Job description

About Dragonfly Dragonfly is a global investment firm focused on the future of money, markets, and intelligence. With origins in crypto and over $3.5 billion in assets under management, we invest in generational companies and protocols across the frontier of finance and technology. We're a team of seasoned VCs, technologists, and markets experts with deep roots in New York, Silicon Valley, and Asia. We've published some of the industry's most widely read research on stablecoins, market structure, decentralized finance, networks, protocol security, and increasingly, the intersection of finance and AI. 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 for Security Engineers who can also code . 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 Even if you don't match every point above, we encourage you to apply. There may be other opportunities that fit your skill set. 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 • 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. Submit your information below, and we’ll reach out if there’s a potential fit.

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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
Even if you don't match every point above, we encourage you to apply. There may be other opportunities that fit your skill set.
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.

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