Lead technical decisions for Venmo’s CFS backend platform, driving architecture, security, compliance, and cross‑team initiatives.
Locations (2)
San Jose, California, United States
Austin, Texas, United States
Compensation
The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. The expected range of pay for this role by location is: Primary Location | Pay Range: San Jose, California: ($196,500.00 - $291,500.00 Annually) Additional Location(s) | Pay Range: Austin, Texas: ($178,500.00 - $265,100.00 Annually) Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.
Responsibilities
Make technical decisions affecting multiple teams
Establish conventions and processes
Prioritize multi‑team initiatives
Communicate technical issues to non‑technical audiences
Partner with product management to ideate solutions
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
Set the technical direction for Security Engineering and lead an organisation of approximately 15–20 engineers, including engineering managers and senior individual contributors. Shape how security is built into everyday development.
Responsibilities
Define and deliver a security engineering roadmap across infrastructure, backend, frontend, and mobile systems.
Embed automated security checks and secure defaults into development and CI/CD workflows, reducing reliance on manual decisions.
Improve the tools and observability engineers use to detect, investigate, and respond to security threats.
Use generative AI and agentic development tools to help teams detect and fix security issues more efficiently, with appropriate safeguards.
Lead and develop engineering managers and senior individual contributors, building a strong technical organisation of approximately 15–20 engineers.
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