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How Very Good Security hires

Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%

Very Good Security scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 5 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Overview

Integrate VGS into your technology stack to streamline payment tokenization, with our comprehensive card management platform, network token solutions, account updater, and card attribute management tools.

News

News CNBC 3 months ago
The world's top fintech companies: 2026
Fintech is entering an era of scale and maturity, just as AI forces innovation. CNBC and Statista name the key players shaping the industry - and shaking it up.
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News Forbes 3 months ago
Five Critical Questions To Ask When Building Your Payment Strategy
These five questions aren't just to help you pick tools; they help you avoid costly rework, compliance surprises and growth blockers later on.
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News CNBC 1 year ago
The world's top fintech companies: 2025
With artificial intelligence and crypto taking the financial world by storm, CNBC and Statista name the key fintech players shaking up the industry globally.
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News PYMNTS.com 5 years ago
Data Security's Secret Sauce? 'Zero Data'
Mahmoud Abdelkader, co-founder and CEO of Very Good Security, said the current security and compliance approach is fundamentally flawed.
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News PYMNTS.com 5 years ago
Data Security's Secret Sauce? 'Zero Data'
Mahmoud Abdelkader, co-founder and CEO of Very Good Security, said the current security and compliance approach is fundamentally flawed.
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News Fortune 6 years ago
Very Good Security raises $60 million to make data forcefields for DoorDash, Brex
Data security startup raises a new round of venture capital funding.
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News Business Insider 6 years ago
Visa's fintech chief lays out how a new program to bring startups on board in just a few weeks will help tap a $185 trillion opportunity
Visa offers a network of companies like Stripe, Marqeta, and VGS that Fast Track fintechs can work with to build new products.
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News TechCrunch 6 years ago
7 VCs look into the future of fintech
TechCrunch recently asked a number of venture capitalists who invest in fintech to share their thoughts about the state of the industry; they pulled us
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As Fintech Charges Ahead, Are Cybersecurity Measures Keeping Up? Finance Magnates
With the accessibility to financial services fintech has brought have come a unique set of risks.
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News Business Insider 6 years ago
The boom in online payments has companies like Airbnb, OkCupid, and Nordstrom looking for new ways to fight fraud. Here are 10 startups - and the VCs backing them - helping tackle everything from catfishing to money laundering.
A new cohort of startups is looking to help companies keep up with the speed and complexity of digital payments. They're offering services like identity verification on dating sites and anti-money laundering AI.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Very Good Security over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
42
Postings analysed
20
Stack modernity
76/100AI adopter
Languages
Python65%
TypeScript50%
Java50%
Go15%
Frameworks & libraries
OpenTelemetry35%
Spring Framework20%
FastAPI5%
Spring Boot5%
Cloud & platforms
AWS60%
Kubernetes50%
Amazon EKS45%
Grafana45%
AI & ML
LLM15%
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Full Very Good Security tech stack 42 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$223k
Typical range
$65k – $280k
Open positions
18
17 Jobs
Middle 11.8%
Senior 52.9%
Staff 23.5%
Architect 11.8%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 2 $235k $230k – $240k
Senior 9 $215k $65k – $250k
Staff 4 $260k $220k – $280k
Architect 2 $195k $140k – $250k
Highest paying role Sr. Staff Infrastructure Engineer $280k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Very Good Security By role, level and city, against the market · 18 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
45/100
Stable
Open positions
18
1 opened / 3 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
72 days
faster than 17% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
19% ▼
DevOps
19% ▼
Product
19% ▲
Support
13% ▲
Security
6% ▲
Finance
6% ▼
Activity Timeline
New location: Canada Oct 2026
New location: United States Oct 2026
Added Veracode to stack Oct 2026
Added Threat Modeling to stack Oct 2026
Added STRIDE to stack Oct 2026
Added Semgrep to stack Oct 2026
Added GitLab to stack Oct 2026
Added GitHub to stack Oct 2026
New location: Greece Oct 2026
Added FastAPI to stack Sep 2026
Added Abstract to stack Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco United States
HQ
Comparison
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 33% remote 200-500 est. staff $200k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, HR
207 Powell Street, Suite 200 San Francisco, CA 94102
seen since Oct 2025 company site, job postings

Jobs

$85k – $125k per year · Remote (United Kingdom, European time zones hours) · Full-Time · United Kingdom
Python
JavaScript
Ruby
AI Agents
Tokenization
DevOps
Rest API
AWS
TCP/IP
DNS
Cybersecurity
PCI DSS
GDPR
QA
Postman
Apply
$175k – $230k per year · Remote (United States, Canada) · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · United States · Canada
Python
Java
AI Agents
Tokenization
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
GitHub
GitLab
Cybersecurity
Semgrep
STRIDE
Threat Modeling
Veracode
Apply
$180k – $240k per year · Remote (United States, Canada) · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · United States · Canada
AI Agents
LLM
Tokenization
Apply
$180k – $260k per year · Remote (United States, Canada) · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · United States · Canada
AI Agents
Tokenization
Web3
Abstract
Apply
$160k – $220k per year · Remote (United States, Canada) · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · United States · Canada
Python
Java
TypeScript
FastAPI
AI/ML
AI Agents
Tokenization
Agentic Workflows
DevOps
Terraform
GitHub Actions
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
GitOps
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Grafana
Amazon EKS
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Apply
$170k – $215k per year · Remote (United States, Canada) · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · United States · Canada
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
AI Agents
LLM
Tokenization
Synthetic Data
Agentic Workflows
DevOps
Rest API
GitHub Actions
Prometheus
CI/CD
GitOps
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Grafana
Amazon EKS
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
SOC 2
QA
k6
Locust
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$170k – $215k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · San Francisco
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
AI Agents
LLM
Tokenization
Synthetic Data
Agentic Workflows
DevOps
Rest API
GitHub Actions
Prometheus
CI/CD
GitOps
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Grafana
Amazon EKS
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
SOC 2
QA
k6
Locust
Apply
$80k – $140k per year · Remote (United States, Canada) · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · United States · Canada
Python
JavaScript
Ruby
AI Agents
Tokenization
DevOps
AWS
Cybersecurity
PCI DSS
Apply
$145k – $260k per year · Remote (United States, Canada) · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · United States · Canada
Python
Java
TypeScript
Spring Framework
Databases
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
AI Agents
Tokenization
DevOps
Terraform
GitHub Actions
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
CI/CD
GitOps
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Grafana
Self-Healing
Amazon EKS
Incident Management
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Apply
$185k – $280k per year · Remote (United States, Canada) · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · United States · Canada
Python
Java
TypeScript
Spring Framework
Databases
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
AI Agents
Tokenization
DevOps
Terraform
GitHub Actions
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
CI/CD
GitOps
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Grafana
Self-Healing
Amazon EKS
Incident Management
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Apply
$80k – $120k per year · Remote (United States, Canada, PT hours) · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · United States · Canada
Python
Java
AI Agents
Tokenization
DevOps
Rest API
TCP/IP
DNS
QA
Postman
Apply
$175k – $225k per year · Remote (United States, Canada) · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · United States · Canada
SQL
AI Agents
Tokenization
Apply

Financials

Total raised
$103.5M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
3
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2020 $60M Details
Series B 2019 $35M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2018 $8.5M Details