Head of Security
Kontigo · Remote · remote · Posted 87d ago
$120K - $220K3+ yrsfulltimeSourced from
About a minute. You'll make an account on the way through.
About this role
Principal Security Engineer/ Security Engineering Lead/ CISO "Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success" \ You gotta be in founder mode.
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Skills
Software Engineering
About Kontigo

Kontigo
HiringUSDC-Smart Neobank for Latinos.
10
employees
2023
3 years old
San Francisco
United States
₹1.2L – ₹2.2L PA
This role
About
We’re building Kontigo, a USDC Smart Neobank for Latinos in the U.S. and Latin America.
We launched our Peer-to-Peer onramp 20 days ago and we’ve already had $540k in deposits, 10k active users and a +300k waitlist.
The founding team has built and scaled fintechs in Latam, and it’s ex-Venmo, Nubank, Rappi, MercadoLibre, Ualá, Platzi, and Yuno.
We’re already backed by DST Global, Soma Capital, Pioneer Fund, Transpose + 10 YC alums.
Sending money to Latin America is just as painful as holding it due to the region's fragmentation into 33 countries with 39 different currencies.
On one hand, cross-border payments to Latam are absurdly expensive (up to 20% per transaction). Conversely, over the past decade, currency depreciation across the region has become unsustainable. (some countries surpassing the trillion percent ).
Kontigo solves this with a USDC global wallet & a BTC savings account.
- Like Venmo, but on-USDC.
- Like Zelle, but for cross-border payments. No limits.
- Like Nubank & Revolut, but without inflationary currencies. Bitcoin-backed.
User wallets are connected to an AI-private banker on WhatsApp to execute international USDC transactions.
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