Flex

Senior Security Engineer

Flex

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $132,600 - $195,000 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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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