Senior Application Security Engineer
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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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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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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.
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Median $267050 from 138 postings across 39 companies.
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