# Product Security Engineer at Candid Health

- Company: Candid Health
- What the company does: Candid Health is your source of truth for revenue cycle management—track claims end-to-end, automate fixes, unlock insights, and scale digital health payments. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.joincandidhealth.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco (CA), Denver (CO), New York (NY)
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $180K to $258K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-18
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/candidhealth/f111d46b-4efb-4b41-9cc2-a6bd49b71cfa
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/candid-health-product-security-engineer/

## About the role

We are looking for a Product Security Engineer to join our team and act as a champion for security within our product engineering organization. You will be responsible for ensuring our products are designed, developed, and maintained with security as a core pillar. You will work in partnership with development squads to perform threat modeling, guide secure architecture decisions, and automate security gates in our CI/CD pipelines.

## What they're looking for

- Experience: 5+ years of experience in software engineering or security engineering, specifically focusing on product security or application security
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or JavaScript)
- Deep understanding of modern web/cloud architecture (e.g., APIs, Microservices, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure)
- Familiarity with the OWASP Top 10 and common exploitation techniques
- Collaboration: Proven ability to influence and collaborate with engineering teams without hindering development velocity
- Problem Solving: Strong analytical skills to evaluate complex systems and design innovative, practical security solutions

Tags: Engineering