Software Engineer - Security Engineering
Security engineer at Plaid building and maintaining internal security infrastructure — key management, secure token service, authentication, authorization, and data-encryption systems — while consulting with product teams on security standards and supporting incident response.
- Compensation
- $188.7K–$242.7K / yr
- Location
- Seattle Office
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Experience building scalable systems and services
- Experience architecting software systems to meet security, privacy, usability, scalability and cost requirements
Nice to have
- Experience building systems for data encryption, key management, secret management, certificate management, transport security, authentication, permission management, authorization, or security policy
- Experience with securing critical and sensitive information assets
- Experience with data platforms and data infrastructure
- Experience with threat modeling, security architecture reviews, or incident response
- Passionate about educating others on security and privacy
Full description
We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Seattle, Washington D.C., Raleigh, London, and Amsterdam.
Security Engineering is the engineering function inside the Plaid security org that focuses on developing the industry-leading security systems and infrastructure. Security Engineering owns most of Plaid’s security-related infrastructure: secure data storage, key management systems, internal identity platform, internal authentication systems, internal permission management, and internal authorization service. We develop solutions across data encryption, key management, access control, and data loss prevention to protect sensitive consumer data. We believe in the Zero Trust security model and are always looking for ways to improve our authentication and access control platforms.
About the role
- You will develop security capabilities to secure Plaid infrastructure and to secure sensitive data access.
- You will own, maintain, and build Plaid’s security infrastructure and services like Key Management System and Secure Token Service.
- You will consult with product engineers to ensure Plaid services meet security standards.
- You will help educate and support other engineering teams to improve security in their own products and services.
- You will assist with Plaid’s incident response and security awareness programs.
- You will collaborate with other security platform members and build necessary engineering solutions to meet their needs.
Responsibilities
- Develop maintainable and secure software to enhance Plaid's infrastructure and protect sensitive data.
- 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.
- Actively participate in incident response and security awareness initiatives.
Qualifications
- Experience building scalable systems and services.