Software Engineer - Product Security

About the role

We're seeking a Product Security Engineer to join our Product Security team. This role is for a software engineer who wants to solve security challenges at scale by building production-grade services, libraries, and frameworks. The goal is to make the "secure path" the only path for Plaid developers.

Responsibilities

• Develop the secure engineering foundations that secure the future of digital finance.
• Build 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.
• Assist with Plaid’s incident response and security awareness programs.
• Collaborate with other security platform members and build necessary engineering solutions to meet their needs.

Qualifications

• 2 + years of professional experience building and scaling production services.
• 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.
• 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.

Additional Information

Founded in 2013, Plaid is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London, and Amsterdam. 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. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance, please let us know at accommodations@plaid.com.