Betterment is a leading, technology-driven financial services company that offers investing, savings and retirement solutions for retail investors and investment advisors as well as financial wellness solutions, including a 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses. Our team is passionate about our mission, to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease. We're headquartered in NYC and offer hybrid NY-based positions (four days/week in-office, with no required office days during the summer and winter holidays).
Betterment is hiring a Sr. Security Engineer, Corporate Information Security to be a principal member of the Workforce Security team. We're responsible for managing identity and logical access across the company, owning change management for the systems employees and contractors rely on every day, and operating the technologies that secure them: Okta, Google Workspace, Slack, Atlassian, Glean, Jamf, and the SaaS portfolio that surrounds them. As we extend centralized management to a small Windows and Linux footprint, you'll help shape how we do that securely from day one.
This is a hands-on senior IC role focused on designing, implementing, and continuously improving identity architecture, privileged access controls, endpoint hardening standards, and our overall workforce security posture. You'll embed secure access patterns across SaaS, managed browser, mobile, and workstation environments partnering closely with other Security teams, IT, Legal, Compliance, and the business units we serve.
In parallel, you'll partner with our AI Governance & enablement team to evaluate, enable, and secure the use of AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Glean Assistant, and the agentic tooling that's coming next) establishing practical guardrails that let employees move quickly without compromising data or systems.
This role is based out of our NYC office. Below we've reflected the base salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Betterment’s total compensation package for employees.
This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus.
Your weeks blend strategic architecture, hands-on implementation, and operational support:
We change lives
Be a part of a community of innovators working to transform financial outcomes for real people. Your work will make an impact, always laddering up to our mission; to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease.
We set audacious goals
We set them for the company, our customers, and ourselves, and we won’t stop until we reach them. We don’t just show up; we give our all, then celebrate our wins.
We value all perspectives
When we collaborate, we're at our best. We believe diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes and strive to uphold our supportive and inclusive community.
We simplify financial services
We’re financial services pioneers, always finding new ways to improve, optimize, and enhance. Constant improvement is in our DNA.
Our Commitment to Your Total Well-being:
We’ll take a few weeks to review all applications. If we’d like to spend more time with you, we’ll reach out to arrange next steps, which will include 3-4 sets of meetings with your future colleagues.
In the interview process, we’ll look to learn more about your skills, experiences, capabilities, and motivators. Many of our questions will be aimed at understanding how you might operate here at Betterment. Depending on the role, we may ask you to complete a case study exercise or technical assessments, as we want to collect a robust set of data points to better inform our decisions.
On average, it takes us around 3-5 weeks to make a hiring decision, depending on your availability and sense of urgency. As a best practice, we aim to interview at least 2-3 final round candidates before making a hiring decision. Please note that, as we usually receive an overwhelming number of applications for open positions, we’re unable to offer individual feedback during the interview process.
We recognize that interviewing for a new role is a big deal. We appreciate you considering Betterment as the next step in your career, and our Recruiting Team is here to support and advocate for you through the interview process!
Betterment is dedicated to providing accommodations to candidates upon request. If you need accommodations at any point throughout the interview process, please reach out to your recruiter.
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We’re an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, predisposing genetic characteristic, domestic violence victim status, arrest records, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.
Based on 1,635 disclosed Security salaries on RoleSuite, the role pays a median of $142K/year, with most offers between $114K and $184K (10th–90th percentile: $92K–$216K).
This posting lists $165K–$185K, above the $142K market median.
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