Remote Principal Security Engineer: Secure-by-Design Leader

Block; New York (NY); On-site; USD 319,000 - 478,600; Full time

Job summary

Block is seeking a Principal Security Engineer focused on Software Security Engineering to lead security across Block’s core products and infrastructure. You will influence architecture and champion Secure by Design across engineering and InfoSec, driving fast, secure innovation.

You will provide deep technical direction, mentor engineers, and set security standards for critical systems including mobile platforms and SecRelEng practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years shipping production software with security in a modern tech environment.
• 5+ years establishing and scaling security practices at scale.
• Expertise in system design, architecture, and secure SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Deliver world-class software security solutions addressing Block's top risks.
• Define multi-year technical strategy for software security at Block.
• Lead development and deployment of common, high-leverage security solutions across units.
• Drive engineering excellence for critical systems like tokenization platforms.
• Champion security reliability engineering to improve resilience of services.
• Mentor engineers on technical execution, system design and documentation.

Skills

Technical leadership

Security architecture

Software security

Cross-functional collaboration

Threat modeling

Production-grade code

Job description

Block is seeking a Principal Security Engineer focused on Software Security Engineering to lead security across Block’s core products and infrastructure. You will influence architecture and champion Secure by Design across engineering and InfoSec, driving fast, secure innovation.

You will provide deep technical direction, mentor engineers, and set security standards for critical systems including mobile platforms and SecRelEng practices.