Security Engineer

Gusto, a modern people platform serving over 300,000 small businesses nationwide, is seeking a Security Engineer to join their Product Security group. This role is crucial in enabling teams to build products quickly while maintaining robust security measures. The position involves working closely with product and engineering leads to design secure features, focusing on customer safety and privacy.

The Security Engineer will be part of a team dedicated to building strong relationships between the Security team and internal stakeholders. They will provide essential guidance on security risks, mitigation strategies, and secure development architecture. The role requires expertise in application security, product security, and security partnership, with a strong foundation in software development.

Working at Gusto means joining a company with a mission to create a world where work empowers a better life. The position offers competitive compensation, including base salary ranging from $225,000 to $285,000 depending on location, plus equity. The company maintains a hybrid work model with offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, requiring 2-3 days of office presence per week.

The ideal candidate will have 12+ years of security experience and 5+ years of hands-on software development experience. They should excel at balancing security risks with business requirements while working with various teams across the organization. This role offers an opportunity to shape the security landscape of a growing company while working with modern technologies like Ruby, JavaScript, Python, and Kotlin.