Staff Software Engineer Security Engineering
Plaid is a financial technology company providing APIs and network connectivity for businesses to build financial products. Its platform supports bank-account linking, financial data access, identity verification, fraud and risk tools, credit underwriting, and bank payments.
Maintainer signals as of 8/12/2026
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About Plaid
Plaid operates a financial data network and API platform that lets businesses connect to financial institutions and build financial experiences. Its products support account and identity verification, real-time balance and transaction data, investment and liability data, income and underwriting workflows, fraud and AML risk checks, and multi-rail bank payments. It serves developers, businesses, financial institutions, platforms, lenders, banks, and consumer-facing financial-product providers.
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About the Role
You develop security capabilities for infrastructure and sensitive data access, lead strategic planning, build security infrastructure such as IAM Gateway and Network Firewall, advise product engineers, educate engineering teams, and support incident response and security awareness.
Requirements
- Experience building scalable systems and services
- Experience architecting systems meeting security, privacy, usability, scalability, and cost requirements
- Some leadership experience such as technical leadership
- Experience with data encryption, key management, secret management, certificate management, transport security, authentication, permission management, authorization, or security policy enforcement
- Experience securing critical and sensitive information assets
- Experience with data platforms and data infrastructure
- Experience with threat modeling, security architecture reviews, or incident response
- Passion for educating others about security and privacy
Responsibilities
- Develop secure software to enhance infrastructure and protect sensitive data
- Lead strategic planning with managers and senior engineers
- Own, maintain, and build security infrastructure and services
- Collaborate with team leaders on team strategy
- Consult with product engineers on security standards
- Educate and support engineering teams
- Communicate project deliverables and progress
- Design and implement technical solutions
- Participate in incident response and security awareness initiatives
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)