Sr. Staff Security Partner Engineer

Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools.
$190,000 - $270,000
Security
Staff Software Engineer
Hybrid
501 - 1,000 Employees
10+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Finance

Description For Sr. Staff Security Partner Engineer

Gusto is seeking a Sr. Staff Security Partner Engineer to join their Product Security group. This role is crucial in designing products and features with customer safety and privacy in mind. The successful candidate will work alongside product and engineering leads, providing guidance on security risks, mitigation strategies, and secure development architecture.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with product, engineering, infrastructure, legal, and privacy teams to design safe features
  • Review and threat model new systems, products, and features
  • Provide detailed security advice and risk assessments, including architectural direction
  • Develop guidelines and recommendations for secure coding practices
  • Lead and manage secure code training instruction
  • Implement and deploy application security tools
  • Develop long-term relationships with product development and engineering teams

The Product Security group at Gusto helps the company move faster, securely. They are a team of engineers who enable other teams to build products quickly while protecting customers. Their work involves building security tools and services, providing security training and expertise, and advocating for best practices in authentication, authorization, and safe data handling across the company.

Gusto offers a hybrid work model, with employees expected to work from the office 2-3 days per week. The company values diversity and inclusion, hiring great people from various backgrounds to create a stronger team and better serve their customers.

Gusto serves more than 300,000 businesses nationwide and has offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York. Their mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, starting right within the company.

Last updated 5 months ago

Responsibilities For Sr. Staff Security Partner Engineer

  • Work alongside product, engineering, infrastructure, legal, and privacy teams to design safe features to protect our customers
  • Review and threat model new systems, products, and features
  • Provide detailed security advice and risk assessments, including architectural direction
  • Develop guidelines and recommendations for secure coding practices
  • Lead and manage secure code training instruction
  • Implement and deploy application security tools
  • Develop long-term relationships with product development and engineering teams

Requirements For Sr. Staff Security Partner Engineer

Ruby
JavaScript
Python
Kotlin
  • 10+ years of experience in information security, especially application security, product security, and/or security partnership
  • Ability to work with engineers to balance security risks, customer privacy, and business requirements
  • Experience building software (primarily using Ruby, JavaScript, Python, and Kotlin)

Benefits For Sr. Staff Security Partner Engineer

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401k
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k)s
  • Expert HR
  • Team management tools

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