Senior Staff SOC Security Engineer - Hybrid

Blackhawk Network, Inc.; Pleasanton (CA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 323,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with employer match

Medical

Dental

Vision

12 paid holidays per year

Sick leave accrual (1 hour per 30 hrs)

Parental leave

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Wellness benefits

Flexible time off

Job summary

Blackhawk Network is hiring a Sr Staff Product Security Engineer to defend our fintech platform against large-scale payment fraud. You will lead offensive security assessments of transactions, authentication, and APIs with a focus on automation and scalability, shaping our fraud defenses and customer trust.

The role is highly technical and hands-on in a fast-paced fintech environment, with hybrid work between remote work and in-office collaboration at our Pleasanton headquarters on Tuesdays and

Qualifications

• Strong background in secure coding practices, API security, and software architecture.
• Hands-on experience with SAST, DAST, SCA, and fuzzing platforms.
• Solid understanding of AWS services (IAM, Lambda, S3, VPC) and AWS-native security tooling.
• Experience securing containerized and microservice-based environments.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Embed security into the SDLC, including requirements, design, development, and deployment phases.
• Define and promote secure coding practices across engineering teams.
• Perform security design reviews, threat modeling, and architecture assessments for applications, APIs, and microservices.
• Collaborate with cloud engineering teams to secure AWS environments, leveraging tools like GuardDuty, CloudTrail, Macie, and AWS Config.
• Ensure application security controls extend seamlessly into cloud-native workloads.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments using SAST, DAST, and software composition analysis (SCA).
• Analyze findings, prioritize remediation, and track to resolution.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies aligned with business needs.
• Partner with engineering, DevOps, and product teams to raise security maturity.
• Mentor junior engineers and advocate for a security-first mindset.

Skills

Secure coding practices

API security

Software architecture

Threat modeling

Security design reviews

Leadership & communication

Risk prioritization

Mentoring

Education

CISSP

CSSLP

AWS Security Specialty

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA

Fuzzing platforms

GuardDuty

CloudTrail

Macie

AWS Config

IAM

Lambda

S3

VPC

Kubernetes

Job description

Blackhawk Network is hiring a Sr Staff Product Security Engineer to defend our fintech platform against large-scale payment fraud. You will lead offensive security assessments of transactions, authentication, and APIs with a focus on automation and scalability, shaping our fraud defenses and customer trust.

The role is highly technical and hands-on in a fast-paced fintech environment, with hybrid work between remote work and in-office collaboration at our Pleasanton headquarters on Tuesdays and