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Jump - Advisor AI · 2 days ago

Head of Security & IT

Jump is an AI company focused on enhancing the financial advisory experience, and they are seeking a Head of Security & IT to lead their security initiatives. The role involves managing a security team, providing guidance on secure coding, analyzing vulnerabilities, and ensuring compliance with security standards.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Financial ServicesFinTechGenerative AISaaSWealth Management
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Manage a team of security engineers (ranging in skill from IT, GRC, CloudSec & AppSec)
Provide guidance, training, and tools to developers on secure coding principles, common vulnerabilities, and secure design patterns
Analyze, fix, and test vulnerabilities
Do code reviews, audit and analyze source code for vulnerabilities
Monitor the security industry for new developments
Evaluate, recommend, and implement security tools and technologies to improve our application security posture
Conduct threat modeling exercises for new and existing applications and systems
Ensure systems and processes adhere to relevant security standards, regulations (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA), and internal policies
Implement and manage security controls for cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP), including identity and access management (IAM), network security, and data protection
Maintain comprehensive documentation for security processes, tools, and configurations

Qualification

Security engineeringCloud security (AWS/GCP/Azure)Compliance frameworksDevSecOps toolingSecure coding principlesVulnerability analysisThreat modelingTeam managementCommunication skillsDocumentation

Required

5+ years hands‑on security engineering in cloud‑native (AWS/GCP/Azure) product environments
Demonstrate end‑to‑end ownership of at least one compliance framework (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, etc.)
Fluent in modern DevSecOps tooling (Terraform, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, OIDC/OAuth)
Write code well enough to build internal tooling or fix a critical bug (we use Elixir & Terraform)
Communicate complex risks in plain language to engineers, execs, and customers
Comfortable being a 'team of one' at first and progressively hiring/mentoring teammates

Preferred

Experience with multi‑tenant data isolation
SAML/SCIM integrations
Selling to regulated industries (FinTech, HealthTech, GovTech)

Benefits

Health/dental/vision
401k (no match yet)
Flexible PTO with manager approval
Top‑spec laptop, stipend for home office/security hardware
$2,000 annual training/certifications budget

Company

Jump - Advisor AI

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Trusted by enterprise and loved by advisors, Jump is the leading AI tool for wealth managers and financial advisors that automates notetaking, compliance, CRM updates, and much more

H1B Sponsorship

Jump - Advisor AI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2021 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$29.17M
Key Investors
Battery VenturesSorenson Capital
2025-02-03Series A· $24.57M
2024-06-10Series Unknown· $4.6M

Leadership Team

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Parker Ence
CEO & Cofounder
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Tim Chaves
Co-founder / COO
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