Senior Security Engineering Manager, Product Security

Upstart

Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$190,600–$263,900 / yr
Posted
1 day ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $197k
This role $227k
$135k most similar roles pay here $278k

This role pays more than 73% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$232,212 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $227k versus about $197k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Upstart

Upstart is an AI lending platform that partners with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit using non-traditional variables.

Upstart currently has 40 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $177,200–$245,400 across 40 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Security Engineering Manager, Product Security

As Senior Security Engineering Manager at Upstart, you will lead the Product Security Engineering team, scaling security practices across application, infrastructure, and offensive security domains. Your daily responsibilities include setting strategic priorities, coaching your team, and collaborating with senior leaders to enhance secure-by-design principles and reduce risk. You’ll manage high-priority security risks, embed security early in development cycles, and strengthen cloud and infrastructure security through partnerships with various teams. Additionally, you will build offensive security capabilities, improve product security outcomes, drive cross-functional initiatives, and establish metrics for program health. The role requires extensive experience in security engineering, managing technical teams, and working across application and infrastructure architectures. Preferred qualifications include expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD security, and modern application testing practices, as well as familiarity with AI/ML systems and financial technology platforms.

What you'll do

  • Define and lead Security Engineering roadmap across application security, infrastructure security, offensive security, and product security.
  • Manage and develop a team of security engineers, setting clear goals and measurable impact.
  • Partner with senior leaders to identify high-priority security risks and embed security requirements early in planning.
  • Scale secure-by-design practices across the SDLC, including threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and automated testing.
  • Strengthen infrastructure and cloud security by partnering on secure architecture and Kubernetes container security.
  • Build and mature offensive security capabilities, including adversarial testing and prioritization of findings into durable improvements.

What we're looking for

  • Over 8 years of experience in security engineering or related technical roles.
  • At least 3 years of leadership experience managing and developing security engineers.
  • Proven track record leading security engineering programs across multiple domains like application, infrastructure, offensive, product, cloud, or secure SDLC.
  • Strong experience partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver security initiatives.
  • Deep knowledge of modern application and infrastructure architectures including APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and identity controls.

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