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What is the role of a Founding Security Engineer - Dragonfly Portfolio at Dragonfly?

The Founding Security Engineer - Dragonfly Portfolio position at Dragonfly is a Full-Time opportunity in the relevant field.

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This role spans multiple industries.

What is the expected salary for this Founding Security Engineer - Dragonfly Portfolio job?

$120,000 – $300,000 Yearly Salary

Founding Security Engineer - Dragonfly Portfolio job near me in New York, New York at Dragonfly | Jobs and Employment

Dragonfly is a crypto-native Venture Capital and research firm with $3.6B+ in assets under management and 160+ portfolio companies. Our Talent team connects people with roles across our portfolio, opening the door to opportunities through our Talent Network.

This is not a listing for an internal role at Dragonfly. This posting is to connect you directly with one or more companies in our portfolio that are actively hiring across Security Engineering, Infrastructure Security, Cloud Security, Application Security, Network Security, and Founding Security Engineering roles.

What these roles may involve

Depending on the company and level, responsibilities may include:
Designing and operating security infrastructure across cloud, network, and production environments
Building and managing PKI, certificates, authentication, and key management systems
Designing secure network architecture, segmentation, private connectivity, and zero-trust systems
Owning IAM, secrets management, cloud KMS, HSMs, and access controls
Implementing secure API infrastructure, request signing, replay protection, and audit logging
Building security monitoring, anomaly detection, and incident response processes
Partnering with Engineering and Infrastructure teams to identify and address security risks
Managing penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and remediation
Supporting security audits and compliance programs such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001
Building security processes and infrastructure from the ground up in early-stage environments
Collaborating on smart contract, blockchain, wallet, custody, or other crypto-specific security systems

What portfolio companies are generally looking for

Strong experience building or operating production security systems
Deep understanding of network, infrastructure, cloud, or application security
Experience with areas such as PKI, IAM, secrets management, HSMs, KMS, network segmentation, or zero-trust architecture
Comfort owning security projects end-to-end and working directly with engineering teams
Ability to operate in fast-moving environments where security infrastructure is still being built
Strong attention to detail and understanding of how security decisions affect production systems
Experience responding to incidents, managing audits, or working with external security partners
Ability to work across technical and non-technical teams

Nice to have

Experience at a crypto, fintech, payments, trading, custody, or financial infrastructure company
Experience working with regulated financial institutions or institutional counterparties
Familiarity with smart contract or blockchain security
Experience with cryptographic signing, attestation, or multi-party signing systems
Experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001, penetration testing, or security audits
Previous experience as an early or founding security engineer

Process

We’ll confidentially match you with portfolio companies aligned with your background, skill set, and interests

If you and a team are interested, we’ll facilitate a warm introduction. If there isn’t a match today, we’ll keep you top of mind for future opportunities.

Compensation

Compensation varies by company, location, experience, and level. Security Engineering opportunities within our portfolio generally fall within approximately:

Early / Mid: $120,000–$175,000
Senior: $175,000–$225,000
Staff / Lead / Founding: $200,000–$300,000+

The compensation range reflects variation by seniority, location, and hiring company. Final compensation and equity are confirmed with the specific hiring company.

Our portfolio companies are globally distributed, offering remote, hybrid, and in-person roles worldwide. They’re building across the entire crypto ecosystem—including stablecoins and payments, DeFi, CeFi, exchanges and trading, infrastructure, L1s and L2s, Crypto x AI, Prediction Markets, ZK, custody, and more.

All candidate submissions are strictly confidential.

Submit your information below, and we’ll reach out if there’s a potential fit.

Founding Security Engineer - Dragonfly Portfolio in New York, New York at Dragonfly

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