- Company: Affirm
- Location: Remote Canada
- Job type: Full-time
- Salary: $153,000 – $213,000 CAD per year
About the role
Affirm is looking for a Senior Product Security Engineer to help mature its insider threat program. You will build the controls, detection use cases, and investigative practices required for daily operations. This role involves supporting insider risk investigations and partnering with Legal, HR, Privacy, and Compliance to keep the program effective and trusted.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and operation of key insider threat workstreams.
- Develop program operating mechanics, including investigative standards, playbooks, and metrics.
- Support insider risk investigations by providing expertise in telemetry, evidence analysis, and written findings.
- Partner with Legal, HR, Privacy, and Compliance on case handling and escalation criteria.
- Threat model high-risk data and systems to create production detections with detection engineers.
- Own and improve controls such as data loss prevention, endpoint monitoring, and access governance.
- Automate operational tasks using workflow platforms and Python.
- Build agentic automations to assist with triage and investigation while maintaining human oversight.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in security engineering, security operations, insider risk, or digital forensics.
- Track record of establishing new security capabilities from scratch.
- Experience running end-to-end investigations, including evidence handling and log forensics.
- Ability to write and evaluate detection logic in a SIEM (e.g., Splunk, Elastic, Panther).
- Hands-on experience with insider risk tools like DLP, UEBA, EDR, and CASB.
- Working knowledge of Python for security tooling and automation.
- Experience building production workflows in automation platforms like Tines or Torq.
- Experience with agentic automations for alert triage and investigation.
- Discretion and sound judgment when handling sensitive investigations.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience in regulated or financial services environments is a plus.
Pay and benefits
- Base pay range: $153,000 – $213,000 CAD per year.
- 100% subsidized medical coverage for you and your dependents.
- Dental and vision coverage.
- Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending.
- Eligibility for equity rewards from Affirm Holdings, Inc.
- Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) to buy stock at a discount.
- Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars.
How to apply
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