Lead Security Engineer

• As a key member of Flo’s Security Architecture team, you will lead the design and operation of our US Healthcare security controls. You’ll work directly with Product and Engineering teams to translate HIPAA and SOC 2 requirements into technical security controls across Flo’s AWS multi-account environment - including EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, VPC networking, IAM, and KMS
• You’ll own the roadmap for HIPAA compliance and SOC 2 Type II certification, working closely with external auditors and professional services partners, and partnering with Engineering and Legal to build a secure, compliant platform for millions of users
• Compliance Leadership: Lead annual SOC 2 and HIPAA certifications, managing interfaces with external auditors and professional services
• Technical Control Design: Partner with Engineering to harden AWS workloads (EKS, EC2, data pipelines, and more) to meet HIPAA and SOC 2 controls; perform technical security design reviews and architectural risk assessments for services handling PHI
• Policy & Risk: Define and maintain security policies and standards; embed risk assessment activities within engineering processes, and evolve Flo’s security risk management framework
• Vendor Risk Management: Support vendor risk activities including contract reviews and security posture assessments
• Operational Excellence: Partner with control owners to automate evidence gathering and ensure controls reduce friction rather than creating it
• Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary Security POC for US regulators and partners; support the wider Security team with ISO 27001/27701 alignment; report risk status to security leadership
• Tooling: Manage and integrate GRC and compliance automation platforms to streamline monitoring and reporting

Benefits

• Participation in Flo’s success: We firmly believe every employee contributes to the company’s growth and its future success. All employees are eligible to participate in Flo’s Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP) and be awarded equity to participate in the long-term value creation of the business
• Family benefits: We know having a baby can be a big transition for the family, so we’re proud to offer 1 month fully paid paternity leave to be there and bond with your baby and 6 months of fully paid maternity leave, with a $5000 bonus on your return to work to help you settle into this new chapter of your life. (Depending on your country there may be additional options for parental time off and shared parental leave beyond the early days)
• Resources you need to thrive: At Flo you will have access to internal and external learning resources and tools to challenge your knowledge and push yourself further every day. We support career progression from within through personal development plans and dedicated Learning & Development budget to help you thrive
• Holiday and sick leave: It’s important to take time off to recharge and spend time with family and friends. We offer 25 days (28 for vice presidents and above) paid holiday in addition to the local public holidays and 30 days fully paid sick leave per year
• Flexible workplace: We want to provide a setup that gives our employees the flexibility they need, while also getting important face to face time with the team. With this in mind, we encourage teams to spend 2 days/week in the office.

Our popular Workation policy also allows you to work from anywhere for up to 2 months a year

Strong ability to manage multiple concurrent audit and certification workstreams7+ years in security, compliance, or risk management (3+ in a leadership capacity), with a Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experienceFamiliarity with PHI handling, GRC and compliance automation platforms, and exposure to enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAFDeep expertise in SOC 2 within the AWS environment (familiarity with HIPAA frameworks would be considered a big plus)Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to translate complex compliance requirements into clear actions for engineering and business teamsCISA, CISM, or CISSP certificationsExperience with NIST 800-53, Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), and Center for Internet Security (CIS) frameworksExperience in healthcare or another regulated industry; HITRUST experience a plusExperience building compliance roadmaps in early-stage startupsExposure to containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), serverless, and big data platformsExposure to DevSecOps and sprint-based Agile developmentVendor management experience

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