Job brief: Staff Security Engineer, Product Security

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• Listed on Flexport's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-11 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-11.
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• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $148,210 to $270,703 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · U.S. Remote · San Francisco
• Posted: 2026-11-11

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Staff".

Must have

• Typically 8+ years of experience in product/application security, with real hands-on time building security tools and services, not just reviewing them — we care more about what y…
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Conditions

• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, health status, m…

Main duties

• Architecture & strategy
• Define security architecture for Flexport's products and services , and set the patterns and reference implementations that make secure-by-default the path o…
• Lead security engineering reviews for the highest-risk product features , and set the bar for what "good" looks like in reviews you don't personally run.
• Build and scale the security champions program and product security training that extend your judgment into teams where you can't be in every review.
• Design-time & review

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in San Francisco, CA: $213k a year (538 listings, 33 employers). This listing pays about the same.
• Across Flexport's 88 open listings, 57% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Flexport hires

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