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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer - Product Security - **Company:** Plaid Inc. - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $204,156.0 - $281,196.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Software System Penetration Testing, User Authentication, Cloud Computing Security, Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Key Management, Secure Coding, Software Engineering, Software Vulnerability Management, Software Security, Kubernetes, Terraform, Vulnerability Analysis, Microservices - **Published:** July 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9163b0ec08e8551e ## About the Role * 5 + years of professional experience building and scaling production services * Ability to architect and build software systems to meet security, privacy, usability, scalability and cost requirements. While these experience and characteristics are not prerequisites, candidates who possess them would be well-suited for the role: * Experience building systems or services related to vulnerability management, data encryption, key management, secret management, user authentication, service authentication, authorization systems, and security policy enforcement. * Experience designing distributed systems and microservices with a focus on performance and reliability. * Familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform) and how to integrate security controls into them. * A passion for creating tools and libraries that other engineers love to use.. * Passionate about educating others on security and privacy. ## Description The Product Security team is responsible for managing the security processes, policies and controls to secure Plaid's developer and consumer facing products.The product security team is focused on areas like Application Security, Vulnerability Management, Secure Development Lifecycle, Penetration Testing and Cloud Security. We build the services and components that protect Plaid's products. We move security "left" by engineering common libraries, modules, and workflows that make the secure path the easiest path for all Plaid engineers., * You will lead, design and develop security capabilities to manage vulnerabilities lifecycle and automate workflows to reduce KTLO toil. * You will own, maintain, and build Plaid's VM Orchestration service and build solutions to eliminate the entire vulnerability classes. * You will also partner with product and engineering teams to architect and build security controls to make our products even more secure. * You will consult with product engineers to ensure Plaid services meet security standards. * You will help educate and support other engineering teams to improve security in their own products and services. * You will assist with Plaid's incident response and security awareness programs. * You will collaborate with other security platform members and build necessary engineering solutions to meet their needs. Responsibilities * Build the secure engineering foundations that secure the future of digital finance. * Develop maintainable and secure software to enhance Plaid's security posture and create paved roads for developers for easy and default integration of security controls. * Design, develop, and maintain security-critical services and components. * Develop internal tooling to automate vulnerability detection, dependency management, and remediation workflows within the CI/CD pipeline. * Replace manual security gates with engineered solutions that allow product teams to ship faster and more securely. * 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. * Proactively identify and address security vulnerabilities in products and services. * Actively participate in incident response and security awareness initiatives. ## Related Videos - [You can’t hack what you can’t see](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/41-you-can-t-hack-what-you-can-t-see) - [Understanding Kubernetes in a visual way](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100085-understanding-kubernetes-in-a-visual-way) - [How to Cause (or Prevent) a Massive Data Breach- Secure Coding and IDOR](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/39-how-to-cause-or-prevent-a-massive-data-breach-secure-coding-and-idor) - [Infrastructure as Code: The Developer's Secret Weapon](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1221-infrastructure-as-code-the-developer-s-secret-weapon) - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [Instant KAI Sandboxes with vCluster: Multi-Tenant, Multi-Scheduler GPU Sharing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100333-instant-kai-sandboxes-with-vcluster-multi-tenant-multi-scheduler-gpu-sharing) ## Related Articles - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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