Staff Security Operations Engineer, Affirm
Incident Response Lead
$200-275k
Salary dependent on location + ESPP
AWS
Python
Terraform
Splunk
Senior and Expert level
Remote from US
POS installment loans
Open for applications
POS installment loans
1001+ employees
FintechB2CPersonal financePaymentsSaaS
Open for applications
$200-275k
Salary dependent on location + ESPP
AWS
Python
Terraform
Splunk
Senior and Expert level
Remote from US
1001+ employees
FintechB2CPersonal financePaymentsSaaS
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- A seasoned Detection and Response Engineer with experience leading investigations and incidents including containment actions and forensics when needed in an engineering focused cloud heavy environment (AWS, EKS experience strongly preferred)
- 7+ years of experience with Detection and Response engineering with a significant focus on leading security incidents and crises
- Ability to handle high pressure, complex and often ambiguous situations in a calm and thoughtful manner, and when needed be the voice of reason and calm across the incident group
- Strong communication skills with the ability to switch communication styles when needed to engage with various levels of stakeholders
- Ability to proactively take the initiative and rally stakeholders for both tactical and strategic progress pertaining to the Incident Response function
- Strong ability to analyze, parse and correlate information against data from multiple sources and when needed engineer solutions to do the same
- Demonstrated experience in common Sec Ops tooling pertaining to SIEM, EDR, and MDR providers. For example: Splunk, Elastic, Sentinel One, CrowdStrike, Red Canary, Expel, etc. or similar
- Experience in programming to create automations to improve IR program workflows and capabilities (Python & Terraform IAC experience preferred)
- Experience with supporting native data ingestion and data normalization integrations
- Ability to partner with Legal & Compliance teams for relevant incident reporting requirements across regulatory bodies
- Ability to lead large projects and work with cross functional stakeholders throughout the organization
- Experience in building actionable threat intelligence & hunting programs is always a bonus!
What the job involves
- As a member of the Security Team at Affirm, you will be joining a team of fun, passionate and highly skilled individuals who like solving security challenges and enjoy learning new skills
- We partner together with a team first mindset and are keen on redefining security in the fintech space
- We're seeking a Staff Security Engineer to lead the Incident Response function within the broader Security Ops org, by driving remediation and response efforts company-wide in a very engineering-driven cloud infrastructure environment
- In this role, you will act as Incident Commander during security incidents, leading the team to incident resolution in high-pressure situations by making decisions in engagements with high amounts of ambiguity
- Beyond the technical skills needed to effectively lead Incident Response, we are looking for someone who is very comfortable communicating and engaging with stakeholders across various levels and functions as well as proactively rallying people together when needed
- As this is a lead role, you will be expected to take initiative and lead independently while communicating necessary information to stakeholders
- In addition to Incident Response, you'll also contribute to maturing other programs within the Sec Ops org, such as Security Observability and Cyber Defense Engineering
- Overall, this is an extremely cross-functional and collaborative role that will span multiple functions across the company
- You will get to partner with internal Security teams (such as Platform Security, Security Risk Management) as well as other external teams (such as Infrastructure, Observability, Privacy/Compliance) to create and improve security operations capabilities
- As such, the cross functional work with these teams will often tackle complex security problems and design solutions that align with our broader organizational goals
- Your impact will not only be within the company but also in improving the trust and security of millions of customers, merchants and partners
- Own and drive the roadmap for the Security Incident Response Program under the Security Operations & Resilience Engineering organization
- Lead security incident response efforts driving detection & response across the organization through all phases of an incident from identification to post-incident retrospective
- Serve as incident commander in large scale security incidents driving action oriented containment & remediation results
- Be the senior escalation point for the team assisting with investigations and incidents (this is a very hands on role)
- Balance both tactical & strategic thinking in high pressure situations using facts & clear communications to lead the response team to next steps
- Provide briefings, status updates, and advice to a variety of audiences, including technical and executive leadership teams during incidents
- Lead the development of security incident response playbooks and processes
- Contribute to engineering projects which build, maintain and improve our current monitoring, detection & response programs
- Contribute to our detection program by creating advanced detections based on frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK
- Collaborate with cross functional teams across Affirm and lead key security projects
- Provide mentorship and training to junior security team members, fostering their professional growth and development
- We highly encourage and support external engagement, publications, presentations with the security community as well
Application process
- Own and drive the roadmap for the Security Incident Response Program under the Security Operations & Resilience Engineering organization
- Lead security incident response efforts driving detection & response across the organization through all phases of an incident from identification to post-incident retrospective
- Serve as incident commander in large scale security incidents driving action oriented containment & remediation results
- Be the senior escalation point for the team assisting with investigations and incidents (this is a very hands on role)
- Balance both tactical & strategic thinking in high pressure situations using facts & clear communications to lead the response team to next steps
- Provide briefings, status updates, and advice to a variety of audiences, including technical and executive leadership teams during incidents
- Lead the development of security incident response playbooks and processes
- Contribute to engineering projects which build, maintain and improve our current monitoring, detection & response programs
- Contribute to our detection program by creating advanced detections based on frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK
- Collaborate with cross functional teams across Affirm and lead key security projects
- Provide mentorship and training to junior security team members, fostering their professional growth and development
- We highly encourage and support external engagement, publications, presentations with the security community as well
Our take
Affirm offers point-of-sale loans to consumers, working with merchants like Shopify, KAYAK, and Walmart. Buy now, pay later transactions have grown in popularity in recent years, and this business is tapping into the market with a totally different approach to credit - by delivering the Affirm card, the first US debit card with the option to pay-over-time.
Boasting over 21M consumers and 337,000+ merchants, the company offers flexible payback options, ranging from 3 to 36 months. The interest rates run between 0% and 30%, so, while they are not necessarily the cheapest option, Affirm prides itself on having no fees for late payments, no hidden charges, and total transparency about what people will pay before they take out a loan.
Affirm collects payments from the customers and pays the merchants directly, shouldering the risk itself. The company has boosted its market share, expanding its availability beyond the US to include most of Canada, and continues to launch new features and create new partnerships towards bettering its offering.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Top investors
-11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2020
$500m
SERIES G
Apr 2019
$300m
SERIES F
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company benefits
- Compensation: We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family
- Spending Wallets: Access tech, food, lifestyle, and family planning wallets for your expenses
- Supportive Communities: Get involved with our employee resource groups and community groups
- Remote-first Workforce: If your role is remote, you can set up shop anywhere in your home country
- Generous Time Off: Take the time you need when life happens
- Health Benefits: Get a plan that fits your needs
- Mental Healthcare: Take care of your mind with great mental health programs
- Parental Leave: Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks’ paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay
- Away Days: We offer 20 company-wide paid days off—which help our teams collectively pause to recharge
- Learning & Development: Engage in exciting learning programs to level up your growth
Company HQ
Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Max Levchin
(Co-Founder & CEO)Has founded/co-founded numerous companies, holding various executive positions at each, including Paypal, Slide, Glow, HVF Labs, and SciFi VC. Also worked at large brands including Google, Yelp, Yahoo, and Evernote.
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