Job Title: Security Engineer

Company Name: Relay Protocol

Job Url: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/relayprotocol/41e82f1d-1160-4c3d-923e-36ae6c360f91?utm_source=7vzArkkQE6&jr_id=69cc9861cfdc6132f9410663

Job Description: About us
Relay is a cross-chain payments protocol that provides instant, low-cost cross-chain bridging, swaps, and transactions. We're the fastest and cheapest way to bridge and transact across chains, serving over 5 million users who have completed 59+ million transactions with $6+ billion in volume across 85+ chains.

Our company mission is to make transacting across chains as fast, cheap, and reliable as online payments. We are building the core infrastructure to abstract chains from end user payments, enabling the next billion users to experience the benefits of blockchain without the UX burdens. We are bringing the Relay Network to market through our consumer app (relay.link) and major ecosystem partners, including Opensea, Alchemy, LiFi, Metamask, Coinbase, and more.

About the role
As Relay scales, security and reliability deserve a dedicated owner. We're looking for a Security Engineer who will define and protect the worry-free infrastructure that millions of users depend on.

What you'll do
Own Relay's security posture

Lead threat modeling, vulnerability management, access controls, and dependency auditing

Map Relay's attack surface and document gaps

Harden CI/CD pipelines, secrets management, and least-privilege access

Build and maintain observability

Instrument monitoring, alerting, and dashboards that give the team real-time visibility into Relay's health

Define and enforce SLOs by setting availability and performance targets, and drive the team to meet them

Lead incident response

Own the incident response process end to end: triage when things break, run postmortems, and make sure the same issue doesn't happen twice

Drive compliance readiness

Prepare Relay for customer security reviews and formal certifications (SOC 2, etc.)

Embed security and reliability practices into team culture as we grow

About you
You're someone who owns outcomes, not just tasks

You proactively identify risks before they become issues

You're calm under pressure, a structured thinker during incidents, and a clear communicator when it matters most

You're comfortable working autonomously and know how to prioritize what matters most

You're excited about blockchain and understand the unique security demands of the space

Skills and abilities
Must-have

3+ years operating production infrastructure on AWS

Hands-on experience with security fundamentals including vulnerability management, access control, secrets management, and network security

Experience in crypto/blockchain infrastructure

Strong background in observability tooling (Datadog, PagerDuty, or similar)

Experience defining and operating against SLOs

Nice to have

Experience leading or contributing to SOC 2 or similar compliance certifications

Background in smart contract security or wallet/key management infrastructure

Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)

Prior experience as a first security/reliability hire at a startup

Relevant certifications (AWS Security Specialty, CISSP, etc.)

What we offer
Competitive base salary

Equity package

Comprehensive health benefits

Unlimited PTO policy with encouraged minimum

Remote-first culture with emphasis on collaboration, communication, and flexibility