Product Security Engineer

Plaid • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Plaid is looking for a Product Security Engineer who is fundamentally a builder. Unlike traditional product security roles, this position is designed for a software engineer who wants to solve security challenges at scale by developing production-grade services, libraries, and frameworks. In this role, you’ll build and maintain Plaid’s vulnerability management orchestration service, automate workflows to reduce operational toil, and create solutions that eliminate entire classes of vulnerabilities. You’ll also partner closely with product engineers to ensure services meet security standards, support incident response and security awareness efforts, and collaborate across the security platform organization to deliver the engineering foundations that make secure development the default at Plaid.

Requirements

• 2 + years of professional experience building and scaling production services.
• Ability to architect software systems to meet security, privacy, usability, scalability and cost requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building systems or services related to vulnerability management, data encryption, key management, secret management, user authentication, service authentication, authorization systems, and security policy enforcement.
• Experience designing distributed systems and microservices with a focus on performance and reliability.
• Familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform) and how to integrate security controls into them.
• A passion for creating tools and libraries that other engineers love to use.
• Passionate about educating others on security and privacy.

Responsibilities

• Build the secure engineering foundations that secure the future of digital finance.
• Develop maintainable and secure software to enhance Plaid's security posture and create paved roads for developers for easy and default integration of security controls.
• Design, develop, and maintain security-critical services and components.
• Develop internal tooling to automate vulnerability detection, dependency management, and remediation workflows within the CI/CD pipeline.
• Replace manual security gates with engineered solutions that allow product teams to ship faster and more securely.
• Communicate effectively with managers and team members regarding project deliverables and progress.
• Design and implement technical solutions that align with the evolving needs of the business.
• Proactively identify and address security vulnerabilities in products and services.
• Actively participate in incident response and security awareness initiatives.

Benefits

• Plaid is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Plaid is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance with your application or interviews due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected]. Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here .

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed