Senior Platform Security Engineer

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Security Team Overview

The Security team posture increases security and reduces risk while securely enabling access to information for those who need it! The ideal employee will have extensive experience developing tooling and infrastructure used for securing technical resources as part of a larger team. The candidate will quickly come up to speed with current systems and processes, identify and develop improvements, and implement solutions used by experienced software and infrastructure engineers across the organization.

We protect and secure affirm’s production infrastructure while balancing risk to enable business growth.

We are looking for a Senior Security Engineer in the Security Engineering and Architecture, primarily supporting the Infrastructure and Platform Security organization focusing on vulnerability management, cloud security, perimeter and network security, and hardening of critical environments. We work closely with corporate / workforce security, incident response, security operations, identity and access systems and partner with infrastructure engineering teams that build, operate and manage compute, storage, caching and security systems at scale. You will partner with the right teams to solve complex security problems and help design solutions that are aligned with broader organizational goals.

What you’ll do

• Drive infrastructure, network and perimeter security initiatives for hardening and segmentation.
• Work across multiple engineering functions and organizations to advocate for security practices.
• Influence, align and implement security features across engineering teams.
• Demonstrate expertise across various domains to design and develop scalable solutions.
• 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 a wide range of cloud services; integrate security tooling into existing infrastructure.
• Develop security software configurations and improve tool functionality over time. Implement security controls across affirm’s data infrastructure, including S3, DynamoDB, RDS, and Snowflake.
• Decompose large, cross‑team projects into individual tasks; manage scope across teams and drive toward project closure.

What we look for

Pay and Benefits

Pay Grade – N

Equity Grade – 6

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by affirm holdings.

CAN base pay range per year : $150,000 – $200,000.

Affirm is a remote‑first company. The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirms in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but may occasionally be required to work out of an assigned afford office. A limited number of roles remain office‑based due to the nature of their responsibilities.

EEO and Accessibility

We believe it’s on us to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.

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