Security Engineer GRC
Security Engineer GRC
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25-04-2025
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Job Description
We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. Were 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. Plaids network covers 12000 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.
The Security Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) team is part of Plaids security organization focused on enabling the business by proactively managing information security risks and maintaining effective controls. Our mission is to reduce the likelihood and impact of security risks while operating a robust assurance program that builds trust with our customers consumers and data partners. We partner closely across the company to ensure Plaids platform remains secure resilient and aligned with industry and regulatory expectations.
As a Security Engineer on the GRC team you will own our GRC automation roadmapdeveloping and implementing strategies to detect drift from expected security baselines and audited controls. You will collaborate with GRC team members to accelerate workstreams by automating processes across audits vendor management risk assessments security training and more. Beyond automation youll conduct indepth datadriven risk and control assessments that influence critical decisions across the company. Your work will directly impact Plaids ability to prevent future incidents and build trust.
This role is perfect for you if:
You enjoy solving complex engineering problems at the intersection of security risk and compliance.
Youre passionate about automation and building workflows that reduce manual effort while increasing assurance.
You thrive in a collaborative environment working across engineering product and security teams.
You have a curious mindset with a drive to explore how security controls can fail or be bypassed.
Responsibilities
- Deploy and configure AI tools to drive efficiency across GRC processes.
- Automate evidence collection control testing and compliance monitoring across cloud and internal systems.
- Build integrations and Slack bots using APIs/webhooks to streamline GRC workflows.
- Develop dashboards and SQLdriven reports to surface meaningful risk and compliance metrics.
- Write detection logic to alert on security control drift or misconfigurations.
- Perform security risk assessments and recommend mitigation strategies using a datainformed approach.
- Support the buildout of continuous control monitoring infrastructure.
Qualifications
- Strong foundation in core security concepts (e.g. authentication encryption logging access control).
- Handson experience with AWS and understanding of cloudnative security controls.
- Proficiency with scripting languages (e.g. Python) and building integrations via APIs/webhooks.
- Strong SQL skills and experience with dashboards or data visualization tools.
- Experience writing rules or logic for compliance drift detection.
- Ability to work independently and crossfunctionally with strong prioritization skills.
- Nice to have: Degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity or a related field.
- Nice to have: Handson experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuring cybersecurity tools.
- Nice to have: Exposure to security incident response and triage processes.
$152400 $228000 a year
The target base salary for this position ranges from $152400 /year to $228800 /year in Zone 1 in Zone 4 or encompassing all Zones. The target base salary will vary based on the jobs location.
Our geographic zones are as follows:
Zone 1 New York City and San Francisco Bay Area
Zone 2 Los Angeles Seattle Washington D.C.
Zone 3 Austin Boston Denver Houston Portland Sacramento San Diego
Zone 4 RaleighDurham and all other US cities
Additional compensation in the form(s) of equity and/or commission are dependent on the position offered. Plaid provides a comprehensive benefit plan including medical dental vision and 401(k). Pay is based on factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position candidates work experience and skillset and location. Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.
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 doesnt 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
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