Senior Software Engineer, Product Security

Plaid

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Work type
On-site
Location
New York, NYSeattle, WASan Francisco, CA
Salary
$204,156–$281,196 / yr
Posted
63 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $171k
This role $243k
$104k most similar roles pay here $300k

This role pays more than 95% of similar roles. Most pay $150,187–$191,050 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $243k versus about $171k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Plaid

Plaid is a financial technology company that builds a data network powering digital finance applications, enabling consumers to securely connect their financial accounts to apps and services. Industry: Financial Technology & Data Infrastructure

Plaid currently has 35 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $190,800–$262,800 across 35 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Product Security

As a Senior Software Engineer - Product Security, you will join the Product Security team to manage security processes, policies, and controls for developer and consumer-facing products. You will design and build production-grade services, libraries, and frameworks to automate vulnerability management workflows, eliminate entire vulnerability classes, and create paved roads for engineers by making the secure path the easiest one. Your daily work involves developing internal tooling for dependency management and remediation within CI/CD pipelines, consulting with product teams on security standards, and participating in incident response. You will utilize skills in building distributed systems, microservices, and managing data encryption, key management, and user authentication. The role requires expertise in modern cloud infrastructure including AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform to secure the digital finance ecosystem through engineered solutions rather than manual gates.

What does a Software Engineer earn in New York?

Median $224000 from 203 postings across 41 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and maintain production-grade security services, libraries, and components.
  • Build internal tools to automate vulnerability detection, dependency management, and remediation workflows in CI/CD pipelines.
  • Engineer "paved roads" by creating common modules that make the secure path the default for developers.
  • Replace manual security gates with automated engineering solutions to accelerate product shipping.
  • Manage the vulnerability lifecycle and build systems to eliminate entire classes of vulnerabilities.
  • Consult with product engineers to ensure services meet security standards and architectural requirements.
  • Participate in incident response efforts and lead security awareness programs.
  • Develop technical solutions that integrate security controls into cloud infrastructure like AWS and Kubernetes.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 5+ years of professional experience building and scaling production services.
  • Ability to architect and build software systems that meet security, privacy, usability, scalability, and cost requirements.
  • Experience designing distributed systems and microservices with a focus on performance and reliability.
  • Familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure including AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
  • Experience building systems for vulnerability management, data encryption, key/secret management, and authentication.
  • Ability to develop internal tooling to automate vulnerability detection and remediation within CI/CD pipelines.
  • Ability to design and maintain security-critical services and components.
  • Strong communication skills to collaborate with product teams and educate others on security and privacy.

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