Senior Security Engineer

2d2 days ago

Ripple

London, GB · Full-time · £85,000 – £115,000

About this role

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. As a Senior Security Engineer focusing on anti-abuse and threat intelligence, you will lead the design and development of systems to detect, mitigate, and prevent threats targeting Ripple’s staff, products, and users.

This includes identifying Advanced Persistent Threats targeting the crypto ecosystem, phishing campaigns, impersonation attempts, and social engineering campaigns across web, mobile, and social platforms. You will collaborate closely with Legal, Communications, Brand Security, and third-party vendors.

You will operationalize threat intelligence by developing systems to detect and disseminate intelligence on threats impacting Ripple and customers. Additional work includes building tooling, workflows and AI agents to streamline intelligence integration across the organization.

The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders offers a learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget supports continued growth.

Requirements

5+ years of experience working within a security, abuse prevention, or threat detection domain, ideally with exposure to large-scale platforms, FinTech, or crypto environments
Proficiency in Python, Go, or similar languages for building automation and detection systems
Experience investigating cyber threats, phishing, impersonation, or abuse at scale
Ability to analyze attack trends, extract insights, and drive detection improvements through data
Familiarity with abuse reporting and enforcement APIs
Strong communication skills and an ability to tailor them to various technical/non-technical audiences
Passion for stopping bad actors and building trust in crypto ecosystems
Teammate that can handle ambitious situations, a rapidly maturing security culture, and an eagerness to mentor less expert engineers

Responsibilities

Develop systems to detect and disseminate intelligence on threats impacting Ripple and customers
Build tooling, workflows and AI agents to streamline the integration and interpretation of intelligence across Ripple orgs
Investigate attacker infrastructure and threat trends to advise proactive defenses
Create dashboards and alerts to supervise threat detection and public awareness on emerging threats
Assist in investigations for sophisticated abuse cases and help implement long-term preventative measures
Advise on threat intelligence best practices, tooling decisions, and vendor integrations to improve Ripple’s external security posture

Benefits

Opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
Learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact
Professional development budget to support growth