Staff Security Engineer
Affirm
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $200,000 - $250,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
Cloud
About the role
- Partner with Product teams to ensure that products are designed, built, and operated securely;
- Specific duties include: building and architecting security software;
- Partnering with the Product teams to ensure that security is included in every phase of the product development lifecycle;
- Conducting threat modeling activities with Product teams to ensure product threats are understood, documented, and mitigated;
- Conducting reviews of product architecture to ensure products are developed securely;
- Conducting security reviews of product cloud services configuration and providing secure cloud configuration guidance for Product teams;
- Assisting Product teams in the development of security focused test cases to enforce security requirements;
- Advising Product teams on business security requirements early in the product development lifecycle;
- Reviewing and analyzing product source code to identify security vulnerabilities and providing recommendations for secure implementation;
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) and five years of experience.
- Using software development and delivery techniques to develop cloud-based services;
- Conducting threat models for complex, distributed products using standard threat modeling techniques and methodologies;
- Standard authentication mechanisms, including SAML and OAuth2;
- Knowledge of continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes and tools.
Benefits
- Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
- Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
- Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
- ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
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Hard skills
security software developmentthreat modelingcloud services configurationsource code analysissecure implementationCI/CD processesSAMLOAuth2cloud-based services development
Soft skills
collaborationadvisingcommunication
Certifications
Bachelor's degree