Product Security Engineer IV

Product Security Engineer IV

College Board – Technology – Product Security

Location: 1) This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office).

Type: This is a full-time position

About the Team 

The College Board Product Security team is a close-knit and enthusiastic group of technologists with a thirst for knowledge in security and cloud. We collaborate closely to investigate and solve problems and have strong alignment with our product teams to be a step ahead in securing the organization’s suite of products. We are an agile organization, embracing AI and cloud-native systems, and are focused on improving speed and security of service delivery in support of our important mission. Our team comes from a wide variety of backgrounds as well as experience within the security space and we work to ensure everyone on the team has a voice.

Product Security Engineers work closely with Product teams as well as other organizational stakeholder groups to achieve product and security business objectives. They support threat modelling, architecture design, and implementation of secure development practices. In addition, they help define organizational security standards and organizational capability and tooling adoption decisions.

About the Opportunity 

As a Product Security Engineer IV, you will work alongside other security engineers to support security across the development lifecycle for assigned College Board product teams. You will participate in threat modeling, vulnerability assessment, and design review—including for products that incorporate AI-powered features and use AI coding tools in development. You will build and apply your security knowledge on real work and document your findings clearly.

Day-to-day, you will conduct security code reviews, operate assigned security tooling, and support the remediation of identified vulnerabilities. You will also contribute to the Product Security Partners program, helping product engineers understand and apply secure development practices.

This is hands-on product security work with real stakes—your contributions help protect platforms that serve millions of students and educators worldwide.

In this role, you will:

Support Product Team Partnerships (55%)

• Participate in planning, grooming, and design sessions for assigned product teams; contribute to security discussions.

• Contribute to threat models and risk registers for assigned products; document findings clearly and escalate issues to leadership as needed.

• Conduct vulnerability assessments on assigned products; apply exploitability frameworks to support accurate risk prioritization.

• Apply CB's security policies, audit requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27002, PCI, PII), and GRC standards—with guidance—to support compliance activities.

• Review code and security design documentation; identify security issues and contribute feedback in design reviews.

• Support remediation of security gaps in assigned products; track and report progress against Product Security Framework requirements.

Support the Product Security Program (20%)

• Participate in security training sessions; help product engineers apply secure coding practices, including responsible use of AI coding tools.

• Support the Product Security Partners program by contributing to security champion activities in assigned product teams.

• Document security learnings and patterns; contribute to the team's shared knowledge base.

• Invest in developing your security expertise: learn from industry advancement, attend team learning events, apply new skills in your daily work, and contribute to Hackathons.

Contribute to Operational Improvement (25%)

• Operate and monitor assigned security tooling across cloud environments; support the integration of security controls into CI/CD pipelines.

• Contribute to security metrics tracking and reporting; collect and organize data that measures partner team security posture.

• Participate in agile ceremonies; manage assigned stories and tasks with clear documentation and timely delivery.

• Serve as on-call first responder for security tooling your team owns; support the Information Security team on incident response.

About you, you have

• 4+ years of experience in product security, application security, cloud security, or software engineering with security responsibilities.

• Deep application security knowledge, including common vulnerability classes (OWASP Top 10), secure coding practices, and security testing.

• Solid experience with securing AWS Services, AWS Secure Architectures, Application Security and Cloud Applications, including Software Supply Chain and micro service architecture

• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred) and CI/CD pipelines; developing knowledge of how security controls integrate into software delivery.

• Familiarity with audit and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27002, PCI, and PII, and the ability to apply them with guidance to product teams.

• Experience reading and reviewing code; proficiency or active development of skills in JavaScript/TypeScript or Python is a plus.

• Clear, concise written and verbal communication; the ability to document findings and explain security concepts to technical peers.

• A growth mindset: you seek feedback, apply it, and invest actively in developing your security expertise.

• Spanish speaking proficiency is preferred for one of our openings, with the ability to hold technical conversations in Spanish to partner with colleagues in our Puerto Rico office; reading and writing Spanish are a plus.

• Ability to travel 2-5 times per year to College Board offices in New York, Reston, VA, or Puerto Rico.

All roles at College Board require:

• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work

• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and comfort with learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively.

• Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal

• A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input.

• A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking.

• A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success

• Authorization to work in the United States

About Our Process

• Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

• While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks.

What We Offer

At College Board, we offer more than a paycheck: we provide a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you thrive. We’re a self-sustaining nonprofit that believes in fair and competitive compensation grounded in your qualifications, experience, impact, and the market.

A Thoughtful Approach to Compensation

• The hiring range for this role is $140,000 to $151,000.

• Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at the College Board.

• We aim to make our best offer upfront, rooted in fairness, transparency, and market data.

• We adjust salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live.

You’ll have open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it’s like to work at College Board throughout your hiring process. Check out our careers page for more.

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