Lead Security Engineer

Benepass

Remote regions

US Canada

Salary range

$190,000–$230,000/yr

Benefits

Unlimited PTO

About You:

  • Security Engineering Technical Lead: You have operated as a senior IC or technical lead for security engineering work, setting strategy while staying hands-on.
  • Application Security Builder: Deep experience with secure SDLC practices, shift-left security, threat modeling, API security, and developer-friendly security UX.
  • Cloud Security Partner: Comfortable partnering with Platform Engineering on IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Hub and continuous cloud posture management.

Requirements:

  • Experience: 7+ years in security engineering, application security, cloud security, or related technical security roles.
  • Technical Leadership: Proven ability to lead broad security engineering initiatives as a senior IC and influence cross-functional technical decisions.
  • AWS Security: Hands-on experience with AWS-native security patterns and services, including IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and Security Hub.

Desirables:

  • Experience securing fintech, benefits, payroll, payments, or other regulated SaaS platforms that process PII, financial data, HRIS data, transaction data.
  • Familiarity with SOC 2, HITRUST, PCI, or similar compliance and audit programs, with the ability to support evidence and control design.
  • Experience with AWS serverless and managed-service architectures, including API Gateway, Cognito, Lambda, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, Transfer Family.

Benepass

Benepass is making benefits easy by tailoring them to the unique needs of the workforce with an easy-to-use and highly customizable fintech platform. They are backed by leading investors and have raised approximately $75 million in equity capital, fostering an inclusive environment for its employees.

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