What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Product Security Engineer II position at creditkarma?
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As a Product Security Engineer, you will conduct security reviews, and design and prototype new tooling and features across the organization. You will work with architects and engineering teams to guide the implementation of secure practices across different areas like cloud, API, applications and mobile devices. You will provide training in security best practices, and enforce our policies and standards. You will identify trends and risks across multiple platforms, and engage with senior leadership to provide action plans and strategy.
What You'll Do:
- Provide security expertise for cloud, web and mobile projects, helping teams meet the enterprise and IT security policies, industry regulations, and best practices.
- Implement company-wide programs that deploy security patterns and controls across applications and computing environments, together with business resiliency, privacy, and compliance frameworks.
- Work with security and engineering teams to maintain a security architecture that provides security controls throughout all platforms to mitigate risk, and to meet goals and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure the quality of our applications and products by guiding them through the Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) process.
- Advocate, research, develop new tools to support our security patterns and standards.
- Monitor our exposure to, and assess the impact of, new security threats, vulnerabilities and risks.
What we are looking for:
- 4 years' experience in the application security industry, solving security problems in large-scale systems.
- Experience with security design reviews, and threat-modeling exercises for both traditional and AI systems.
- Expertise in verifying and measuring common security vulnerabilities, and demonstrated ability in communicating these concepts to your partners in engineering. From the OWASP Top Ten to more advanced concepts, you've seen it before, and can describe it with ease.
- Familiarity with the responsibilities and workflow of software developers and machine learning engineers. The Product Security team works with engineering to meet both business needs and security requirements. You can speak their language, and sympathize with their challenges.
- Facility with implementing standards, e.g., PCI-DSS, ISO, OAuth, NIST Cyber Security framework.
- Basic working knowledge of one or more of the following languages: Java, Scala, Node JS, Typescript, Python, Golang, Rust.
- Strong knowledge of security frameworks and standards (NIST, CIS, MITRE ATT&CK).
What we would like to see:
- Exposure to most of the following technologies: Google Cloud, iOS, Android, CircleCI, IAM, Snyk, Consul, Kubernetes, Hashicorp Vault, PKI, OPA, React, GraphQL, Thrift, Kafka, and Splunk.
- Familiarity with AI-specific threats and secure AI development practices.
- Working familiarity with one or more LLM platforms: GPT, Gemini, Claude, Llama
- Experience defining security architecture patterns and standards in a large enterprise organization.
- Knowledge of cryptography including algorithms, standards, and their practical applications such as TLS and HMAC.
- Experience performing threat modeling of applications to identify potential security issues.
Pay Transparency Notice:
Credit Karma’s mission of championing financial progress for all starts from within. That’s why we implemented role-based compensation, which ensures people who are in the same role receive the same pay with variations for geographic location only. It’s all part of a more comprehensive DEI strategy that helps level the playing field. The base salary range for this role is $260,000 - $320,000, plus equity and benefits.
Benefits at Credit Karma includes:
- Medical and Dental Coverage
- Retirement Plan
- Commuter Benefits
- Wellness perks
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, Baby Bonding, Cultural Observance, & More)
- Education Perks
- Paid Gift Week in December
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Credit Karma is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We welcome all candidates without regard to race, color, religion, age, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, veteran or military status, disability (physical or mental), genetic information or other protected characteristic. We prohibit discrimination of any kind and operate in compliance with applicable fair chance laws.
Credit Karma is also committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment because it is the right thing to do. We believe that such an environment advances long-term professional growth, creates a robust business, and supports our mission of championing financial progress for everyone. We offer generous benefits and perks with a single eye to nourishing an inclusive environment that recognizes the contributions of all and fosters diversity by supporting our internal Employee Resource Groups. We’ve worked hard to build an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and the opportunity for professional growth. As part of the Credit Karma team, your voice will be heard, your contributions will matter, and your unique background and experiences will be celebrated.
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