You'll be a single principal-level IC bridging two disciplines that usually live on separate teams: security engineering (threat modeling, vulnerability management, hardening, incident response) and compliance engineering (control design, audit evidence, framework mapping across SOC 2, PCI DSS, COPPA, and privacy law). Bonus points for fintech or payments experience (money movement, KYC), security automation and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, policy-as-code), relevant certifications (CISSP, CCSP, OSCP), and standing up a security or compliance function from an early stage.