Senior Engineering Manager, Application Security

Betterment

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$210,000–$250,000 / yr
Posted
91 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $188k
This role $230k
$133k most similar roles pay here $262k

This role pays more than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $159,000–$217,625 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $230k versus about $188k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Betterment

Betterment is an automated investment service (robo-advisor) that uses technology to provide personalized investment management, retirement planning, and savings optimization at low cost for retail investors. Industry: Financial Technology & Wealth Management

Betterment currently has 9 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $155,000–$175,000 across 9 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Engineering Manager, Application Security

Sr. Engineering Manager, Application Security leads a specialized squad within the Betterment Security team to ensure developers build secure software by default. This role involves managing and mentoring a senior-leaning engineering team while overseeing the development of paved roads, libraries, and guardrails that simplify secure deployment. The manager will build and maintain threat modeling, design review, and vulnerability management programs while driving the adoption of AI across application security operations to scale workflows. Key responsibilities include collaborating with product, legal, and risk stakeholders to mitigate risks in a highly regulated industry. Required expertise includes the full application security stack, including secure SDLC, code review, and cloud-native environments involving AWS, containers, Kubernetes, and CI/CD. The role focuses on solving complex design challenges to protect customer financial data through proactive security investments and automated tooling.

What does a Engineering Manager earn?

Median $267050 from 138 postings across 39 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Develop and manage a mission-aligned roadmap for the Application Security squad.
  • Build and maintain threat modeling, design review, and vulnerability management programs.
  • Create "paved roads," libraries, and guardrails to make secure development the default path for engineers.
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of senior-leaning security engineers.
  • Drive the adoption of AI tools to scale security workflows and operations.
  • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders in product, legal, and compliance to mitigate organizational risk.
  • Advocate for and implement security initiatives that balance proactive investment with active remediation.

What we're looking for

  • Expertise across the application security stack including secure SDLC, threat modeling, and vulnerability management.
  • Experience with cloud-native ecosystems including AWS, containers, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
  • Proven experience as a player-coach in managing, mentoring, and inspiring teams of senior security engineers.
  • Experience establishing or scaling Security Champions or distributed threat modeling programs.
  • Experience leading large team initiatives and concurrent projects in partnership with senior engineers.
  • Familiarity with AI-assisted security tools and exploring how AI can enhance security workflows.
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders including product, legal, compliance, and risk teams.

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