Staff Product Security Engineer

Have you ever had that green-light feeling? When you hit every green light and the day just feels like magic. CLEAR's mission is to create frictionless experiences where every day has that feeling. With more than 30+ million passionate members and hundreds of partners around the world, CLEAR’s identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether it’s at the airport, stadium, or right on your phone, CLEAR connects you to the things that make you, you - unlocking easier, more secure, and more seamless experiences - making them all feel like magic.

We are seeking a Staff Product Security Engineer to serve as a technical leader and strategic contributor within our Product Security team. This role goes beyond execution — you will drive the evolution of CLEAR’s application security posture by influencing architecture, shaping security engineering processes, and mentoring team members in security and engineering. You’ll lead security initiatives across the organization and help embed security into every stage of our software development lifecycle. 

What you'll do:

• Drive security strategy and implementation across all CLEAR products and engineering teams, ensuring consistent protection of customer and business-critical assets
• Partner with engineering leadership to align application security initiatives with company-wide technology and product roadmaps, balancing innovation with risk mitigation
• Provide technical leadership across CLEAR’s application security initiatives, guiding architecture, design, and development to meet high security standards
• Serve as a trusted advisor to cross-functional teams — including Engineering, DevOps, Product, GRC, and IT — enabling secure-by-design practices across the organization
• Design and drive implementation of scalable automated security controls and testing frameworks integrated into CLEAR’s CI/CD pipelines
• Lead complex threat modeling, architecture reviews, and risk assessments across high-value systems and platforms, driving meaningful security outcomes
• Engage with CLEAR's customers to provide insight and support their fraud and identity initiatives
• Mentor and grow the technical capabilities of the Application Security team and broader engineering community

How you'll measure success:

• Security-by-Design Adoption: Improved security architecture patterns and reduced vulnerabilities in early-stage design and development
• Automation & Scalability: Increased coverage and efficiency of security testing through automation and self-service tools for developers.
• Cross-Team Enablement: Demonstrated influence across engineering teams, measured by uptake of secure coding practices and reduction in security debt
• Security Program Maturity: Continuous evolution of CLEAR’s application security program and posture based on threat intelligence, metrics, and feedback
• Organizational Reach: Tangible improvements in security practices across all product and platform teams, demonstrating enterprise-wide influence and adoption

What you're great at:

• 7+ years of experience in Application Security or Software Engineering with demonstrated impact across security architecture, strategy, and execution
• Deep expertise in secure application design, SDLC integration, and offensive security (e.g., penetration testing, threat modeling, exploit development)
• Experience leading security reviews and influencing architectural decisions in complex systems, preferably in regulated and high-scale environments
• Strong technical knowledge of web and mobile platforms, authentication protocols, API security, cloud-native applications, and security tooling ecosystems
• Proficient in secure coding practices in multiple programming languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript, or Go, and scripting (e.g., Bash)
• Familiarity with security and privacy requirements for mobile platforms (iOS/Android), biometric systems, and embedded technologies
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Frida, Snyk, Checkmarx, or similar
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex security concepts to both technical and executive audiences
• Familiar with compliance frameworks and regulatory environments (e.g., PCI, NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, ISO27001) and how to translate them into engineering reality

How You'll be Rewarded:

At CLEAR, we help YOU move forward - because when you’re at your best, we’re at our best. You’ll work with talented team members motivated by our mission of making experiences safer and easier. Our offices are bright and energetic with an open concept and plenty of conference rooms and casual co-working spaces. We also offer catered lunches every day and have fully stocked kitchens. Outside of the office, we invest in your well-being and learning & development with stipends and reimbursement programs. 

We offer holistic total rewards, including comprehensive healthcare plans, family-building benefits (fertility and adoption/surrogacy support), flexible time off, annual wellness stipend, free OneMedical memberships for you and your dependents, a CLEAR Plus membership, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match. The base salary range for this role is $190,000 - $230,000, depending on levels of skills and experience.

The base salary range represents the low and high end of CLEAR’s salary range for this position. Salaries will vary depending on various factors which include, but are not limited to location, education, skills, experience and performance. The range listed is just one component of CLEAR’s total compensation package for employees and other rewards may include annual bonuses, commission, Restricted Stock Units

CLEAR provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or protected needs. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include, but are not limited to, time off, extra breaks, making a change to the application process or work procedures, policy exceptions, providing documents in an alternative format, live captioning or using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

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