About the role:You will represent the Security Team as a point of contact and source of knowledge, working with management, InfoSec and Legal teams, and across the R&D department.
What you will be doing:- Own and innovate the security strategy for Forter’s use of Generative AI, ensuring high development velocity while handling rapidly evolving threats.
 - Collaborate with engineering teams to embed security best practices early, balancing protection with development velocity.
 - Perform risk assessments and negotiate with other teams on where to invest effort.
 - Design, build, promote, and maintain security infrastructure and tools used by all of Forter's engineering teams.
 - Mentor and build relationships with “Security Champions” in Engineering to design and build secure applications
 
Who You Are (Must-Haves)- 5-6+ years of experience in the relevant fields:
 - 3+ years experience in a security-focused role
 - 3+ years working with production systems in public cloud environments (AWS / GCP / Azure / Kubernetes) OR
 - 3+ years experience with programming and infrastructure-as-code (Python, NodeJS, Go, Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
 - Deep understanding of security across every layer of the tech stack (OS, Network, Application, Database, Storage, etc.)
 - Excellent communication skills, including the ability to drive cross-team security initiatives
 
Nice-to-Have- Experience with security in the AI model lifecycle, LLMs and agentic AI
 - Experience with threat modeling, security audits, penetration testing, or SAST tools
 - Contributions to security research, blogs, talks, or open-source security projects
 
Benefits include:- Competitive salary
 - Quarterly company bonus
 - Private health insurance, including vision and dental coverage
 - Restricted Stock Units (RSU’s)
 - Generous PTO policy
 - Half day Fridays, every Friday
 - Work from home allowance
 - Pension plan with an option for salary sacrifice
 
Trust is backed by data – Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards, including:
- Great Place to Work Certification (2021, 2022, 2023)
 - in NYC (2022)
 - #3 on of “Most Innovative Finance Companies” (2022)
 - Forbes Cloud 100 (2021, )
 - SAP Pinnacle Awards “ ” (2023)
 - Fintech Breakthrough Awards – Best Fraud Prevention Platform (2023)