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title: 'Senior Security Engineer - Insider Threat at Affirm'
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# Senior Security Engineer - Insider Threat at Affirm

- **Company:** Affirm
- **Location:** Canada
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-11-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/affirm/jobs/8035736003

## Job description

At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most.

## About the InfoSec team

The InfoSec team protects Affirm’s systems and data from evolving threats. We manage security risk, monitor vulnerabilities, and enforce protective controls across the company. The team leads incident response, compliance, identity and access management, and employee training. Our goal is to ensure that security is built into every system and decision at Affirm. We maintain a secure, trustworthy environment so the business can operate and grow with confidence.

## About the role

In this role, you'll help mature Affirm's insider threat program. You'll build out the controls, detection use cases, and investigative practices that make it work day to day, support insider risk investigations, and partner with Legal, HR, Privacy, and Compliance to keep the program effective, proportionate, and trusted by Affirmers.

## What you’ll do

- Lead the build-out of key insider threat workstreams, from initial design through to day-to-day operation
- Build out the program's operating mechanics, including investigative standards, playbooks, and the metrics and reporting that show whether the program is working
- Support insider risk investigations alongside SIRT, bringing insider threat expertise, telemetry and evidence analysis, and written findings and risk recommendations
- Partner with Legal, HR/Employee Relations, Privacy, and Compliance on case handling and escalation criteria, helping ensure the program respects employee privacy and meets legal and regulatory obligations
- Threat model Affirm's highest-risk data and systems for insider risk, and partner with detection engineers to turn the results into production detections
- Own and improve the controls that reduce insider risk, including data loss prevention, endpoint monitoring, secure browser and contractor access controls, SaaS posture management, and access governance, working with system owners to close gap
- Automate the program's operational load with workflow automation platforms and Python, covering evidence collection, case routing, and reporting
- Build and expand agentic automations that assist with insider risk triage and investigation, and define which decisions stay with a human

## What we look for

- Deep expertise in security engineering, security operations, insider risk, or digital forensics
- Track record of standing up new security capabilities where little existed before
- Experience running investigations end to end, including evidence handling, log and endpoint forensics, timeline reconstruction, and written findings suitable for Legal and HR audiences Ability to write and evaluate detection logic against endpoint, identity, cloud, and SaaS telemetry in a SIEM (Splunk, Elastic, Panther, Chronicle, or similar)
- Hands-on experience with insider risk tooling such as DLP, UEBA, endpoint detection and response, CASB, and access governance, with a practical sense of their strengths and limits
- Working knowledge of Python for security tooling and automation
- Experience building and maintaining production workflows in automation platforms such as Tines, Torq, or similar
- Experience building and running agentic automations in production that assist with alert triage and investigation, such as LLM-driven enrichment, summarization, or first-pass analysis, with a clear view of where human review stays in the loop
- Discretion and sound judgment handling sensitive investigations, and comfort navigating the privacy, legal, and employee-relations considerations that insider work carries
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work across Security, Engineering, Legal, HR, Privacy, and Compliance
- Experience in regulated or financial services environments (SOC 2, PCI DSS, GLBA) is a plus

Base Pay Grade - N Equity Grade - Canada 6

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents). In addition, the employees may be eligible for equity rewards offered by Affirm Holdings, Inc. (parent company).

CAN base pay range per year: $153,000 - $213,000 $CAD.

This remote role is open only to candidates residing in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan.

#LI-Remote

Remote-first with flexibility built in Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company. Most roles can be done from almost anywhere within the country of employment. Some positions may occasionally require in-person work at an Affirm office, and a few are office-based due to the nature of the work. All new hires will be invited to attend an in-person onboarding experience.

## Benefits designed for you

Our benefits reflect our commitment to care, transparency, and flexibility. Here are a few highlights:

- Health coverage at no cost: We cover 100% of premiums for employees and their dependents.
- Spending stipends: Monthly stipends support your tech setup, and the ability to choose health and wellness options that are right for you.
- Time off to recharge: Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars help you rest when you need to.
- Own a piece of what you build: Our employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) lets you buy Affirm stock at a discount.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive interview process, including accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you need support, we’re happy to help.

For positions based in San Francisco or Los Angeles: Affirm considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, as required by law.

