Backed by Index, Kleiner Perkins and NEA.
About the role
Lead security architecture and design reviews for high-priority Plaid products, working directly with engineering and product teams from early development through launch. Conduct threat modeling and technical security assessments of complex applications, APIs, distributed systems, and product workflows to identify material security risks. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years of experience in product or application security, with strong expertise in secure architecture, application security fundamentals, and technical risk assessment
- Experience leading security design reviews and threat modeling for complex applications, APIs, or distributed systems
- Deep understanding of authentication, authorization, trust boundaries, sensitive data protection, and common application security vulnerabilities
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including the ability to read application code, analyze vulnerability paths, and evaluate security fixes
- Experience assessing security risks in cloud-native applications and understanding the security implications of system architecture and implementation decisions
- Ability to communicate complex security risks, recommend practical mitigations, and influence engineering and product leadership
More about this role
We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Seattle, Washington D.C., Raleigh, London, and Amsterdam.
The mission of Plaid's Product Security Team is “Improve our customer’s trust by assuring secure development and delivery of products and services, minimizing risk to the ecosystem, and preventing security incidents."
Plaid's Product Security team helps engineering teams build secure products and continuously identify and reduce security risks. Our work spans security architecture and design,...
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