Plaid

Product Security Engineer

Plaid

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York CityNew YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $188,748 - $260,652 per year

About the role

  • 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.

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.
  • 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.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
software developmentvulnerability managementdata encryptionkey managementsecret managementuser authenticationservice authenticationauthorization systemssecurity policy enforcementdistributed systems
Soft Skills
effective communicationproject managementproactive problem solvingteam collaborationeducational skills