Cloud Platform and Security Engineer (Insurtech Startup)
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New York, NY · Posted October 31, 2026
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About the job
A fast-growing fintech startup in the insurance technology space is hiring the first person ever dedicated to infrastructure and security. You will report to the CTO, run DevOps, cloud infrastructure and security as one small platform group, and grow into leading a team as engineering expands.
Responsibilities
Stand up the processes, policies and tooling for the platform function from nothing
Move older systems onto modern AWS foundations and tighten the cloud setup during your first months
Keep the security program running through automation, including SOC 2 upkeep, AI usage policy and incident response
Improve build and deployment pipelines and developer tooling so engineers release faster
Advise leadership on security practice and spread a security-first habit across the team
Requirements
Five to twelve years running cloud infrastructure and security, with deep hands-on AWS experience
Owned a production platform (infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, Kubernetes, monitoring) at a venture-backed B2B software company; regulated sectors are a plus
Strong with IAM, secrets and data protection as part of everyday platform work
Building platform foundations from zero and running SOC 2 in practice are both pluses
Comfortable with ambiguity, with a steady work history
In the New York office four days a week. Visa transfers considered.