Product Security Engineer (SF)

About PersonaPersona is the configurable identity platform built for businesses in a digital-first world. Verifying individuals and organizations is harder — but more important — than ever, with AI enabling fraudsters to launch sophisticated accounts at scale and regulations evolving rapidly.
We’ve built Persona to support practically every use case and industry — that’s why we’re able to serve a wide range of leading companies. For example, Instacart relies on Persona to verify shoppers who onboard onto their platform before delivering groceries to your doorstep. Meanwhile, OpenAI relies on Persona to keep bad actors out, protecting one of the world’s most powerful AI platforms from large-scale abuse in a time when AI is reshaping the way we work and live.
We believe that making the internet safer and more human requires a team that reflects the diverse, global nature of the people we aim to serve. We’re growing rapidly and looking for exceptional people to join us.
About the RoleWe're building something special here at Persona, and our Security Team is a big part of that.  Our team is made up of veterans from industry leaders like Square and Dropbox, and we're looking for someone to join us in shipping innovative products quickly and securely.
Your job? Work with our engineering teams to make sure we're delivering rock-solid security for our customers and users. As we grow fast (and we mean fast), you'll be key in managing the risks that come with that speed.We're not just looking for someone to play defense - we want you to think ahead and outsmart the bad guys before they even know what hit them. You'll get to work with the latest tech and come up with clever ways to keep our systems locked down tight.

What you'll do at Persona

• Collaborate cross-functionally with our product teams to understand, manage, and mitigate the security risks associated with their work, while supporting their ability to ship quickly
• Build tools and processes for automating product security controls and monitoring at scale
• Support product security initiatives across our fast-growing engineering team
• Participate in the on-call rotation for the Security Team

What you'll bring to Persona

• Communication and Collaboration skills. Ability to explain security topics clearly to non-technical business representatives. Drive to enable other engineers to ship securely.
• Bias toward shipping. Improving our product quickly and continually is one of Persona’s greatest strengths. You should be excited about finding ways to integrate security into our product delivery processes without slowing things down.
• Proactive approach to solving problems. We’re looking for someone that can tell us how to solve our problems, not someone who waits to be told how to solve problems.
• Passion for security. You should be excited about keeping your skills and knowledge sharp, and sharing that with your peers and the rest of the company.
• Experience. 2+ years of software engineering, 2+ years of product security at a fast-moving technology company.

Nice to have

• Experience securing a large Ruby on Rails application.

Compensation & EquityThis salary range is the estimated base salary range. Base salaries are just one component of the total compensation package and are determined by a number of factors such as years of experience, expertise, qualifications and more. In addition to base salary, we offer competitive equity packages that play a big part in recognizing you for the huge impact you will have on helping us achieve our mission. Please note, the salary range is a guideline that is subject to change without notice.
Benefits and PerksPersona offers a wide range of thoughtful and inclusive benefits for this role, including medical, dental, and vision, 3% 401(k) contribution, unlimited PTO, quarterly mental health days, family planning benefits, professional development stipends, wellness benefits, unlimited paid time off, among others. While we believe competitive compensation and benefits are a critical aspect of you deciding to join us, we do hope you consider why our core values and culture are right for you. If you’d like to better understand what it’s like working at Persona, feel free to check out our reviews on Glassdoor.
Diversity, equity, inclusion and belongingAt Persona, we strive to put diversity and inclusion at the forefront of everything we do, reflecting our core values. Our DEIB Employee Resource Group seeks to build a diverse and inclusive team that fosters an environment where each Personerd feels empowered to bring their unique differences to work and achieve their full innovative potential. Our hope is that by fostering such an environment, we strengthen our business and relationships by putting people first.
We strive to promote a culture that celebrates diversity and inclusiveness regardless of, but not limited to, race, gender, sexual orientation, family status, religion, ethnicity, national origin, physical disability, veteran status, or age.