About Basic Capital
Basic Capital is a fintech company disrupting America’s $1T retirement industry by building the mortgage for retirement, unlocking market ownership, and making wealth accessible to every American. Our mission is to create products, platforms, and a credit marketplace that power a fundamentally new retirement system.
Our founding team includes leaders from Goldman Sachs, Uber, Block, Stripe, and Robinhood. We’re backed by top investors such as Lux Capital, Forerunner Ventures, BoxGroup, SVAngel, Inspired Capital, and Henry Kravis. Based in SoHo, NYC, we’re assembling a lean, high-performance team committed to reducing wealth inequality.
For more information, visit Basic Capital’s website .
You will
Be a founding member of the Infrastructure & Security team, responsible for the platform reliability, security posture, and compliance readiness that enables Basic Capital to scale with confidence
Own Basic Capital's ongoing SOC 2 Type II compliance, implementing security controls, documenting processes, and working with auditors to achieve and maintain certification
Design and implement comprehensive observability systems including logging, monitoring, alerting, and distributed tracing across our infrastructure
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code that enable fast, safe releases
Optimize system performance, latency, and cost efficiency as we scale to serve more customers and handle increasing transaction volumes
Manage cloud infrastructure (AWS) including networking, security groups, IAM policies, and compliance-related configurations
Required Competencies
Strong experience with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS (EC2, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM)
Proven track record implementing security best practices and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar)
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)
Proficiency with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS)
Strong understanding of networking, security principles, and encryption
Experience with observability platforms and building monitoring/alerting systems (Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch)
Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, Go) for automation
Preferred Competencies
Experience with secrets management, key rotation, and encryption at rest/in transit
Familiarity with penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, and security incident response
Experience with disaster recovery planning and business continuity
Experience in fintech or early-stage technology companies
Experience working in Kotlin backends
Experience with Temporal for asynchronous workflow orchestration
Cultural Fit
Passionate about solving big social problems with pragmatic solutions
Aptitude for complexity and curiosity for financial markets
Enjoys learning new technologies and selecting the right tool for each job
Adaptable and open to contributing across the tech stack as the team evolves
Autonomous, high agency, accountable, and thrives in a fast-paced environment
Strong collaboration and communication skills, working effectively in cross-functional teams
Excited to be a part of an in-office team
...Soil Scientist The Soil Scientist will be responsible for performing various subsurface investigations and evaluation of soil types and characteristics including soil structure properties, groundwater levels, and potential environmental hazards as they relate to site...
...candidates, building and maintaining relationships, and facilitating hiring process. Compliance with our standardized recruitment... ...worked independently or with a staffing company (perm/PRN/ contracts/temp-to-hire) but we are willing to hire coachable, energetic, and...
Lead Cleaning/Supervisor ServiceMaster by Prince is now hiring for our Lead Cleaning/Supervisor position. This is a working position that takes place on the field. This position is our leadership position between the office, cleaning staff, and our commercial clients...
...similar). You are entrepreneurial, driven, and proactive with a strong sense of ownership. You are fluent in German (spoken and written) and speak and understand English very well. You should be willing to travel up to 40%. What We Offer You will become...
...year of experience, however, consideration will be given to new graduates A generous benefits package is offered. Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance. Employee's costs will depend on which plan they chose and dependents. Insurance will be effective the 1st day of the...