Lead Security Engineer

Benepass is looking for a Lead Security Engineer to build, operationalize, and scale the security engineering practices that protect their benefits platform and sensitive data. The role requires a senior individual contributor with broad influence across Engineering, Product, Platform, and Compliance. The Lead Security Engineer will partner with teams to turn risk reduction into scalable guardrails, automated controls, and clear engineering guidance.

Requirements

• 7+ years in security engineering, application security, cloud security, product security, platform security, or closely related technical security roles
• Proven ability to lead broad security engineering initiatives as a senior IC, influence cross-functional technical decisions, and move work from strategy to production implementation
• Strong working knowledge of secure SDLC practices, secure design review, threat modeling, API security, code scanning, SAST, CI/CD security integrations, security testing, defect management, and vulnerability remediation workflows

Benefits

• 95% coverage of medical, dental, and vision
• $250 WFH setup (one time)
• $500/year Learning & Development Benefit
• $150/month cell phone + internet
• $100/month Wellness
• $100/month Co-working and Commuter Benefit
• Flexible PTO