Lead Product Security Architect for AI-Driven Apps

Plaid; United States; Remote; USD 190,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restaurant-like snacks

Job summary

Plaid is seeking a Lead Security Architect to drive security for core products, collaborating with engineering and product teams from early development through launch.

You will conduct threat modeling, assess authentication/authorization, review code, and guide risk-based mitigations, including AI-enabled features. This role requires strong security background and independent work in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product or application security.
• Experience leading security design reviews and threat modeling for complex applications, APIs, or distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of authentication, authorization, trust boundaries, data protection, and vulnerabilities.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including reading code, analyzing vulnerability paths, and evaluating fixes.
• Experience securing cloud-native applications and understanding architecture implications.
• Ability to communicate complex security risks and influence engineering and product leadership.
• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead security architecture and design reviews for high-priority products from development through launch.
• Conduct threat modeling and security assessments of applications, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Evaluate authentication, authorization, data flows, and business logic for vulnerabilities and abuse cases.
• Review application code and validate proposed fixes address underlying risks.
• Assess security implications of new technologies, including AI-powered capabilities.
• Partner with engineering leadership to prioritize risks, mitigations, and risk acceptance.
• Develop reusable security requirements and secure design patterns with engineering teams.
• Leverage AI-assisted security analysis to improve assessments and validate assumptions.

Skills

Threat modeling

Secure architecture

Application security

Authentication

Authorization

Security reviews

Code review

Vulnerability assessment

AI security considerations

Security risk communication

Job description

Plaid is seeking a Lead Security Architect to drive security for core products, collaborating with engineering and product teams from early development through launch.

You will conduct threat modeling, assess authentication/authorization, review code, and guide risk-based mitigations, including AI-enabled features. This role requires strong security background and independent work in a fast-paced environment.