Banking is being reimagined—and customers expect every interaction to be easy, personal, and instant . We are building a universal banking assistant that millions of U.S. consumers can use to transact across all financial institutions and, over time, autonomously drive their financial goals . Powered by our proprietary BankGPT platform , this assistant is positioned to displace age-old legacy systems within financial institutions and own the end-to-end CX stack , unlocking a $200B opportunity and potentially replacing multiple publicly traded companies . Ultimately, our mission is to drive financial well-being for millions of consumers.With over two-thirds of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, 50% holding less than $500 in savings, and only 17% financially literate, we aim to put financial well-being on autopilot to help solve this problem.
About the Role
As the Director of Security & Privacy Engineering , you will report to the VP of Engineering and play a pivotal role in defining and executing interface.ai’s enterprise-wide security and privacy strategy.
You will build and lead a program that ensures our AI products and cloud infrastructure are secure, compliant, and resilient , fostering customer trust and meeting regulatory requirements. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role influencing technology, governance, and culture across the organization. You will lead the development of a secure, compliant, and resilient environment for our AI products and cloud infrastructure — ensuring customer trust and adherence to industry regulations. This is both a strategic and hands-on leadership role that will influence technology, governance, and culture across the organization.
You will be responsible for leading the company’s cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance programs; establishing strong internal controls; managing security risk; and driving security-by-design practices across all engineering and AI initiatives.
What you will do:
As a Director of Security & Privacy Engineering you will be reporting to the VP of Engineering and will be responsible for:
- Own all aspects of Security (excluding physical security), Privacy, and Compliance across the company.
- Develop and enforce security and privacy policies, procedures, and standards, ensuring organization-wide compliance.
- Lead cybersecurity incident response and continuous risk assessment programs.
- Partner with the executive team to align security strategy with business goals and risk tolerance.
- Oversee compliance with GLBA, FFIEC, SOC 2, and other applicable frameworks.
- Champion privacy-by-design principles across product and AI initiatives.
- Partner with Sales, Legal, Compliance, and Product teams to address security inquiries and due diligence requests.
- Deliver executive-level security and risk reports to leadership and the board.
- Collaborate with Engineering and Cloud Infrastructure teams to embed Dev SecOps and secure architecture practices.
- Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of security and privacy engineers.
- Foster a culture of proactive risk management, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- 12+ years of progressive cybersecurity leadership experience, ideally within financial services, banking, mortgage, or consumer lending industries.
- Experience with Cloud Security and controls especially in AWS environment.
- Strong knowledge and application of lending and consumer protection laws and regulations such as FFIEC, GLBA, etc.
- Knowledge of SOC controls, general IT security, control frameworks and familiarity with ISO 7000 standards.
- Hands-on knowledge of data security, encryption, identity management, and threat modeling.
- Strong interpersonal communication, problem solving, and critical thinking skills.
- Comfortable with balancing multiple, competing priorities and changes in a dynamic fast paced environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or related field .
Preferred:
- Master’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or related field.
- Experience in a startup or high-growth SaaS/AI company.
- Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or ISO 27001 Lead Implementer.
Why Join Us
- Shape the security, privacy, and trust strategy for an industry-defining platform.
- Drive innovation in cloud, AI, and data privacy while ensuring compliance and trust at scale.
- Work in a high-impact, mission-driven environment where your leadership directly influences millions of banking customers.
What We Offer
- 401(k) match & financial wellness perks
- Discretionary PTO + paid parental leave