Senior Security Engineer

Position:
Senior Identity Engineer

Company:
Later

Compensation:
$110,000-160,000

Location:
United States (Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Remote; San Francisco, CA)
Canada (Toronto, ON; Vancouver, BC)

Employment type:
Not specified

Work Arrangement:
Hybrid/Remote

Short Summary:
As a Senior Security Engineer at Later, you will strengthen and scale the security foundations of our platform, focusing on identity and access management, authentication systems, and secure development practices. This role requires collaboration with Engineering, Infrastructure, and Product teams to embed security into our systems while enabling rapid development.

Responsibilities:
- Assess and improve Later’s security posture across applications and infrastructure.
- Define and implement scalable security standards and best practices.
- Own identity and access management, including authentication and authorization.
- Design and maintain secure authentication systems.
- Embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines.
- Provide security guidance during system design and architecture reviews.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to integrate security into workflows.
- Lead by influence and raise security standards through mentorship.

Requirement:
- 5–7+ years of experience as a Security Engineer or Software Engineer with a security focus.
- Proven experience in building and operating production-grade software and systems.
- Strong background in application security and secure CI/CD practices.
- Hands-on experience with identity and access management.
- Familiarity with security frameworks (OWASP, NIST, CIS Controls).
- Experience with cloud security tooling and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001).

Benefits:
Not specified