Benepass

Benepass

Lead Security Engineer

U.S Remote · Exec

Sponsorship not specified$190k-$230kDetected 64 days ago
iOSAndroidBackend DevelopmentAWSKubernetesTerraformCI/CDPlatform EngineeringData EngineeringLLMsCybersecuritySIEMSOARDetection EngineeringIncident ResponseComplianceSupply ChainHRISFirewallLeadershipCommunication

About the role

  • We believe people are the most important asset to any company.
  • To date, the company has raised approximately $75 million in equity capital.
  • Articles - Founder Story - Jaclyn Chen - Benepass Raises $40M Series B Candidate Resources - Benepass | Candidate Resource Page - Benepass Listed on Inc.

Responsibilities

  • Able to reason about access control, encryption standards, certificate management, vaulting, key management, HSM/KMS-backed cryptography, secure system builds, DDoS/WAF/network design, and detection engineering in a modern SaaS environment.
  • Experienced improving dependency management, SBOM generation, artifact signing, secret scanning, third-party risk input, CI/CD hardening, and the security of build and release pipelines.
  • Experience hardening build, test, and deployment workflows through dependency scanning, SBOMs, artifact signing, secret scanning, CI/CD guardrails, least-privilege automation, and container security controls.
  • Clear communicator who can partner with engineering, product, platform, compliance, and business teams; write practical guidance; teach developers; and create durable security champions programs.
  • We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees and are seeking to build a team that reflects the diversity of the people we hope to serve with our revolutionary products.

Requirements

  • Security Program Maturity: Ability to use frameworks such as NIST CSF 2.0 and OWASP SAMM pragmatically to assess current state, sequence improvements, define metrics, and mature security practices iteratively.
  • Experience with AWS serverless and managed-service architectures, including API Gateway, Cognito, Lambda, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, Transfer Family, CloudFront, and event-driven security monitoring patterns.
  • Experience with detection-as-code, SIEM/SOAR workflows, security data pipelines, incident response automation, or measurable improvements to alert quality and response readiness.
  • Hands-on experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, policy-as-code, CSPM/CWPP tools, container image scanning, runtime security, or Kubernetes/ECS hardening.
  • Experience defining practical governance for LLMs, AI coding assistants, prompt/data handling, model/tool approval, and sensitive data protection in AI-enabled software development workflows.
  • Benepass takes a number of factors into account when determining individual starting pay, including market comparables, interview performance, peer compensation, and years of experience.
  • Deep experience with secure SDLC practices, shift-left security, threat modeling, API security, SAST/code scanning, CI/CD security integrations, security QA, vulnerability management, and developer-friendly security UX.

Nice to have

  • 7+ years in security engineering, application security, cloud security, product security, platform security, or closely related technical security roles, ideally in a high-growth SaaS or technology company.

Compensation

  • $190,000-230,000 + Equity
  • Range(s) is subject to change. Benepass takes a number of factors into account when determining individual starting pay, including market comparables, interview performance, peer compensation, and years of experience.
  • $250 WFH setup (one time)
  • $150/month cell phone + internet
  • We offer several team onsites a year

Benefits

  • 95% coverage of medical, dental, and vision
  • Fantastic benefits (of course 😃), including:
  • $500/year Learning & Development Benefit
  • $100/month Wellness
  • $100/month Co-working and Commuter Benefit

Company info

  • At Benepass we're making benefits easy. We believe people are the most important asset to any company. Traditional one-size-fits-all benefits packages no longer cut it in today's hybrid and remote-first environment. With Benepass, companies can tailor their benefits to the unique needs of their workforce.
  • Through our easy-to-use and highly customizable fintech platform, People teams can implement, administer, and track the benefits that meet employees where they are. Employers design their benefits and perks plan by setting a contribution amount and eligible spend categories. Every employee has their own individual definition of wellness and needs different things to help them be their most productive, fulfilled self.
  • Our Mission
  • Helping companies reimagine how companies take care of their people.
  • Founder Story
  • Jaclyn Chen
  • Benepass Raises $40M Series B
  • Benepass | Candidate Resource Page
  • Benepass Listed on Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces of 2023
  • At Benepass we're making benefits easy.
  • Traditional one-size-fits-all benefits packages no longer cut it in today's hybrid and remote-first environment.
  • With Benepass, companies can tailor their benefits to the unique needs of their workforce.
  • Through our easy-to-use and highly customizable fintech platform, People teams can implement, administer, and track the benefits that meet employees where they are.
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