Engineering Manager - Security

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Responsibilities

• ▹Lead, mentor, and grow a team of security engineers, fostering a high-performance, psychologically safe culture
• ▹Own the technical roadmap for Plaid's core security capabilities (encryption, authN/authZ, CI/CD, data and network security), including securing the AI and MCP ecosystem
• ▹Partner with product and platform engineering teams to deliver self-service security infrastructure across varying maturity levels
• ▹Partner with Data Foundation and AI teams to build secure paved roads for agentic identities and workflows (AI agents, MCP clients, service identities)
• ▹Drive measurable improvement in secure-by-default adoption, leading with influence rather than authority
• ▹Make pragmatic, risk-based security decisions and trade-offs consistent with product roadmaps

Requirements

• ▹8-14 years of overall software engineering experience, with ~6+ years in engineering management
• ▹Strong technical background evaluating and guiding authN/authZ, encryption, and identity/access services in an AWS and K8s environment
• ▹Experience managing engineers in a security, platform, or infrastructure context
• ▹Experience designing and securing AI/ML/Agentic platforms (tool-calling, MCPs, service identities)
• ▹Familiarity with AI security and governance risks and control designs that preserve developer velocity
• ▹Proven track record building scalable platform capabilities and paved roads used broadly

Nice to have

• ▹Experience at a fintech or high-tech organization adjacent to payments or financial services
• ▹Hands-on experience building user/service authN/authZ, encryption/secrets management, or internal identity management at scale in AWS and K8s

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Additional compensation in the form of equity and/or commission
• ▹Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)

About the company

Plaid powers the connections between financial accounts and apps for thousands of companies and 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK, and Europe. Founded in 2013, headquartered in San Francisco.