The leading digital commerce platform in Mexico.
We are building the leading operating system for commerce in Mexico, consolidating software, payments, and financial services into a single destination.
We believe that extraordinary ideas come from extraordinary people, and the greater the challenge, the stronger the inspiration to make ideas happen. Our values guide our actions and ideas come from every voice, every perspective, every Clipper.
The role:
At Clip, we are looking for a DevSecOps Engineer to join our Cyber Protection Team.
The mission of this role is to ensure security across applications, pipelines, and technology infrastructure, embedding security controls at every stage of the software development lifecycle.
We value hands-on experience in fintechs or financial institutions, the ability to anticipate risks, and a proactive mindset to protect critical and regulated environments.
What will I be doing?
- Analyze financial applications and services to identify vulnerabilities and risks.
- Design and implement security controls in CI/CD pipelines.
- Ensure compliance with a Secure Software Development Lifecycle (Secure SDLC).
- Recommend and promote security best practices in software development and operations.
- Guarantee data encryption in transit and at rest under the highest standards (TLS 1.3, AES-256, KMS, HSM).
- Integrate security analysis tools (SAST, DAST, SCA).
- Strengthen container, Kubernetes, and cloud configurations following a Zero Trust approach.
- Collaborate with the incident response team to reduce exposure times and reinforce controls.
- Document and share security guidelines across the organization.
Ideal Candidate:
- Background in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related fields (or equivalent hands-on experience in fintechs or financial institutions).
- Experience:
- 3–5 years of proven experience in DevSecOps, Application Security, or Cybersecurity roles.
- Previous work in fintechs, banks, payment gateways, or financial companies, ideally within cybersecurity or DevSecOps teams.
- Experience implementing security controls in CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, secure deployments).
- Participation in regulatory compliance projects (PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2 or similar).
- Practical experience in encryption, secrets and key management, sensitive data protection, and tokenization.
- Exposure to or management of financial security incidents (fraud, API attacks, data breaches).
- Knowledge of containers and cloud environments (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure) with a strong security focus.
Experience in security automation through scripting (Python, Bash, Go, Node.js).
Technical knowledge
- Proven experience in fintechs, banks, or financial institutions in security, DevSecOps, or similar roles.
- Solid knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Gitea Actions, or others).
- Experience applying security standards: OWASP Top 10, OWASP ASVS, MITRE ATT&CK.
- Strong knowledge of secrets management and encryption (HashiCorp Vault, AWS KMS, GCP Secret Manager).
- Experience with regulatory compliance in the financial sector (PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2).
- Practical knowledge of cryptography applied to financial data and tokenization.
- Hands-on experience with containers, Kubernetes, and cloud security (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Ability to modify and optimize existing pipelines with integrated security controls.
Nice to Have / Plus
- Experience handling financial security incidents (fraud, API attacks, data breaches).
- Knowledge of SIEM/SOAR (Splunk, ELK, Wazuh, Sentinel).
- Experience in payment applications, mPOS, or payment gateways.
- Skills in security automation (Python, Go, Bash, Node.js).
Hazlo fácil, hazlo Clip.
Disclaimer: At Clip, we do not discriminate based on race, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, or pregnancy.
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What We Do
This is Clip, where the extraordinary happens! Clip is Mexico’s leading integral ecosystem that promotes financial inclusion of people and businesses through innovative & technological trusted solutions, making it easy, accessible and transparent for all.
Every solution is endorsed by the best talent making the extraordinary happen.
In June 2021 Clip became the first payments Unicorn in the 12th largest economy in the world. This step only reinforces our commitment to continue building Mexico’s operating platform for commerce, fulfilling our vision to have Clip in every business in Mexico.
Have you ever worked in a Unicorn Fintech company? Well, if the answer was no, this is your chance to join a company as unique and extraordinary as unicorns are!









