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PlaidPlaidNew York, NY

Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer building and leading development of Plaid's core security infrastructure including IAM, key management, encryption, and access control systems. Requires experience with scalable secure systems architecture plus technical leadership.

222k – 328k
Hybrid7+ YOESecurity Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Develop maintainable and secure software to enhance Plaid's infrastructure and protect sensitive data.
  • Collaborate with team leaders to develop and execute team strategy in the short and long term.
  • Communicate effectively with managers and team members regarding project deliverables and progress.
  • Design and implement technical solutions that align with the evolving needs of the business.
  • Actively participate in incident response and security awareness initiatives.
  • Develop security capabilities to secure Plaid infrastructure and sensitive data access.
  • Lead the team’s strategic planning in collaboration with the manager and other senior engineers.
  • Own, maintain, and build Plaid’s security infrastructure and services like IAM Gateway, Key Management System and Network Firewall.
  • Consult with product engineers to ensure Plaid services meet security standards.
  • Help educate and support other engineering teams to improve security in their own products and services.
  • Assist with Plaid’s incident response and security awareness programs.

Requirements

  • Experience building scalable systems and services.
  • Experience architecting software systems to meet security, privacy, usability, scalability and cost requirements.
  • Some type of leadership experience like TL.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience building systems or services related to data encryption, key management, secret management, certificate management, transport security, user authentication, device authentication, service authentication, permission management, authorization systems, and security policy enforcement.
  • Experience with securing critical and sensitive information assets.
  • Experience with data platforms and data infrastructure.
  • Experience with threat modeling, security architecture reviews, or incident response.
  • Passionate about educating others on security and privacy.

Skills

IAMKey ManagementNetwork FirewallData EncryptionAccess ControlThreat ModelingIncident ResponseAuthentication SystemsAuthorization SystemsSecret Management
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