CLEAR is building THE secure identity company of the future. Our mission is to
make experiences safer and easier—physically and digitally. With more than 43
million Members and a growing network of partners across the world, CLEAR's
secure identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel.
Whether it’s at the airport, stadium, or throughout your everyday life, CLEAR
unlocks the magic of frictionless experiences.
We are seeking a Senior 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:
* 5+ 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 total compensation range for this role is $225,000-$300,000,
depending on levels of skills and experience.
This range represents the combined base salary and new hire equity package (in
Restricted Stock Units) for this position at CLEAR. Additionally, this role will
be eligible for refresh equity grants as part of our ongoing compensation
program. Actual compensation will vary based on factors including, but not
limited to, location, education, skills, experience, and performance. All stock
based compensation will be subject to the terms and conditions of applicable
agreements.
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.
We are committed to a transparent and secure hiring process. All communications
related to this role will come directly from a CLEAR employee through valid
CLEAR channels (e.g., a valid @clearme.com email address or verified CLEAR
LinkedIn profile). We encourage candidates to remain alert to job scams and to
report any suspicious activity.
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