Staff Software Engineer - Security Engineering

We enable Plaid to quickly build safe and secure products while ensuring that Plaid's users, data, and infrastructure remain protected. 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.

About The Role

You will develop security capabilities to secure Plaid infrastructure and sensitive data access. You will lead the team’s strategic planning in collaboration with the manager and other senior engineers. You will own, maintain, and build Plaid’s security infrastructure and services like IAM Gateway, Key Management System and Network Firewall. 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop maintainable and secure software to enhance Plaid's infrastructure and protect sensitive data.
• Collaborate with team leaders to develop and execute team strategy in the short and long term.
• 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.
• Experience architecting software systems to meet security, privacy, usability, scalability and cost requirements.
• Some type of leadership experience like Tech Lead.

While these experience and characteristics are not prerequisites, candidates who possess them would be well-suited for the role:

• Experience building systems or services related to data encryption, key management, secret management, certificate management, transport security, user authentication, device authentication, service authentication, permission management, authorization systems, and security policy enforcement.
• 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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).

Pay

$222,132.00 - $328,062.00 per year