Staff Product Security Engineer

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

Affirm values information security as a critical part of the company’s continued success. Our mission is to make information security programmatic and cultural in Affirm enabling the company to succeed in building honest financial products. The Security team posture increases security and reduces risk while securely enabling access to information for those who need it!

The Staff Product Security Engineer candidate will have experience building and architecting software as part of a larger team. The ideal candidate will work effectively with product and engineering teams to evaluate and influence product requirements design and implementation to improve the security of Affirm’s products.

What You'll Do

• Partner with Affirm product teams to ensure that security is included in every phase of the product development lifecycle.
• Conduct threat modeling and architecture reviews to ensure threats are understood documented and mitigated.
• Review and analyze product source code to identify security vulnerabilities and provide recommendations for secure implementation.
• Seek out opportunities to automate processes when appropriate.
• Identify emerging classes of vulnerabilities and developing solutions for them before they’re a problem.
• Assist product teams in the development of security focused test cases to enforce security requirements.
• Advise product teams on business security requirements early in the product development lifecycle.
• Decompose large cross-team projects into individual tasks. Manage scope across teams and drive toward project closure.

What We Look For

• Deep understanding of web application architecture and design principles
• Experience using modern software development and delivery techniques to develop cloud-based services. Python Kotlin Java AWS and Azure experience preferred.
• Knowledge of common security flaws and resolution as published by OWASP SANS etc.
• Experience with PCI or other regulated environments.
• Experience conducting threat models for complex distributed products using standard threat modeling techniques and methodologies.
• Experience with standard authentication mechanisms including SAML and OAuth2.
• Understanding of continuous integration / continuous deployment processes and tools.
• BS degree in related field or equivalent experience. MS degree in a related field or equivalent experience is a plus.

Location - Remote U.S.

Pay Grade - P
Equity Grade - 13
Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors including location experience and job-related skills.
Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards monthly stipends for health wellness and tech spending and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage dental and vision for you and your dependents.)
USA base pay range (CA WA NY NJ CT) per year: $225000 - 275000 USD

USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $200000 - 250000 USD

What We Do

At Affirm we help people say yes to the things that matter with flexible transparent ways to pay over time. No hidden fees no compound interest and no fine print—just a smarter way to spend.

Why Work With Us

Who is an Affirmer? /noun/ Someone who believes finance shouldn’t be complicated. We come from a diverse set of backgrounds and we’re driven by the desire to improve lives through honest financial products. We define success by challenging one another to bring our best ideas to every single project—and we have fun while doing it.

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