Affirm
Overview
Senior Platform Security Engineer at Affirm. 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 focuses on vulnerability management, cloud security, perimeter and network security, and hardening of critical environments. We work with corporate/workforce security, incident response, security operations, identity and access systems, and infrastructure engineering teams to enable secure operations at scale. As a Senior Security Engineer in the Enterprise Security team, you will support the Infrastructure and Platform Security organization and help design and implement solutions used by experienced software and infrastructure engineers across the organization. Responsibilities
Drive infrastructure, network and perimeter security initiatives for hardening and segmentation. Collaborate with multiple engineering functions to advocate for security practices. Influence and implement security features across engineering teams. Design and develop scalable security solutions across various domains. Configure and implement cloud security services, including identity and access management, detective controls, infrastructure protection, and data protection. Specify, standardize, configure, and validate access controls across cloud services; integrate security tooling into existing infrastructure. Develop security software configurations and improve tool functionality; implement controls across Affirm’s data infrastructure (e.g., S3, DynamoDB, RDS, Snowflake). Decompose large cross-team projects into tasks, manage scope, and drive toward project closure. Qualifications
Proven track record of tackling difficult and ambiguous challenges and delivering results. Ability to shift focus in a complex, evolving environment to balance security risk and business agility. Strong in infrastructure operations (networking, systems, storage) and corporate IT, with ability to make technical trade-offs between short- and long-term security decisions. Hands-on experience deploying infrastructure in a Kubernetes environment. Experience deploying cloud services using Terraform. Understanding of auditing usage and access to AWS cloud services. Experience managing security tooling (e.g., Wiz, Auditbeat, CrowdStrike Falcon EDR, AWS SSM, or similar). BS in a related field or equivalent experience; MS preferred. Details
Pay Grade: N; Equity Grade: 8. Base pay ranges vary by location and experience. Base pay ranges for the USA: CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT: $190,000 - $240,000 per year All other U.S. states: $169,000 - $219,000 per year Affirm is remote-first. Most roles are remote, with occasional needs to work from an Affirm office depending on role and responsibilities. Benefits
Health care coverage – Affirm covers premiums for you and dependents Flexible Spending Wallets for technology, food, lifestyle, and family expenses Paid time off and holidays Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) Affirm is an equal opportunity employer. We provide reasonable accommodations in the hiring process for qualified candidates with disabilities. By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read Affirm's Global Candidate Privacy Notice and consent to the collection, processing, and storage of your personal data as described therein.
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Senior Platform Security Engineer at Affirm. 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 focuses on vulnerability management, cloud security, perimeter and network security, and hardening of critical environments. We work with corporate/workforce security, incident response, security operations, identity and access systems, and infrastructure engineering teams to enable secure operations at scale. As a Senior Security Engineer in the Enterprise Security team, you will support the Infrastructure and Platform Security organization and help design and implement solutions used by experienced software and infrastructure engineers across the organization. Responsibilities
Drive infrastructure, network and perimeter security initiatives for hardening and segmentation. Collaborate with multiple engineering functions to advocate for security practices. Influence and implement security features across engineering teams. Design and develop scalable security solutions across various domains. Configure and implement cloud security services, including identity and access management, detective controls, infrastructure protection, and data protection. Specify, standardize, configure, and validate access controls across cloud services; integrate security tooling into existing infrastructure. Develop security software configurations and improve tool functionality; implement controls across Affirm’s data infrastructure (e.g., S3, DynamoDB, RDS, Snowflake). Decompose large cross-team projects into tasks, manage scope, and drive toward project closure. Qualifications
Proven track record of tackling difficult and ambiguous challenges and delivering results. Ability to shift focus in a complex, evolving environment to balance security risk and business agility. Strong in infrastructure operations (networking, systems, storage) and corporate IT, with ability to make technical trade-offs between short- and long-term security decisions. Hands-on experience deploying infrastructure in a Kubernetes environment. Experience deploying cloud services using Terraform. Understanding of auditing usage and access to AWS cloud services. Experience managing security tooling (e.g., Wiz, Auditbeat, CrowdStrike Falcon EDR, AWS SSM, or similar). BS in a related field or equivalent experience; MS preferred. Details
Pay Grade: N; Equity Grade: 8. Base pay ranges vary by location and experience. Base pay ranges for the USA: CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT: $190,000 - $240,000 per year All other U.S. states: $169,000 - $219,000 per year Affirm is remote-first. Most roles are remote, with occasional needs to work from an Affirm office depending on role and responsibilities. Benefits
Health care coverage – Affirm covers premiums for you and dependents Flexible Spending Wallets for technology, food, lifestyle, and family expenses Paid time off and holidays Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) Affirm is an equal opportunity employer. We provide reasonable accommodations in the hiring process for qualified candidates with disabilities. By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read Affirm's Global Candidate Privacy Notice and consent to the collection, processing, and storage of your personal data as described therein.
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