Spade takes messy transaction data and turns it into structured, verified records — with AI agents that help you use it everywhere it matters. Backed by Y Combinator and a16z.
About the role
As a Senior Platform Security Engineer, you'll own the security of Spade's production edge that connects us to our enterprise bank customers. You'll work across certificate lifecycle operations, network security architecture, and vulnerability management on a small, high-ownership team where your decisions directly protect the systems processing billions of transactions.
What they're looking for
- 6+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, or network security engineering, with hands-on ownership of production systems
- Deep experience with PKI and certificate lifecycle management
- Strong understanding of TLS/mTLS
- Hands-on AWS networking and security experience
- Working knowledge of OAuth 2.0 (client-credentials flow, JWT validation) and familiarity with certificate-bound token patterns
- Experience setting security standards and working with engineering teams to adopt them
More about this role
Financial institutions process billions of transactions every day across cards, ACH, wires, and third party aggregators. But most of that data is difficult to use. Descriptions are inconsistent, merchant names don’t match, and categories vary by payment type.
Spade is a data and AI platform that turns messy transaction strings into structured, verified records — and gives teams the tools to act on it across authorization, attribution, analytics, and AI initiatives. Spade leads the market in terms of merchant coverage, matching accuracy, geolocation data, and speed of transaction enrichment. Customers such as, FIS, Bilt, Mercury, Stripe, alongside many other leaders in fintech and financial services, trust Spade's data to enable personalized rewards programs, accurate applied spending rules, precise analytics requests, and innovative AI-powered features.
Spade is a fast growing, Series B company backed by industry experts and top tier investors (including Oak HC/FT, a16z, Flourish Ventures, Y-Combinator, and Gradient Ventures). We’re a lean and execution-oriented hybrid team, passionate about building exceptional products for our growing customer base. We care deeply about...
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