Staff Security Engineer, Affirm
Detection & Response
$200-275k
Salary varies depending on location of applicant; + ESPP
POS installment loans
Be an early applicant
POS installment loans
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$200-275k
Salary varies depending on location of applicant; + ESPP
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- This is a hands-on role where we are looking for engineering experience particularly dealing with cloud environments
- A seasoned Security Operations Engineer with at least 5+ years of experience in Detection and Response with a significant engineering focus in a cloud heavy environment (AWS or similar)
- Experience with developing native data ingestion and data normalization integrations to aid the Sec Ops monitoring & Detection program
- Hands-on experience handling investigative, containment and remediation actions across environments & ability to partner with Infrastructure, SRE teams as needed during incidents
- Demonstrated experience in common Sec Ops tooling including but not limited to: Elastic, Splunk, Hive, Crowdstrike Falcon or similar
- Hands-on experience with container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes or similar)
- Experience in creating automations to improve IR program workflows and capabilities (Python scripting language preferred)
- Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-code (IaaC) including experience developing and deploying cloud services using Terraform
- Strong communication skills with the ability to switch communication style when needed between engineering and non-engineering audiences
- Ability to lead and drive large projects and work with cross functional stakeholders throughout the Engineering organization
- Experience in building actionable threat intelligence & hunting programs is always a bonus!
What the job involves
- The Security Operations (Sec Ops) program is the foundation of both preventive and responsive security practices to protect Affirm’s assets from an adverse security event
- 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 Operations (Sec Ops) Engineer who will help us build and mature the Security Operations Engineering program including Logging, Detection, and Response
- You will also participate in on-call duties along with the rest of the team and serve as engineering escalation point for the team
- You will also get to collaborate with internal Security teams (such as Platform Security, Corporate Security) and external teams (such as Infrastructure, Observability, Privacy/Compliance) to create and improve existing security operations capabilities
- You will partner with these teams to solve complex security problems and help design solutions that are aligned with broader organizational goals
- Serve as a hands-on technical leader to help mature our Logging & Detection Engineering program throughout our environment
- Build and enhance our current logging pipeline to help ingest the right data sources needed to improve our visibility
- Contribute to our detection program by helping write advanced detections based on frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK
- Continuously tune existing detections to improve our detection fidelity and calibrate signals so we’re maximizing value while minimizing noise
- Contribute to engineering projects involved in building, maintaining and improving our current tooling
- Drive monitoring, detection and response including remediation for security incidents throughout our environment
- Be the senior escalation point for the team when needed for help with investigations and incidents particularly from an engineering escalation perspective
- Build automation between tools when needed to help improve logging, detection and response workflows
- Contribute to developing and maturing security incident response playbooks and processes
- Collaborate with cross functional teams across Affirm and lead key Security projects
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.
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Insights
-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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