Product Security Engineer

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.

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.