Sr. Security Engineer, Corporate Information Security

Betterment

Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
NY
Salary
$165,000–$185,000 / yr
Posted
4 days ago

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Similar $183k
This role $175k
$133k most similar roles pay here $229k

This role pays less than 55% of similar roles. Most pay $146,750–$219,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $175k versus about $183k for comparable roles.

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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 17 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $200,000–$228,000 across 17 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Sr. Security Engineer, Corporate Information Security

Betterment is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join its Workforce Security team in New York City, focusing on managing identity and logical access across the company. This hands-on role involves designing and implementing robust identity architecture, privileged access controls, and endpoint hardening standards for SaaS, managed browsers, mobile devices, and workstations. The engineer will collaborate with various teams to secure AI tool usage while ensuring compliance with SOC 2 and ISO 27001/NIST standards. Key responsibilities include defining IAM roadmaps, securing corporate communications platforms like Okta and Google Workspace, and leading vulnerability management programs. Ideal candidates have over six years of experience in security engineering, expertise in IAM protocols and tools such as Okta, and proficiency in automation with Python or Go.

What you'll do

  • Design and evolve identity architecture for workforce IAM, including SSO at scale and RBAC.
  • Implement secure access patterns across various environments like SaaS, mobile, and workstations.
  • Secure corporate communication platforms by managing DLP enforcement and conducting threat investigations.
  • Define and enforce endpoint hardening standards aligned with CIS benchmarks for macOS, Windows, Linux.
  • Lead workforce vulnerability management program, designing remediation SLAs and running closure campaigns.
  • Establish secure architecture for AI tool usage, ensuring data handling boundaries and identity-aware access controls.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of security engineering experience with expertise in IAM and corporate security.
  • Deep knowledge of authentication and authorization protocols (SAML, OIDC, OAuth) and enterprise IAM platforms like Okta.
  • Experience designing remediation SLAs and running campaigns to close vulnerabilities across SaaS tools.
  • Hands-on familiarity with endpoint management, mobile security, and browser hardening standards.
  • Ability to establish secure architecture for AI tool usage while enabling business needs responsibly.
  • Strong communication skills for writing RFCs, one-pagers, and audit narratives.

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