Sr. Product Security Engineer

About Betterment Betterment is a leading, technology-driven financial services company that offers investing, savings and retirement solutions for retail investors and investment advisors as well as financial wellness solutions, including a 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses. Our team is passionate about our mission, to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease. We’re headquartered in NYC and offer hybrid NY-based positions (four days/ week in-office, with no required office days during the summer and winter holidays). About the Role The Security Engineering team is a trusted partner throughout the organization who work hard to make Betterment the most secure place for our customers’ money. We do this by building tools for our development teams, improving the security and integrity of our systems, and adding monitoring and visibility into our services. This helps us move faster and smarter, all while done within a highly regulated and secure environment. We write, review, and advise in Ruby, Javascript, Java, and Python just to name a few of our popular languages. We leverage a number of technologies to power our tools and platform, including AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Helm, Terraform, Datadog, CircleCI, and Splunk. As an engineer on the Security Engineering team, you'll help deliver new products, tools, and systems in a secure manner that make engineering more impactful and help keep our customers safe and happy! This role is based out of our NYC office. Below we've reflected the base salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Betterment’s total compensation package for employees. New York City: $175,000-205,000 This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus. A Day in the Life: Lead and collaborate on product security initiatives strengthening our engineering practices Write and review customer facing code to resolve security concerns alongside product development engineers Conduct threat modeling exercises, architecture reviews, and offensive security engagements with product teams Innovate with modern cloud technologies to secure systems such as CI/CD, sensitive data storage, mobile design, front end web services, and more Provide mentorship and education for security and software engineering excellence What we're looking for: 5+ years of experience building software Deep experience and understanding of securing modern web apps (OWASP top 10, CWEs, and language specific application security issues) Experience working in a product setting where the needs of the business and users must be weighed against security requirements Experience with exploiting common security vulnerabilities and fixing them Experience building high-availability distributed systems and services with any Object Oriented Programming language Experience with the Linux command line interface Experience with securing AWS cloud infrastructure (EC2, RDS, S3, VPCs) Experience with any of these technologies is a plus: GraphQL, React, CircleCI, Kubernetes, Terraform, Postgres Join a team built on these core values We change lives Be a part of a community of innovators working to transform financial outcomes for real people. Your work will make an impact, always laddering up to our mission; to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease . We set audacious goals We set them for the company, our customers, and ourselves, and we won’t stop until we reach them. We don’t just show up; we give our all, then celebrate our wins. We value all perspectives When we collaborate, we're at our best. We believe diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes and strive to uphold our supportive and inclusive community. We simplify financial services We’re financial services pioneers, always finding new ways to improve, optimize, and enhance. Constant improve