
Senior Security Engineer
Flex
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $132,600 - $195,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own product security reviews end-to-end: threat modeling, security architecture review, and design consultation for new features and services
- Lead security design reviews for Flex's payment processing, account management, and partner integration platforms
- Drive the secure development lifecycle (SDLC) across engineering teams — shifting security left through tooling, process, and education
- Perform application security assessments, code review, and penetration testing for critical product surfaces
- Respond to and investigate complex security incidents; lead post-incident analysis and remediation
- Build security automation and tooling to scale product security reviews (AI-assisted review tools, SAST/DAST pipeline integration)
- Translate complex security concepts for cross-functional stakeholders and drive security adoption across product and engineering
- Contribute to security standards, frameworks, and architectural patterns that guide organization-wide practices
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in application security, product security, or security engineering
- Proven experience with threat modeling frameworks (STRIDE, DREAD, attack trees) applied to real production systems
- Strong application security skills: OWASP Top 10, API security, authentication/authorization design, secure coding practices
- Experience conducting security code reviews and penetration testing
- Proficiency with cloud security in AWS environments
- Strong understanding of compliance frameworks relevant to fintech (SOC 2, PCI DSS, NYDFS)
- Ability to own security projects from conception to completion with minimal oversight
- Excellent written and verbal communication — ability to translate security risk into business impact.
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision available from Day 1
- Company equity
- 401(k) plan with company match (our company match kicks off at the beginning of 2026)
- Unlimited paid time off + 13 company paid holidays
- Parental leave
- Flex Cares Program
- Free Flex subscription
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Hard Skills & Tools
application securityproduct securitysecurity engineeringthreat modelingsecurity architecture reviewpenetration testingsecure coding practicescloud securityAWSsecurity code reviews
Soft Skills
communicationproject ownershipcross-functional collaborationincident responsepost-incident analysiseducationsecurity adoption
Certifications
SOC 2PCI DSSNYDFS