HealthEquity · 20 hours ago
Sr Security Software Engineer, Data Protection
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$110K/yr - $176K/yr
6+ years expHealthEquity is dedicated to saving and improving lives by empowering healthcare consumers. They are seeking a Senior Security Software Engineer to design and implement security controls for a greenfield data protection program, ensuring the protection of member and partner data across various platforms.
Financial ServicesHealth CarePayments
Responsibilities
Cryptography Specialist: Deep hands-on experience with key management, HSMs, certificate lifecycle, and enterprise vaulting. Comfortable with products such as HashiCorp Vault or Thales, and with performance tradeoffs in real production systems
Database and Product Security Engineer: Strong background in database development or administration and application development. Skilled at implementing encryption or tokenization end to end and coaching teams through integration and troubleshooting
Design, build, and operate cryptographic services to protect data at rest and in use across databases, file shares, and applications
Implement encryption, tokenization, and secrets management patterns, integrating them into app and data pipelines with minimal friction
Guide engineering teams through connection string updates, certificate-based authentication, HSM-backed key operations, and column-level encryption
Establish reference implementations, SDKs, and runbooks that make secure-by-default the easiest path for product and data teams
Evaluate and integrate data discovery and classification tooling to find and reduce exposure of sensitive data across diverse environments
Lead security risk assessments for on-prem and cloud data services and translate findings into pragmatic, measurable engineering work
Instrument and publish program metrics and dashboards that show adoption, coverage, and control effectiveness for senior leadership
Present recommendations clearly to senior leaders and mentor engineers and DBAs on best practices
Contribute to security as a service, offering patterns, paved roads, and consultative guidance to partner teams
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field — or equivalent hands-on experience
6+ years in security or platform engineering with proven success delivering data protection solutions at scale across both legacy and cloud environments
Practical experience implementing encryption or tokenization for production applications and databases, including managing performance and latency trade-offs
Hands-on with some the following: HashiCorp Vault, Thales, HSMs, certificate-based authentication, mTLS, Secrets management, FPE, and tokenization
Strong database expertise in SQL Server, MySQL, or Oracle
Expertise in at least one modern language (C# or Java)
Scripting with PowerShell or Python
Azure expertise, including secure use of cloud-native services and identity; familiarity with column-level encryption and key rotation
Security Framework Knowledge with NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and CIS Controls, applied pragmatically to engineering decisions
Excellent communication and influencing skills — able to partner effectively with DBAs, developers, architects, and senior leaders
Preferred
Certifications CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or OSCP are valued but not required. We prioritize hands-on impact over badges
Experience building BI dashboards for program metrics (Power BI or Tableau)
Agile/Scrum experience
Consulting or advisory background
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision
HSA contribution and match
Dependent care FSA match
Paid parental leave
401(k) match
Personal and healthcare financial literacy programs
Ongoing education & tuition assistance
Gym and fitness reimbursement
Wellness program incentives
Company
HealthEquity
HealthEquity connects health and wealth by administering Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and other consumer-directed benefits.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$12.5M2014-07-31IPO
2011-09-09Private Equity· $12.5M
Leadership Team
James Lucania
Chief Financial Officer
Garett Kitch
Senior Vice President, Client Sales & Relationship Management
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