Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GoFundMe is the world’s most powerful community for good, dedicated to helping people help each other. They are seeking a Senior Security Engineer to build a secure platform for giving by partnering with engineering teams, performing security assessments, and contributing to scalable solutions that reduce risk across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Partner with engineering teams to improve security through consultation, education, tooling, and process improvements
- Throughout the Secure Development Lifecycle, perform targeted code reviews and security assessments when investigating high-risk designs, vulnerabilities, or security-sensitive features
- Help evaluate emerging AI technologies and development practices, helping engineering teams adopt them securely through practical guidance, guardrails, and risk assessments
- Notice recurring security challenges and contribute to scalable solutions that reduce risk across the organization
- Help handle application vulnerability reports received through third-party sources. Review, prioritize, and work with the relevant engineering teams to remediate them
- Command incidents and facilitate post-mortem investigations
- Participate in on-call rotation and take your turn shouldering operational toil for the team
Skills
- Demonstrate growing judgement skills
- Dedicated to delivering work in security while setting high expectations for our users and coworkers
- Demonstrate an inclusive mindset and enjoy working with people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences
- 3+ years contributing to secure outcomes with engineering teams
- Experience with OWASP Top 10 and other industry standards
- Experience with application security and security testing
- Experience in secure code review, including basic skills in one or more of PHP, Python, Kotlin, JavaScript, and TypeScript
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Benefits
- Equity
- Healthcare
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- 401(k) saving program
- Financial assistance for things like hybrid work
- Family planning
- Generous parental leave
- Flexible time-off policies
- Mental health and wellness resources
- Learning, development, and recognition programs
- Volunteering program
Company Overview
GoFundMe is the world’s largest fundraising platform, helping people, causes, and charities raise money fast and efficiently. It was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in Redwood City, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.gofundme.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
GoFundMe has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 5 in 2026, 19 in 2025, 10 in 2024, 10 in 2023, 9 in 2022, 9 in 2021, 2 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.