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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
73 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$190,800–$262,800
across 73 roles with salary data.
JOB TITLE: Software Engineer - Security Engineering
The Software Engineer - Security Engineering joins the Security Engineering team to develop industry-leading security systems and infrastructure. This role focuses on building and maintaining critical services including the Key Management System and Secure Token Service to protect sensitive consumer data. You will develop maintainable software for secure data storage, internal identity platforms, and permission management systems while consulting with product engineers to ensure services meet security standards. Key responsibilities include participating in incident response, performing security architecture reviews, and educating other engineering teams. The role requires experience building scalable systems and architecting software for data encryption, secret management, transport security, and authorization systems. You will solve technical problems related to data loss prevention and enforcing security policies within a Zero Trust model.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.
Develop maintainable and secure software to protect sensitive data and enhance infrastructure.
Build and maintain security infrastructure services like Key Management Systems and Secure Token Services.
Design technical solutions that align with business needs regarding security, privacy, and scalability.
Consult with product engineers to ensure all Plaid services meet established security standards.
Educate and support other engineering teams to improve security within their specific products.
Participate in incident response activities and lead security awareness programs.
Implement systems for data encryption, access control, and identity management.
What we're looking for
Experience building scalable systems and services.
Experience architecting software systems to meet security, privacy, usability, scalability, and cost requirements.
Experience building systems related to encryption, key management, secret management, certificate management, transport security, or authentication (preferred).
Experience with permission management, authorization systems, and security policy enforcement (preferred).
Experience securing critical and sensitive information assets (preferred).
Experience with data platforms and data infrastructure (preferred).
Experience with threat modeling, security architecture reviews, or incident response (preferred).
Passionate about educating others on security and privacy (preferred).
Java
JavaScript
C
C++
Python
SDLC
Static Code Analysis
Fortify
OpenText
VMware
Linux
Windows
NIST
RMF
Security+
CISSP
Information Assurance
Cybersecurity
Python
Go
C#
C/C++
Rust
Linux
Windows
macOS
SAML
OIDC
OAuth
PKI
TCP/IP
UDP
REST
Web APIs
HTTP-RPC
Cloud Security
Web Application Firewall
Root-cause Debugging