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Persona · 4 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Security

positionSan Francisco
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$190K/yr - $250K/yr
date5+ years exp

Persona is a configurable identity platform that focuses on making the internet safer and more human. The role involves owning security-sensitive libraries and components, designing and maintaining security systems, and fortifying defenses against evolving threats to protect customer data.

Cyber SecurityFraud DetectionIdentity ManagementInformation TechnologySaaS
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Responsibilities

Own the systems used to encrypt our customers’ data
Refine the authentication and authorization components in our product, used by our customers to access their accounts every day
Design, build, and maintain flexible and reusable security libraries for other engineering teams at Persona to use
Propose, build, and ship new security features in our product
Participate in the on-call rotation for the Security Team

Qualification

Security software engineeringWeb application developmentEncryption systemsAuthenticationAuthorizationProactive thinkingInnovative mindsetProduct thinkingCollaborative spirit

Required

5+ years of security software engineering experience at a fast-moving technology company, including experience with building performant, highly interactive web applications
Excitement about keeping your skills and knowledge sharp, and sharing that with your peers and the rest of the company
Ability to build products in a way that maximizes product value while minimizing complexity
Understanding and ability to resolve tensions between product requirements and engineering design for large-scale projects
Going beyond implementing what is asked and making product suggestions and features that help push our product forward
Natural curiosity and embrace of change
Ability to learn from mistakes quickly, and know how to unblock yourself when needed
Ability to tell us how to solve our problems, instead of waiting to be told how to solve problems
Collaboration as a key to success, leveraging the diverse perspectives of teammates

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
3% 401(k) contribution
Unlimited PTO
Quarterly mental health days
Family planning benefits
Professional development stipends
Wellness benefits
Unlimited paid time off

Company

Persona

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Persona is an identity verification and management platform that enables businesses to automate and streamline their verification processes.
dateFounded in 2018
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://withpersona.com

H1B Sponsorship

Persona has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (8)
2024 (2)
2023 (1)
2022 (2)
2021 (1)
2020 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$417.5M
Key Investors
Founders FundIndex VenturesCoatue
2025-04-30Series D· $200M
2021-09-15Series C· $150M
2021-05-04Series B· $50M

Leadership Team

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Rick Song
Co-Founder & CEO
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Charles Yeh
Co-Founder & CTO
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Recent News

Tech in Asia
Roblox unveils global facial age checks to access chat
2026-01-08
Techmeme
Roblox expands mandatory age estimations for chat features to all regions using Persona's tech, after a rollout in Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands (Jay Peters/The Verge)
2026-01-07
Index Ventures
Index Ventures Portfolio
2025-12-30
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