Software Engineer - Product Security

Plaid

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New York City Office, US Posted 11 days ago $188,748–$242,676 / year
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TL;DR

Plaid is seeking a Product Security Engineer to join its dedicated Product Security Team in New York City. This senior-level position involves developing security capabilities and automating workflows to manage vulnerabilities, ensuring Plaid’s products meet stringent security standards. The engineer will build and maintain VM Orchestration services, consult with product engineers on security compliance, and support incident response initiatives. Key responsibilities include designing secure software systems, creating internal tooling for vulnerability detection, and integrating security controls into cloud infrastructure. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of experience in building scalable production services and a strong background in modern cloud technologies like AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Experience with vulnerability management, data encryption, and microservices architecture 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.
  • 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 meeting security, privacy, usability, scalability, and cost requirements.
  • Experience developing maintainable and secure software for enhanced organizational security posture.
  • Expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining security-critical services and components.
  • Skill in creating internal tooling for automated vulnerability detection and remediation workflows.
  • Proactive identification and addressing of security vulnerabilities in products and services.

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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