Software Engineer - Product Security

Plaid

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Seattle, US Posted 11 days ago $188,748–$242,676 / year
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TL;DR

Plaid seeks a Product Security Engineer to join its dedicated Product Security Team in Seattle, focusing on building and maintaining secure engineering foundations for digital finance. This senior-level position involves developing production-grade services and frameworks that streamline security practices across Plaid’s ecosystem, ensuring compliance with security standards while minimizing risk. Key responsibilities include automating vulnerability detection and remediation workflows within CI/CD pipelines, consulting with product engineers to enhance security controls, and actively participating in incident response initiatives. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of experience building scalable production services and a strong background in architecting secure software systems. Familiarity with cloud infrastructure like AWS and Kubernetes, as well as hands-on experience with vulnerability management and data encryption, is highly desirable.

Skills

AWS Kubernetes Terraform Python CI/CD Docker Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Git OAuth JSON/WebAPI

What you'll do

  • Develop security capabilities to manage vulnerabilities and automate workflows.
  • Design, develop, and maintain security-critical services and components.
  • Build internal tooling for automated vulnerability detection and remediation.
  • Replace manual security processes with engineered solutions for product teams.
  • Consult with product engineers to ensure compliance with security standards.
  • Participate in incident response and security awareness initiatives.

What we're looking for

  • 2+ years of professional experience building and scaling production services.
  • Ability to architect software systems for security, privacy, usability, scalability, and cost.
  • Develop maintainable and secure software to enhance Plaid's security posture.
  • Design and implement technical solutions that align with business needs.
  • Proactively identify and address security vulnerabilities in products and services.
  • Experience building systems related to vulnerability management and automation.

Market check

Salary context

This $188,748–$242,676 range sits above 83% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$123,350–$209,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$137,650–$192,787

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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 127 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $186,000–$262,800 across 127 roles with salary data.

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