Security Engineer

Our mission is to increase the success rate of small businesses. Traditional banking has been a growth limiter rather than a growth enabler. We're changing that. Relay is the all-in-one, collaborative money management platform. We're building for employer SMBs and their finance function, and delivering a human-centric customer experience.

Relay is entering an exciting new chapter of growth, and we're looking for a Security Engineer to join the purple team in our security organization. This is a rare early-career opportunity to work across both offensive and defensive security with the mentorship and support to grow quickly.

As a Security Engineer on Relay's purple team, you'll help design and run exercises that test our defenses, surface vulnerabilities, and drive real improvements. You'll work closely with senior security engineers who will coach you through the harder problems, and you'll take increasing ownership of your own workstreams as you build depth.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Help plan and run security simulations, and contribute to the security awareness program that comes out of them

• Review how sensitive customer and financial data is accessed in Relay's admin dashboards, and help implement improvements

• Contribute to strengthening security for our developer environments, including tooling, packages, and access to production

• Work alongside delivery, IT, and business teams to turn test findings into tangible fixes, and follow them through to done

• Develop and manage Cyber Awareness exercises, including internal phishing attacks

• Research emerging threats (e.g. AI misuse, supply chain risks, identity and access challenges, Shadow IT) and help the team figure out what they mean in Relay's context

• Share what you find in a way that educates and drives action, building your voice in Relay's security culture

Who You Are

• You have roughly 2–4 years of experience in security, or in an adjacent technical role (IT, infrastructure, software engineering, SOC) with meaningful security exposure

• You have a solid grasp of security fundamentals: how systems get attacked, how they get defended, and why. You may have gone deep on one side and be eager to learn the other

• You can script (Python, Bash, PowerShell, JavaScript, etc.) well enough to automate a task, pull apart data, or build a small tool, and you're comfortable getting better at it

• You're comfortable working in cloud and developer environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure; GitHub, CI/CD) and can find your way around them

• You're motivated by closing the loop. You don't just want to identify vulnerabilities, you want to see them fixed

• You're curious, pragmatic, and collaborative; you ask questions early, you say when you're stuck, and exploring new threats gives you energy

• You can explain a technical finding to someone who isn't in security without losing them

• You thrive in fast paced environments and embrace change

• You have hands-on experience with adversary simulation, detection engineering, penetration testing, incident response, or vulnerability management

• You understand authentication and access protocols (SSO, OAuth, SAML, OpenID Connect) or have worked with zero trust principles

• You have used tools across the security stack, from SIEM, IPS, WAF and EDR to vulnerability scanners and security automation platforms

Bonus Points

• You have experience with cloud IAM, networking, or containerized systems like Docker or Kubernetes

• You have participated in purple, red, or blue team rituals

• You have experience in fintech, SaaS, or scaling tech companies

• You have public security contributions, CTF participation, a home lab, bug bounties, talks, research, or OSS tooling

The Interview Process

• Stage 1: A 45-minute Google Meet call with a member of the Talent team

• Stage 2: A 45-minute experience deep dive interview with the Senior Engineering Manager and Senior Security Engineer

• Stage 3: A 60-minute live technical assessment via Google Meet, or in person, with a panel of interviewers

• Stage 4: A 45-minute in-person interview with a member of the Leadership team

The annual salary range for this role is $126,000 CAD to $154,000 CAD.

For candidates who demonstrate full readiness for the defined scope of the role, the typical starting salary is $140,000 CAD. Offers below this point reflect candidates we believe can grow into the full scope of the role with support and development. Offers above this point reflect impact that meaningfully exceeds the role’s defined expectations or an expanded scope from day one.

• You push relentlessly for reinvention: You're always asking "how can this be better?" -- in your work, in your craft, in yourself. Comfort is a signal to push harder, not coast. You'd rather build something better than defend something familiar.