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Head of Security & Privacy Engineering

interface.ai · Palo Alto, CA · 1 mo ago
On-siteEngineering$260k–$350k/yrFull-time

About The Role

You will report to the VP of Engineering and play a pivotal role in defining and executing interface.ai’s enterprise-wide security and privacy strategy. You will build and lead a program that ensures our AI products and cloud infrastructure are secure, compliant, and resilient, fostering customer trust and meeting regulatory requirements.

This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role influencing technology, governance, and culture across the organization. You will lead the development of a secure, compliant, and resilient environment for our AI products and cloud infrastructure — ensuring customer trust and adherence to industry regulations. This is both a strategic and hands-on leadership role that will influence technology, governance, and culture across the organization.

You will be responsible for leading the company’s cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance programs; establishing strong internal controls; managing security risk; and driving security-by-design practices across all engineering and AI initiatives.

What you will do:

  • Own all aspects of Security (excluding physical security), Privacy, and Compliance across the company.
  • Develop and enforce security and privacy policies, procedures, and standards, ensuring organization-wide compliance.
  • Lead cybersecurity incident response and continuous risk assessment programs.
  • Partner with the executive team to align security strategy with business goals and risk tolerance.
  • Oversee compliance with GLBA, FFIEC, SOC 2, and other applicable frameworks.
  • Champion privacy-by-design principles across product and AI initiatives.
  • Lead security and privacy initiatives for AI-powered products, ensuring safe deployment of generative AI, LLM-driven systems, and AI workflows through secure architecture, risk mitigation, and responsible AI governance.
  • Partner with Sales, Legal, Compliance, and Product teams to address security inquiries and due diligence requests.
  • Deliver executive-level security and risk reports to leadership and the board.
  • Collaborate with Engineering and Cloud Infrastructure teams to embed Dev SecOps and secure architecture practices.
  • Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of security and privacy engineers.
  • Foster a culture of proactive risk management, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of cybersecurity leadership experience, ideally within financial services, banking, fintech, or regulated environments.
  • AI & Generative AI Security Mindset: Experience securing AI-driven platforms, LLM workflows, or AI-powered products, including awareness of emerging AI risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, and model misuse.
  • Cloud Security Expertise: Strong experience securing cloud-native infrastructure, particularly AWS, including identity management, network security, container security, and infrastructure protection.
  • Security Architecture & DevSecOps: Ability to embed security-by-design practices across distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Data Security & Privacy Engineering: Deep knowledge of data protection, encryption, identity and access management (IAM), and threat modeling, especially for sensitive financial data.
  • Regulatory & Compliance Leadership: Strong understanding of GLBA, FFIEC, SOC 2, and enterprise security frameworks, with experience building compliant security programs.
  • Executive Leadership & Communication: Proven ability to lead security programs, communicate risk to executive stakeholders, and build high-performing security and privacy engineering teams.
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science or related field. Preferred: Master’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or related field.
  • Experience in a startup or high-growth SaaS/AI company.
  • Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or ISO 27001 Lead Implementer.

Why Join Us

  • Shape the security, privacy, and trust strategy for an industry-defining platform.
  • Drive innovation in cloud, AI, and data privacy while ensuring compliance and trust at scale.
  • Work in a high-impact, mission-driven environment where your leadership directly influences millions of banking customers.

Benefits

  • 💡 100% paid health, dental & vision care
  • 💰 401(k) & financial wellness perks
  • 🌴 Discretionary PTO + paid parental leave
  • 🧠 Mental health, wellness & family benefits
  • 🚀 A mission-driven team shaping the future of banking

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