Senior Product Security Engineer, Kin Insurance
$130-160k
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Personalized home insurance platform
Be an early applicant
Personalized home insurance platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$130-160k
Offers Equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To reimagine home insurance for every new normal.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in security engineering, cloud security, or DevSecOps
- Strong expertise in AWS security, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and automation
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), and cloud security controls (IAM, VPCs, WAF, etc.)
- Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Ruby, etc.)
- Familiarity with security frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001) and regulatory compliance
- Proven experience in threat modeling and identifying security risks early in the development process
- Ability to hold engineering teams accountable for security findings and drive vulnerability management efforts
- Hands on experience with GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) and secure development practices
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- Bachelor’s degree + certifications, technical training, or other audit and compliance relevant work experience
What the job involves
- As a Senior Product Security Engineer, you’ll play a key role in shaping and strengthening our security posture
- You’ll collaborate with engineering teams to design secure architectures, implement security controls, and drive DevSecOps best practices
- Your work will balance security and business needs, ensuring scalable and resilient security solutions
- Designing and implementing security solutions across cloud infrastructure, applications, and data protection
- Partnering with developers, DevOps, and data teams to drive secure software development practices
- Leading security architecture reviews, conducting threat modeling, and providing actionable risk assessments
- Overseeing and optimizing GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) adoption, ensuring teams effectively manage secret scanning, dependency security, and code scanning
- Monitoring and evaluating emerging threats, security trends, and compliance requirements
- Mentoring engineers on threat modeling, secure coding, and cloud security best practices
- Acting as a Security Champion, advocating for security best practices across the organization
- Engaging teams across the company to foster a security first mindset and embed security in day to day operations
Application process
- Deadline to Apply: April 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM UTC
Our take
The setup process for home insurance can be difficult and time-consuming, particularly for complex and risky properties. Legacy insurance providers rely on users and brokers to insert uniform data, an approach that is not very accurate considering the idiosyncrasies of each individual property.
Kin Insurance works directly with consumers to provide bespoke and affordable home insurance. The company's software imports thousands of variables based on third-party data in order to provide a more personalized approach to home insurance. Data is also collected from aerial and satellite imagery, government records, and building permits to ensure a house is covered from localized threats such as wildfire, hurricanes and other natural disasters.
Recognizing the antiquated and one-size-fits-all nature of the current home insurance landscape, Kin Insurance has taken an innovative approach by focusing on data collection. Through these means, the company claims that they can offer personalized insurance that can be negotiated directly through their communication channels, ensuring that consumers can access the exact insurance they need without having to pay for more than is required. Strong funding, raised across several rounds, will allow Kin to continue expanding its network and business reach.
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Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Feb 2024
$15m
SERIES D
Sep 2023
$33m
SERIES D
Total funding: $326m
Company benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Commuter benefit plan
- 401k
- Flex spending accounts
- Support for continuing education and professional development
- Training, development, and networking opportunities via Sales Assembly
- Flexible PTO
- Onsite gym membership
- Company-provided lunch each month
- Daily snacks
- Sodas, unlimited flavored water, & coffee
Company values
- Run through walls, together - Our industry is stuck in the status quo. But Kin is different. We are challengers. Innovators unwavering in our mission to fix insurance for those who need it most. We are changing insurance for good. We roll up our sleeves, take action, and get “impossible” things done every day with grit and teamwork
- Raise the bar. Drop the ego - Attitudes are contagious. Every one of us is responsible for creating the culture we want to work in. High performance. Low drama. Always respectful. Like professional sports teams, we win by working in sync. We show up, work hard, and play to each other’s strengths
- Act like an owner - We are more than employees. We are owners, fully accountable for achieving Kin’s mission. That requires positive, proactive, big-picture thinking well beyond our job descriptions. Ask questions, Take ownership. Do the right thing, even when it‘s hard. Because when Kin thrives, so do you. And so do our customers
- Keep asking ‘What if?’ - We value curiosity. To make insurance better for our customers, we experiment. We embrace insights. And we base decisions on data rather than assumptions. We see setbacks as opportunities for growth and are always learning and improving. Both individually and as a company
Company HQ
River North, Chicago, IL
Articles
Leadership
Sean Harper
(CEO)Sean worked as a BCG Associate for 5 years before founding FeeFighters.com and working for 2 years at Groupon. After a year as CPO of 2Checkout, they co-founded Kin Insurance, serving since as CEO.
Lucas Ward
(CTO)Having studied at Southeast Missouri State University, Lucas spent half a decade at Accenture, before a combined 3 years at ThoughtWorks and Fundspire. They left their CTO position at Rippleshot in 2015 to co-found Kin Insurance in January 2016.
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