Software Engineer - Security Engineering

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Software Engineer - Security Engineering in USA

Plaid
Full time
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USA
10/22/2026
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Seattle, WA

Responsibilities

Develop maintainable and secure software to enhance Plaid’s infrastructure and protect sensitive data.
Own, maintain, and build security infrastructure and services such as the Key Management System and Secure Token Service.
Design and implement technical solutions meeting security, privacy, usability, scalability, and cost requirements.
Consult with product engineers to ensure services meet security standards.
Educate and support engineering teams in improving security for their products and services.
Participate in incident response and security awareness initiatives.
Collaborate with security platform members and communicate project deliverables and progress.

Requirements

Experience building scalable systems and services.
Experience architecting software systems to meet security, privacy, usability, scalability, and cost requirements.
Experience with data encryption, key management, secret management, certificate management, transport security, authentication, permission management, authorization systems, or security policy enforcement is preferred.
Experience securing critical and sensitive information assets is preferred.
Experience with data platforms and data infrastructure is preferred.
Experience with threat modeling, security architecture reviews, or incident response is preferred.
Passion for educating others about security and privacy is preferred.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.
Plaid is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities.

Salary: $189k - $243k/yr

Plaid

Plaid builds APIs and SDKs that let developers and financial institutions connect consumer bank and investment accounts, verify ownership, retrieve transactions, assess income/liabilities, fight fraud, and move money (e.g., ACH/transfer). It sells usage-based access to products like Link, Auth, T...

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