Top Security Engineer Jobs Openings in 2025

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We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam.At Plaid, security isn't a cost center or a compliance checklist—it is our product. We sit at the intersection of thousands of applications, thousands of financial institutions, and hundreds of millions of consumers. We are the trust layer for the fintech ecosystem. If we don't build secure systems, the ecosystem doesn't function. You will join a team responsible for the secure backbone of Plaid. As we look toward 2026, you will have the opportunity to define industry standards in areas like:Next-Generation Authorization: We are moving beyond simple RBAC. You will help build a unified, centralized Authorization Platform that enforces fine-grained permissions across all human and non-human identities.Agentic Security Capabilities: Build AI agents and tooling to automate functions like vulnerability patching, secure code reviews, and anomaly detection.Zero Trust Architecture: You will evolve our internal token services and identity gateways to enforce rigorous Zero Trust controls for every service, device, and user in our fleet.AI Guardrails: As Plaid adopts GenAI, you will build the "guardrails" and paved roads that allow our engineers to use LLMs securely, preventing data leakage and model abuse before they happen.Cryptographic Services: You will own and scale our internal Key Management Systems, the central services for encryption, signing, and key rotation that protect our most sensitive data.Network Security: You will help us sandbox our sensitive workloads from the internet, preventing command-and-control and data exfiltration.ResponsibilitiesDesign & Code: Write high-quality, scalable code to enhance product security or support security functions.Architect: Lead the technical design of complex, cross-functional security systems. You will determine how we solve problems like "universal service-to-service authentication" or "global data encryption" at scale.Consult & Embed: Act as a security subject matter expert for other engineering teams. We embed within engineering teams to build and accelerate security features within our products and frameworks.Operate: Own your systems in production. We run an on-call rotation for the services we build, ensuring they meet the same high availability standards as our core products.Innovate: Contribute to the broader security industry. Whether it's open-sourcing our internal tools or contributing to major open-source security projects, we want you to help move the industry forward.QualificationsStrong Software Engineering skills: You have 8+ years of experience building distributed systems, backend services, or infrastructure. You care about code quality, testing, and reliability.You are "security-curious": You understand the fundamentals of security (encryption, auth protocols like OIDC/OAuth, network security) and want to dive deeper. You ask "how can we design this so it can't be misused?" rather than just "is this bug fixed?"You think at a system-level: You can visualize complex dependencies and design solutions that work across dozens of microservices.You are a Partner: You can communicate complex security requirements to product managers and engineers with empathy and clarity. 172,368 - 370,800 a yearThe target base salary for this position ranges from $172,368/year to $370,800/year in Zone 1. The target base salary will vary based on the job's location.  Our geographic zones are as follows:Zone 1 - New York City and San Francisco Bay AreaZone 2 - Los Angeles, Seattle, Washington D.C.Zone 3 - Austin, Boston, Denver, Houston, Portland, Sacramento, San DiegoZone 4 - Raleigh-Durham and all other US cities The base salary range listed for this full-time position excludes commission (if applicable), equity and benefits. The pay range shown on each job posting is the minimum and maximum target for new-hire salaries. Actual pay may be higher or lower depending on factors like skills, experience, and relevant education or training.Our mission at Plaid is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. To support that mission, we seek to build a diverse team of driven individuals who care deeply about making the financial ecosystem more equitable. We recognize that strong qualifications can come from both prior work experiences and lived experiences. We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn't fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid! Plaid is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion or religious belief, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, military or veteran status, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Plaid is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance with your application or interviews due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations@plaid.com. Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here.

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Figure is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. The goal of the company is to ship humanoid robots with human level intelligence. Its robots are engineered to perform a variety of tasks in the home and commercial markets. Figure is headquartered in San Jose, CA. Figure’s vision is to deploy autonomous humanoids at a global scale. Our Helix team is looking for an experienced Training Infrastructure Engineer, to take our infrastructure to the next level. This role is focused on managing the training cluster, implementing distributed training algorithms, data loaders, and developer tools for AI researchers. The ideal candidate has experience building tools and infrastructure for a large-scale deep learning system. Responsibilities Design, deploy, and maintain Figure's training clusters Architect and maintain scalable deep learning frameworks for training on massive robot datasets Work together with AI researchers to implement training of new model architectures at a large scale Implement distributed training and parallelization strategies to reduce model development cycles Implement tooling for data processing, model experimentation, and continuous integration Requirements Strong software engineering fundamentals Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field Experience with Python and PyTorch Experience managing HPC clusters for deep neural network training Minimum of 4 years of professional, full-time experience building reliable backend systems Bonus Qualifications Experience managing cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) Experience with job scheduling / orchestration tools (SLURM, Kubernetes, LSF, etc.) Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef, etc.) The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $150,000 - $350,000 annually. The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.

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About the TeamSecurity is at the foundation of OpenAI’s mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Security team protects OpenAI’s technology, people, and products. We are technical in what we build but are operational in how we do our work, and are committed to supporting all products and research at OpenAI. Our Security team tenets include: prioritizing for impact, enabling researchers, preparing for future transformative technologies, and engaging a robust security culture.About the RoleWe're seeking an exceptional Principal-level Offensive Security Engineer to challenge and strengthen OpenAI's security posture. This role isn't your typical red team job - it's an opportunity to engage broadly and deeply, craft innovative attack simulations, collaborate closely with defensive teams, and influence strategic security improvements across the organization. You'll have the chance to not only find vulnerabilities but actively drive their resolution, automate offensive techniques with cutting-edge technologies, and use your unique attacker perspective to shape our security strategy. This role will be primarily focused on continuously testing our hardware products and related services.In this role you will:Collaborate proactively with engineering teams to enhance security and mitigate risks in hardware, firmware, and software.Perform comprehensive penetration testing on our diverse suite of products.Leverage advanced automation and OpenAI technologies to optimize your offensive security work.Present insightful, actionable findings clearly and compellingly to inspire impactful change.Influence security strategy by providing attacker-driven insights into risk and threat modeling.You might thrive in this role if you have:7+ years of hands-on experience or exceptional accomplishments demonstrating equivalent expertise.Exceptional skill in code review, identifying novel and subtle vulnerabilities.Demonstrated mastery assessing complex technology stacks, including:Proven ability to reverse engineer bootrom images, firmware, or silicon-level components.Deep familiarity with low-level kernel operations, secure boot processes, and hardware-software interactions.Hands-on experience building and validating secure boot chains and threat models.Proficiency with hardware debugging tools (UART, JTAG, SWD, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).Solid programming skills in C/C++, Python, or assembly for embedded systems.Industry experience securing consumer hardware (e.g., mobile devices, IoT, chipsets).Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.Strong intuitive understanding of trust boundaries and risk assessment in dynamic contexts.Excellent coding skills, capable of writing robust tools and automation for offensive operations.Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively through compelling storytelling.Proven track record of not just finding vulnerabilities but actively contributing to solutions in complex codebases.Bonus points:Prior experience working in tech startups or fast-paced technology environments.Experience in related disciplines such as Software Engineering (SWE), Detection Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Security Engineering, or IT Infrastructure.About OpenAIOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy PolicyAt OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.