# Staff Offensive Security Engineer at Greenlight

- Company: Greenlight
- What the company does: Greenlight's debit card for kids empowers parents to teach trade-off decisions, money management, and the power of saving and investing – in one app experience. Backed by NEA, a16z and Alchemist.
- Company website: https://greenlight.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Atlanta (Remote Friendly)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $165K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-31
- Apply by: 2026-10-15
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/greenlight/ff6762fa-d366-4408-ade9-5cd799e02d9c
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/greenlight-staff-offensive-security-engineer/

## About the role

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## What they're looking for

- Lead Technical Strategy: Define the long-term vision for offensive security at Greenlight, moving beyond point-in-time testing to continuous security validation
- Red Teaming & Adversary Simulation: Design and execute complex, multi-stage adversary simulations targeting our cloud infrastructure (AWS), mobile applications (iOS/Android), and internal corporate environments
- Vulnerability Research: Conduct deep-dive research into high-risk areas of our ecosystem, identifying zero-day vulnerabilities or sophisticated logic flaws that automated tools miss
- Pave the "Golden Path": Partner with DevOps and Engineering to build automated security guardrails and "self-healing" infrastructure that prevents common attack vectors from being introduced
- Incident Response Support: Work closely with the Detection and Response team to improve our monitoring capabilities by performing "purple team" exercises to validate alert coverage
- Mentorship: Act as a force multiplier by mentoring senior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of security-minded development across the entire R&D organization

Tags: Security