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# Senior Staff Security Engineer, Product Security at Ripple 

- **Company:** Ripple 
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $232k–$310k
- **Posted:** 2026-06-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15
- **Apply:** https://ripple.com/careers/all-jobs/job/7997234?gh_jid=7997234

## Job description

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.

If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.

## THE WORK:

As a Senior Staff Security Engineer, you will be one of Ripple's most senior technical security practitioners, operating at the intersection of application security, cloud infrastructure security, and secure software delivery. This role exists to raise the technical bar and extend Ripple's security posture as the engineering organization scales across new products, new architectures, and an increasingly sophisticated threat landscape.

You will serve as the dedicated security engineering partner for Ripple Treasury. You will lead the technical direction for product and infrastructure security, partnering with Ripple Treasury Product and Engineering teams to drive secure design, threat modeling, vulnerability management, and cloud security architecture.

## WHAT YOU’LL DO:

- Serve as the dedicated Security Engineering partner for Ripple Treasury BU, owning the security posture of the Treasury solution and infrastructure environment from assessment through remediation and ongoing maturity improvement.
- Lead threat modeling and security architecture reviews across Treasury offerings.
- Own the secure software development lifecycle for your product surface area, defining security guardrails, CI/CD integrations, and developer guidance that make secure by default a practical reality.
- Drive the cloud security architecture for Treasury across Azure and AWS, including IAM, network segmentation, encryption, zero trust controls, Kubernetes traffic policies, and DDoS and WAF strategy, ensuring full alignment with Ripple's infrastructure standards as Treasury integrates.
- Partner with GRC to ensure Treasury meets its compliance obligations across SOC 2, ISO 27001, and applicable financial regulatory frameworks as the BU integrates into Ripple's governance program.
- Own vulnerability discovery via security assessments, penetration testing and bug bounty, driving findings through triage, prioritization, remediation, and validation with a bias toward automation and developer self-service.
- Build and scale a Security Champions model within Treasury Engineering, embedding security advocates who extend the Security Engineering team's reach at scale.
- Influence engineering architecture decisions at the senior level, participating in design reviews and architectural assessments with the standing to raise security concerns that get acted on.
- Mentor and develop Security Engineers, raising the technical bar through threat model walkthroughs, design discussions, and structured knowledge sharing.
- Stay ahead of the threat landscape for FinTech, crypto, and enterprise treasury systems, translating emerging attack techniques into concrete defensive improvements across platforms and systems.

## WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

- 10+ years of Security Engineering experience, including hands-on work in Product Security and Infrastructure Security.
- Expert-level product security skills including threat modeling using STRIDE or equivalent, security architecture review, OWASP Top 10 and beyond, API security, authentication and authorization design, and secure SDLC development.
- Deep expertise in securing cloud environments across Azure, AWS, and/or GCP, covering IAM architecture, network security, secrets management, container and Kubernetes security, and infrastructure as code security.
- Hands-on experience building and operating DevSecOps tooling, including static analysis, dynamic analysis, software composition analysis, secrets scanning, container scanning, and CI/CD pipeline security integration.
- Strong software engineering skills in Python, Go, or equivalent, with the ability to build security tooling, automate controls, and integrate security into engineering workflows without relying on third-party tools for everything.
- Experience with cryptographic principles and key management, including HSMs, MPC, PKI, and key rotation, with an understanding of the consequences of key management failure in financial infrastructure.
- Background in FinTech, crypto, blockchain, or high-stakes financial environments is a strong plus, particularly where security failures have direct customer or systemic financial impact.
- A practitioner's approach. Most effective when close to the work, writing threat models, reviewing architecture documents, reading code, and building tooling.

Other common names for this role: Security Architecture, Security Engineering Lead

For positions that will be based in CA, the annual salary range for this position is below. Actual salaries may vary based on numerous factors including, among other things, an individual applicant’s experience and qualifications for the position. This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions. CA Annual Base Salary Range $232,000—$310,000 USD

## WHO WE ARE:

Do Your Best Work

- The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
- A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact.  A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
- Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
- In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
- Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
- We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!

