Principal Platform Security Engineer

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses. Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment. Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship. Overall   Purpose   The Principal Platform Security Engineer is a hands-on enterprise technical leader responsible for defining the long-term technical vision, secure target states, architecture patterns, technical standards, and control strategy for platform security across products, platforms, and shared services. This role leads principal-level engineering efforts   that bridge   product , infrastructure, and security, ensuring that secure engineering is embedded throughout the software and infrastructure lifecycle. The role   establishes   scalable security capabilities, influences enterprise technical direction, and drives adoption of secure-by-default patterns across multiple systems and pillars.   Essential Functions   Owns the enterprise technical vision for platform security engineering across shared services, internal platforms, and engineering workflows.    Defines and drives secure target states, enterprise-scale design patterns, engineering standards, and control strategies spanning multiple products, platforms, and technology pillars.    Shapes long-range technical direction for secure-by-default platform capabilities, balancing risk reduction, scalability, resilience, and developer experience.    Leads the most complex   security   engineering decisions involving platform security, shared services, lifecycle controls, and systemic risk reduction.    Partners with senior engineering, infrastructure, product, and security leaders to align long-term roadmaps, investment priorities, and enterprise design direction.    Establishes reusable frameworks, reference implementations, technical guardrails, and scalable automation that are adopted broadly across the organization.    Evaluates emerging technologies,   engineering   options, and operating models to guide enterprise security engineering strategy.    Resolves highly ambiguous, cross-domain technical challenges and provides clear recommendations on risk, tradeoffs, sequencing, and implementation approach.    Influences enterprise technical standards, major engineering decisions, and control adoption models across multiple teams and domains.    Leads technical response strategy for significant platform security issues with a focus on durable correction and systemic improvement.    Mentors   senior engineers and serves as a recognized technical authority across the organization.    Supports the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.    Minimum Qualifications   Typically has 15 or more years of experience or   demonstrated   portfolio consistent with experience required of the role.    Expert-level experience across   platform , infrastructure, software, and security engineering, including architectural and implementation leadership.    Significant experience   owning technical direction for broad engineering domains, enterprise initiatives, or   highly complex   cross-functional programs.    Significant experience   defining target states, standards, design patterns, reference architectures, or control strategies adopted at scale.    Demonstrated ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders and align multiple organizations around a common technical direction.    Strong experience solving complex, ambiguous, systemic engineering problems with durable and scalable solutions.    Demonstrated technical leadership without requiring formal people management authority.    Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical   risk , tradeoffs, and strategic recommendations.    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science , Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.    Preferred Qualifications   Experience serving as a principal engineer, architect, or equivalent enterprise technical leader.    Experience shaping enterprise platform strategy, cloud strategy, or secure engineering transformation efforts.    Experience with large-scale platform modernization, shared services strategy, or internal developer platform evolution.    Experience   representing   technical strategy, engineering risk, and target-state recommendations to senior leadership.    Additional   related education and/or experience.   The base pay scale for this position in: Phoenix, AZ/ Chicago, IL / Washington, DC in USD per year is: $184,000 - $230,000. San Francisco, CA in USD per year is: $221,000 - $276,000. Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits. This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate’s education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements a