Responsibilities

Define and lead the long-term product security strategy, roadmap, and vision in alignment with company goals, risk appetite, and regulatory requirements.
Serve as the internal authority on application and product security, providing expert guidance to engineering, product, and executive leadership.
Drive a company-wide culture of security ownership embedding security thinking deeply into the habits of every engineering team.
Architect and continuously evolve a best-in-class Product Security program, spanning threat modeling, SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, runtime protection, and API security.
Lead the design and enforcement of secure development standards across web, mobile, and cloud including secure coding guidelines, IaC policies, and API security frameworks.
Identify and drive resolution of systemic, high-impact vulnerabilities and architectural security gaps across Greenlight's platform.
Lead and mature Greenlight's penetration testing program, both through internal efforts and external vendor partnerships.
Partner with engineering and platform teams to build security-enhancing product features that protect our customers' financial data.
Establish and lead incident response processes for product-level security events, including root cause analysis and systemic remediation.
Evaluate and introduce emerging security tooling, techniques, and frameworks to keep Greenlight ahead of the threat landscape.
Mentor staff and senior engineers across the security and engineering organizations, raising the overall security engineering capability of the company.

Requirements

12+ years of experience in product security, application security, or a related engineering discipline.
Proven track record of defining and driving security programs at scale across complex, multi-platform environments.
Hands-on experience architecting and implementing security solutions and processes in production environments, enabling engineering teams to build and ship securely at scale.
Expert-level knowledge of web and mobile application security, including OWASP Top 10, API security, and mobile threat vectors (iOS and Android).
Deep hands-on experience with the full AppSec toolchain: SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, secrets scanning, and runtime protection.
Strong command of cloud security architecture and controls, particularly in AWS environments.
Experience leading or heavily influencing the security architecture of distributed, microservices-based systems.
Experience in developing and implementing security solutions.
Demonstrated ability to build strong cross-functional relationships and influence engineering culture without direct authority.
Exceptional communication skills — you can distill complex security risk into clear, actionable language for engineers, executives, and non-technical stakeholders alike.
Experience operating in regulated industries (e.g. financial services, fintech, healthcare).

Nice-to-Haves

Hands-on certifications such as OSCP, GWAPT, GPEN, CISSP, or equivalent — and/or public code/research.
Experience building or scaling Product Security programs in high-growth startup environments.
Familiarity with security tools including Burp Suite, or Kali Linux.

Technologies

Node.js, Java/Kotlin, React, Redux, Swift, SwiftUI AWS, GCP MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis Kubernetes, Ambassador, Helm, Rancher

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, and HSA match
Paid life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
Traditional 401k with company match
Unlimited PTO
Paid company holidays and pop-up bonus holidays
Professional development stipends
Mental health resources
1:1 financial planners
Fertility healthcare
100% paid parental and caregiving leave, plus cleaning service and meals during your leave