- 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 base salary range for this role is $180,000-$220,000, depending on levels of skills and experience.
The total compensation range is 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.
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.