Senior Security Engineer

Pave$220K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of hands-on IT experience in a multi-office environment
  • Expertise in onboarding processes and account provisioning
  • Proficient with core IT platforms like Google Workspace and Okta
  • End-to-end IT operations management experience including support and vendor relationships
  • Experience collaborating with non-technical departments
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs for equipment handling
  • Bachelor's Degree

Responsibilities

  • Own and maintain core IT platforms including Google Workspace and Okta
  • Manage identity and access administration processes
  • Act as the primary technical expert for IT issues
  • Support AV equipment and meeting setups across offices
  • Monitor system health and security posture of managed platforms
  • Lead an IT team member, guiding day-to-day tasks and workload
  • Collaborate with security for compliance on IT systems

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families
  • Flexible PTO and remote work options for up to a month
  • Lunch and dinner stipends along with fully stocked kitchens
  • Quarterly education stipend for professional development
  • Robust parental leave policy
  • Commuter stipend for in-person collaboration support
Full Job Description
What You'll Be Doing
  • Identity & Access Management
    • Own Okta and Pave's access-management model: role/group architecture, lifecycle automation, SSO/SCIM, and the exception process
    • Keep the RBAC model current and consistently enforced, with automation that prevents drift
  • Compliance Operations
    • Own the SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 controls that touch corporate IT, end to end
    • Automate evidence collection and user access reviews
  • Endpoint & SaaS Security
    • Own endpoint protection (MDM/EDR) across a five-location, ~175-person company
    • Run SaaS vendor security reviews and build shadow-IT visibility; feed IT-controlled data sources into our SIEM
  • Automation & AI
    • Engineer away manual IT toil - laptop setup, onboarding/offboarding provisioning, access requests - using APIs, workflow tooling, and AI agents
    • Build governance for employee-built internal apps: publish detection, automated review checks, sane sharing models
  • Partnership
    • Design the systems that Pave's helpdesk (in G&A) operates day to day; be the design counterpart that makes that team stronger and more self-sufficient
What You'll Bring
  • Required Qualifications
    • 5+ years of hands-on corporate/enterprise security or IT security engineering experience at a multi-office company
    • Okta (or equivalent IdP) administration at the design level - you've built an access model, not just operated one
    • Experience operating within SOC 2 and/or ISO 27001: controls you owned passed audits
    • Hands-on MDM/EDR and Google Workspace-class SaaS estate administration as a primary owner
    • A track record of shipped automations with concrete before/after impact
    • Demonstrated, specific use of AI tooling in your own workflows
  • Preferred Qualifications
    • Previous management experience
    • Came up through IT/helpdesk into security (or similar path), so you have empathy for the people you're supporting and first hand experience with the toil you're here to automate away
    • Experience with Okta, GCP, Iru, Sentinel one, Claude code
    • Vendor security review / third-party risk experience
    • Background at a 150-500 person B2B SaaS company handling sensitive data
    • Networking fundamentals
Compensation, It's What We Do.

At Pave, we believe compensation should be as thoughtful as the people we hire. Your total rewards package includes meaningful equity, best-in-class medical, dental, and vision coverage, unlimited PTO, and region-specific benefits designed around your life - not just your role. Your level and compensation are determined by your experience and how you show up throughout the interview process. We're always happy to walk you through how we think about leveling - just ask.

The targeted cash compensation for this position is (level depends on experience and performance in the interview process):

Compensation: $220,000+(base) and Equity

Benefits @ Pave

At Pave, growth isn't a perk - it's the point. As you develop, your role expands, your responsibilities deepen, and your compensation reflects the impact you're making.

What we offer:
  • Your Health, Fully Covered: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family, with a range of options designed to meet you where you are.
  • Time That's Actually Yours: Flexible PTO and the freedom to work from anywhere in the world for up to a month - because life doesn't pause, and neither should you.
  • Fuel for the Work: Lunch and dinner stipends plus fully stocked kitchens, so you can stay energized without thinking twice about it.
  • Room to Keep Growing: A quarterly education stipend to invest in the skills and knowledge that matter most to you.
  • Support When It Matters Most: Robust parental leave so you can be fully present for the moments that count.
  • Getting Here, Made Easier: A commuter stipend to support the in-person collaboration that makes great work happen.

About Pave

Pave is a financial technology company that provides loans to consumers. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York City. Pave offers personal loans to borrowers with limited credit histories or who may not qualify for traditional bank loans. The company uses a proprietary algorithm to assess creditworthiness and determine loan terms. Pave's loans are funded by institutional investors and are available to borrowers in 34 states. Pave was acquired by Cross River Bank in 2019.
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50 employees
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Founded
2012

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