By clicking "Submit Application," you acknowledge that you have read Affirm's [Global Candidate Privacy Notice](https://www.affirm.com/global-candidate-privacy-notice) and consent to the use of your personal information as described.

## About Affirm

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Affirm is a financial technology company that offers transparent, flexible buy now, pay later (BNPL) installment loans, a debit card, and a savings account, enabling consumers to pay over time without hidden fees.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NASDAQ: AFRM)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Max Levchin, Nathan Gettings, Jeffrey Kaditz, Alex Rampell

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial services – point-of-sale lending, digital payments, consumer banking.
- **Target customers**: B2C (consumers seeking flexible payment options) and B2B (merchants of all sizes, from SMBs to enterprise retailers).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To deliver honest financial products that improve lives, offering transparency with no late fees or hidden charges.

## Products & Services
- **Adaptive Checkout**: An AI-powered checkout flow that optimizes payment options for each consumer.
- **AdaptAI**: A suite of AI tools for merchants to personalize offers and manage risk.
- **BoostAI**: An AI-driven feature that dynamically adjusts installment terms to increase approval rates.
- **Split Pay**: A BNPL product that lets consumers split purchases into biweekly payments.
- **Affirm Card**: A Visa debit card that allows cardholders to pay over time at any merchant that accepts Visa.
- **Affirm Money Account**: A high-yield savings account and debit card, held with Cross River Bank, Member FDIC.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: USD 5.17 billion (as of July 2026)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue – USD 3.22 billion (trailing twelve months as of Q3 FY2026). Total funding raised (including debt financing) – USD 9.57 billion.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Partners include Bed Bath & Beyond, Royal Caribbean, Stripe (UK), Google, Costco, and Backcountry. Investors include Morgan Stanley, Sixth Street, and CPP Investments.
- **Growth Signals**: Nearly 27 million active consumers, 515,000 active merchants, and over $46 billion in Gross Merchandise Volume (LTM as of March 31, 2026). Revenue grew to $3.22B, and the company achieved positive net income of $52M in FY2025. Headcount increased 1.1% YoY to 2,132 employees, with active job postings up 103.8% year-over-year.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Transparency-first model**: No late fees, no compounding interest – a key differentiator in the BNPL space.
- **Machine learning underwriting**: Proprietary risk models that evaluate each transaction in real-time, reducing defaults while maintaining high approval rates.
- **Large merchant network**: 515,000+ active merchants, including major retailers, providing broad consumer reach.
- **Integrated ecosystem**: The Affirm Card and Money Account create a sticky financial platform beyond just checkout loans.

## Strategic Focus
- **International expansion**: Currently operating in the U.S., Canada, and the UK, with recent partnerships (e.g., Stripe in UK, Royal Caribbean in UK/Canada) signaling further global growth.
- **AI & personalization**: Continued investment in AI tools (AdaptAI, BoostAI) to improve merchant conversion and consumer experience.
- **Affirm Card growth**: Driving adoption of the card as a daily payment method, with 4.4 million card active consumers.
- **Capital partnerships**: Renewing and expanding capital partnerships (e.g., CPP Investments) to fund loan origination.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-first culture**: Most roles are remote within the employee’s home country, with a simple, transparent compensation structure.
- **Generous benefits**: 18 weeks of paid parental leave for birth and non-birth parents, plus a 4-week return-to-work transition at full pay. 20 company-wide paid days off (“Away Days”) to collectively recharge. Flexible time off, mental healthcare programs, and “spending wallets” for tech, food, lifestyle, and family planning.
- **Learning & development**: Exciting learning programs to level up growth.
- **Employee community**: Active employee resource groups and supportive communities.
- **Compensation**: Transparent, flexible, remote-first structure. Example: Senior Software Engineer median salary ~$207,029/year.
- **Workplace ratings**: 3.8/5 on LinkedIn (638 reviews), with compensation rated 4.4/5, culture 3.6/5, and work-life balance 3.6/5.
- **Engineering culture**: Heavy technical team (29% of workforce in engineering/technical roles), with strong talent from PayPal, Amazon, Google, and Stripe.

## Sources
1. [affirm.com/careers](https://www.affirm.com/careers)
2. [linkedin.com/company/affirm](https://www.linkedin.com/company/affirm)
3. [investors.affirm.com/newsroom](https://investors.affirm.com/news-events/newsroom?page=1)

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