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Clever Inc.

Senior Security Engineer

Clever Inc., San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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Clever is on a mission to connect every student, worldwide, to a world of learning. With our identity platform for education, we serve 77% of U.S. schools and over 1 million K12 students internationally. As a trusted partner for schools and educators, we provide secure, seamless access to digital learning tools that empower students everywhere. Clever, a Kahoot! Company, is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, but our impact extends far beyond. Learn more about us at www.clever.com.

As a security engineer at Clever, you will be part of a small, highly collaborative team that leads efforts to secure our service, infrastructure, organization and protect our customers\' data. We are looking for someone who understands how to scale application security efforts at a growing organization.

A Day in the Life

Security reviews, where you provide risk-based security subject matter expertise to our product and engineering teams

Vulnerability detection, remediation, and prevention - find and fix vulnerabilities in our application code

Collaborate with engineering teams in designing and developing security-sensitive code, including identity and authentication protocol code

Review third party tools used by the company to ensure that these tools are compliant with our security practices for the data they will host and process

Ensure that engineering systems are compliant with appropriate privacy laws and collaborate with the legal team to establish privacy practice

Infrastructure tooling to automate security for Clever services

Triage and own remediations to submissions to our bug bounty program

Represent Clever in the security community to stay updated on vulnerabilities and threats

Train engineers about secure coding practices and promote security in the company

Help stay compliant with relevant compliance regimes such as GDPR, CCPA, FERPA, COPPA, and support efforts to be SOC2 Type 2 compliant

We are focused on creating systems and processes that allow Clever to build great products for teachers, students, guardians and district administrators while ensuring the data we custodians of are well protected. We use many AWS services (AWS WAF, IAM, Dynamo, Systems Manager Parameter Store, Route53, CloudFront). We write frontend code in Node.js, TypeScript, and React and use Go for backend. These are some of the tools you will learn on the security team and not something you need to know to join us.

What We\'re Looking For

4+ years of experience as a security engineer or software engineer with demonstrable security experience

Solid foundation in software engineering principles and proven experience in building applications

In-depth knowledge of common security vulnerabilities, standard security libraries, and security controls for web applications within a public cloud environment

Experience collaborating with engineering teams to conduct code reviews, architecture assessments, and design evaluations to identify and mitigate security risks

Excellent communication skills and influential leadership skills

The desire and ability to mentor and support engineers at all levels of experience

Commitment to inclusion and belonging: Clever believes that the classrooms we serve and our company\'s halls should be spaces that are diverse and inclusive. We seek opportunities and celebrate actions that further allow us to build diverse teams, include every voice, and create a safe space for everyone to bring their authentic selves into the workplace

Clever Benefits and Perks

A competitive salary

Flexible Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Top-notch healthcare, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family

Best-in-class mental healthcare service that supports employees\' mental and emotional wellness

A generous personal development yearly budget which can be used for courses, conferences, trainings, books, and more

A comprehensive Learning & Development program that enables employees to enhance their skills, knowledge, and functional expertise

Annual company and team events to connect with coworkers

Salary Transparency The range of our base salary cash compensation for this role for candidates living in the United States, outside NYC and San Francisco, CA, is between $144,500 - $205,000. For candidates living in NYC and San Francisco, CA, it is between $159,000 - $225,500. All final offers are determined using multiple factors including experience and level of expertise.

Clever does not conduct interviews via text or Telegram. We will never ask for your financial information or reimbursement of equipment of any kind. If you receive any communications regarding employment with Clever that you think might be a scam, please email recruitingscam@clever.com.

If you are a resident of Colorado, please note you have the right to redact your age-related information like age, birth date, or dates of schooling.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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