celery, Redis, RabbitMQ)Improve observability and operational health across services through structured logging, error monitoring, and APM, and share in the on-call rotation for platform and infrastructure servicesOwn the platform's security guardrails—secrets management, IAM and access control, PCI/PII data handling, and vulnerability managementOwn and automate compliance and audit readiness (PCI-DSS, SOC 2, partner security reviews), coordinating external auditors and making the process repeatableSet technical direction for platform and security, driving toward infrastructure-as-code over timeSkills6+ years of professional engineering experience, with a strong platform, infrastructure, or backend focusDeep, hands-on AWS experience (EKS/Kubernetes, EC2, Lambda, RDS) in high-availability production environmentsStrong CI/CD and release-engineering background, with containerization using Docker and Kubernetes, and a track record of building tooling that improves developer experience (Terraform a plus)Comfort working in a Python/Django codebase (Celery, Redis, PostgreSQL), able to read and contribute to platform codeExperience with modern observability and monitoring tooling across logging, error tracking, and APMA security-minded engineer fluent in secrets management, IAM/access control, and dependency hygiene, ideally with hands-on PCI-DSS or SOC 2 experienceBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experienceBenefitsCompetitive salary and stock option planMedical, Dental, and Vision insurance401(k) plan with 5% company matchFlexible vacation policyFully remote work environmentAll required travel will be paid for by TaekusCompany OverviewTaekus is a fintech company that provides credit card benefits to travelers. It was founded in 2020, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is http://www.taekus.com.