Take Control of Your Finances

- Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
- Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
- Employee giving match
- Mobile phone stipend

Take Care of Yourself

- R&R days so you can rest and recharge
- Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
- Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
- Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
- Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events

Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.

Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.

Please find our California, UK/EU, Singapore, DIFC, ADGM, Australia, and Switzerland  [Applicant Privacy Notice](https://ripple.com/legal/applicant-privacy-notice/)for reference.

## About Ripple 

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Ripple is a financial technology company that provides crypto solutions for businesses, enabling global financial institutions, governments, and developers to store, move, and exchange value.
- **Entity Type**: Private (backed by venture capital)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (primary office among 15+ global locations)
- **Founded**: Not publicly available in provided sources (commonly reported as 2012)
- **Founders**: Not explicitly listed in provided sources (known founders include Chris Larsen, Jed McCaleb, and others)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial technology, blockchain, cryptocurrency, enterprise payments
- **Target customers**: B2B – banks, financial institutions, fintechs, governments, and developers
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “To build a world without economic borders through crypto and blockchain” and “enable the Internet of Value”

## Products & Services
- **Payments**: Real-time cross-border settlement using stablecoins, crypto, and local currencies; settlement in 3–5 seconds with 90% global FX market coverage.
- **Custody**: Secure storage and management of digital assets with governance controls for institutional launch and scaling.
- **Stablecoin (RLUSD)**: Compliance-first stablecoin built for regulated financial institutions, enabling real-time settlement.
- **Tokenization**: Bring real-world assets onchain using Ripple’s custody solution and the XRP Ledger.
- **Prime Brokerage**: Multi-asset clearing, cross-margining, and risk-based financing across traditional and digital assets.
- **Treasury**: Real-time cash visibility, AI-powered forecasting, and global risk management for corporate treasuries.
- **RippleX**: Developer tools and resources for building on the XRP Ledger, one of the fastest and most sustainable public blockchains.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available in provided sources (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding not explicitly stated; company has deployed over $600M across 70+ direct investments and 10+ limited partner investments since 2015.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: “Backed by globally recognized venture capital firms and strategic investors” – specific names not listed in provided sources.
- **Growth Signals**: Over 1,000 employees across 15+ offices; hundreds of customers in 50+ countries; 122 open roles listed on careers page (as of search date); strong hiring across engineering, sales, and product departments.

## Competitive Advantages
- Proprietary XRP Ledger – fast, low-cost, sustainable public blockchain.
- Speed and scale: payments settle in 3–5 seconds with 90% coverage of global FX markets.
- Regulatory-first approach: works with regulators, governments, and central banks to ensure compliance.
- Established enterprise trust: hundreds of financial institutions and governments use Ripple’s products.
- End-to-end suite: payments, custody, stablecoin, tokenization, treasury – all from one partner.

## Strategic Focus
- Modernizing global financial infrastructure by bridging traditional finance with digital assets.
- Expanding stablecoin (RLUSD) adoption among regulated institutions.
- Driving tokenization of real-world assets using the XRP Ledger.
- Growing developer ecosystem through RippleX and XRP Ledger tooling.
- Deepening partnerships with banks, fintechs, and governments worldwide.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Collaborative, transparent, and inclusive environment with a strong mission to increase global economic fairness.
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Multiple offices in key tech and financial centers (San Francisco, New York, London, Dubai, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, etc.); specific remote policy not detailed in provided sources.
- **Notable Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the company emphasizes “passion for purpose”, “deep respect for diversity”, and the opportunity to work on impactful blockchain and crypto solutions.
- **Engineering Culture**: Focus on “powerful innovation” and building breakthrough crypto solutions; teams work on cutting-edge blockchain infrastructure, payments, and developer tools.

## Sources
1. [Ripple Careers](https://ripple.com/careers/)
2. [Ripple Company Page](https://ripple.com/company/)
3. [Ripple Homepage](https://ripple.com/)
4. [Ripple All Jobs](https://ripple.com/careers/all-jobs/)
5. [Ripple LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ripple)

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