Software Engineer, Security Engineering

Plaid

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$188,748–$242,676 / yr
Posted
30 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $167k
This role $216k
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This role pays more than 83% of similar roles. Most pay $129,443–$204,625 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $167k for comparable roles.

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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 77 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $190,800–$262,800 across 76 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Security Engineering

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As a Senior Security Engineer at Plaid’s San Francisco headquarters, you will join the Security Engineering team to develop and maintain industry-leading security systems and infrastructure. Your primary responsibilities include building secure data storage solutions, key management systems, internal identity platforms, and authentication services that adhere to the Zero Trust model. You will work on enhancing access control mechanisms and developing tools for data loss prevention while ensuring compliance with stringent security standards. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in architecting scalable and secure software systems, particularly those related to encryption, key management, secret management, certificate handling, user and device authentication, permission management, and authorization services. Additionally, familiarity with threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and incident response is crucial as you will be working on securing critical information assets within a large-scale data infrastructure environment.

Skills

Python Go Java Kubernetes AWS Azure GCP Terraform Docker CI/CD PostgreSQL MongoDB Zero Trust OAuth OpenID Connect JWT SAML PKI HSM IAM RBAC ABAC CASB SIEM DDoS Protection WAF SSL/TLS SSH KMS Secrets Management Threat Modeling Penetration Testing Security Architecture Reviews Incident Response

What you'll do

  • Design and implement secure software solutions to protect Plaid's infrastructure.
  • Develop and maintain key management systems for data security.
  • Build and enhance internal identity and authentication platforms.
  • Implement access control and authorization services to enforce security policies.
  • Conduct threat modeling and security architecture reviews to identify vulnerabilities.

What we're looking for

  • Extensive experience in building and maintaining scalable security systems.
  • Proficient in designing software to meet security, privacy, usability, scalability, and cost requirements.
  • Expertise in developing encryption, key management, secret management, and certificate management systems.
  • Hands-on experience securing critical information assets and implementing data loss prevention measures.
  • Strong background in threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and incident response.

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