Vulnerability Management Engineer

at SoFi

CA - San Francisco

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About The role

As a Vulnerability Management Engineer, you will support the identification, assessment, prioritization, and remediation of vulnerabilities across applications and infrastructure. Working under the guidance of senior team members, you will assist in understanding how vulnerable dependencies enter an application, identifying remediation options, and engaging with engineering teams to track fixes.

You will contribute to the maintenance of internal vulnerability-management tools, such as scripts, documentation, and reporting. The ideal candidate will have a desire to grow their AppSec expertise, will be eager to learn about modern security tooling and automation, and will be comfortable using AI tools like Claude to assist with documentation, investigation, and scripting tasks while following company security and data-handling requirements.

What you’ll do

Perform regular vulnerability assessments using different tools. Regularly drive remediation and reporting of cataloged vulnerabilities.
Assess discovered vulnerabilities and properly prioritize their scope, impact and necessary response actions.
Conduct security reviews of our products and production infrastructure.
Contribute to vulnerability management, application security and/or offensive/red-team operations.
Engage in security audit and security regulatory exercises with partners and vendors.
Support regulatory compliance monitoring and reporting
Support treatment and remediation activities with identified points of contact and system owners
Develop processes and document procedures for use by other team members and to enhance efficiencies

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent work-related experience
Strong knowledge of industry standards regarding vulnerability management including Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE), Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), OWASP, etc.
Experience with different types of vulnerability assessment tools or related experience in vulnerability detection DAST/SAST tools
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to effectively convey intricate security concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to demonstrate knowledge with prioritizing remediation activities with operational teams through risk ratings of vulnerabilities and assets
Experience judging the vulnerability priority based on risk and impact
Deep application security knowledge, with the ability to map an application vulnerability to exploitation indications and relevant investigative techniques.
Hands-on experience with at least one coding language (Bash, Go, Python, Java).
Experience with Secure Software Development Life Cycles.

Preferred Qualifications

2+ years of experience in an information technology/security role
2+ years of experience with cloud technologies
Ability to manage relationships with other business units, external vendors, and stakeholders when IT security risks are present and system or process changes must be made to mitigate risk
Familiarity with AWS and at-scale services
Experience with micro-service architecture
Knowledge of CI/CD, application development and testing tools
Ability to work in a fast paced and Agile development environment
Work and play well with others; SoFi is a collaborative environment

Nice to have

Masters or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering
Financial services experience

Compensation and Benefits

The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, and location.

To view all of our comprehensive and competitive benefits, visit our Benefits at SoFi page!

SoFi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law.

The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights

SoFi is committed to an inclusive culture. As part of this commitment, SoFi offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with physical or mental disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email accommodations@sofi.com.

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