[Remote] Engineering Manager - Security

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Plaid is a company dedicated to empowering the transformation of financial interactions through innovative tools and experiences. The Engineering Manager for Security Engineering will lead a team responsible for building and operating foundational security capabilities, ensuring secure development across Plaid's engineering teams while partnering with cross-functional leaders to drive the technical roadmap.ResponsibilitiesLead, mentor, and grow a team of security engineers, fostering a high-performance, collaborative, and psychologically safe team cultureOwn the technical roadmap and strategic direction for Plaid's core security capabilities across encryption, authN/authZ, CI/CD, data, and network security surfaces to secure Plaid’s AI and MCP ecosystem (internal and external MCP integrations)Partner with product and platform engineering teams to deeply understand their needs, and deliver self-service security infrastructure that scales across teams at varying levels of security maturityPartner with Data Foundation and AI teams to build secure paved roads for agentic identities and workflows (AI agents, MCP clients, service identities)Drive measurable improvement in secure-by-default adoption across Plaid's engineering organization, leading with influence rather than authorityMake pragmatic, risk-based security decisions and tradeoffs that are consistent with product roadmaps and business objectivesRepresent the team's work and security posture clearly to Staff-level leaders including the CISO, CTO, and COOActively build team stability and strong team dynamics, playing a significant role in hiring, onboarding, growing, and retaining security engineering talentSkills8–14 years of overall software engineering experience, with ~6+ years of that in engineering management rolesStrong technical background in software engineering, with the ability to understand, evaluate, and guide work on auth systems, encryption, identity/access services, and related security domains in an AWS and K8s environmentExperience managing engineers in a security, platform, or infrastructure contextExperience designing and securing AI/ML/Agentic platforms (tool-calling, MCPs, and service identities)Familiarity with AI security and governance risks and control designs that preserve developer velocityProven track record building scalable platform capabilities and paved roads used broadly across a product focused engineering organizationAbility to architect security capabilities and controls with developer experience principles in mindStrong cross-functional relationship-building skills, operating effectively as both a technical advisor and a delivery partner to product engineering teamsHigh-empathy communication skills, with the ability to represent technical work to senior leadershipInternal customer focus, with the ability to drive security maturity gains through influence rather than authorityExperience at a fintech or high-technology organization adjacent to payments or financial servicesHands-on experience building user and service authN/authZ capabilities, encryption/secrets management services, or internal identity management capabilities at scale at an AWS and K8s environmentBenefitsAdditional compensation in the form(s) of equity and/or commission are dependent on the position offered.Plaid provides a comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).Company OverviewPlaid develops financial technology infrastructure that enables applications to connect with users' bank accounts and financial data. It was founded in 2013, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://plaid.com.Company H1B SponsorshipPlaid has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 41 in 2025, 41 in 2024, 42 in 2023, 53 in 2022, 30 in 2021, 11 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.