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Security Risk Management Lead
Affirm INC · 🇺🇸 Remote US · Remote
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 59 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 40 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Affirm INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Senior Product Security Engineer” (Information Security Analysts) in CA: $190k–$190k, median $190k. Most were filed at wage level III (100%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Affirm INC
The US Department of Labor certified 59 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 40 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most. Affirm values security as being critical to the company’s continued success. Our mission is to cultivate a culture of security at Affirm, enabling the company to succeed in building honest financial products. The Security Risk Management team is evolving beyond traditional governance, risk, and compliance; we are building an engineering driven program that designs, automates, and scales the controls, workflows, and tooling that protect Affirm and our customers. The ideal candidate will design, develop, configure, and implement solutions to complex technical and business problems across the Security Third Party Program and the broader Security Risk Management program. They are equally comfortable shaping policy and shipping automation using modern tooling (Python, Cursor, Claude, and other agentic coding platforms) to replace manual GRC work with scalable, code-defined workflows. They will operate as a subject matter expert, interface with business and engineering stakeholders, and play a key role in transforming Security Risk Management from a compliance oriented function into a security engineering discipline. What You'll Do • Lead and mature Affirm's Security Third Party Program, including the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of processes, controls, and operational workflows • Build and maintain automation that replaces manual GRC tasks: intake, triage, evidence collection, control validation, tracking, escalations, and reporting, using either Python, low code platforms, and agentic coding tools (Cursor, Claude, etc.) • Design and operate workflow orchestration and integrations across systems like ticketing, GRC platforms, vendor management tools, identity providers, and cloud control planes • Partner closely with Procurement, Legal, Engineering, IT, Compliance, Privacy, and business stakeholders to assess and manage security risk across third party relationships • Translate ambiguous business and security requirements into practical, scalable program solutions and decision frameworks • Identify opportunities to automate manual processes across the program and prototype solutions yourself rather than waiting on an engineering backlog • Drive program operational excellence by establishing repeatable processes, service-level expectations, metrics, and reporting for third party security risk management • Evaluate third party security controls, cloud architectures (AWS/GCP), integration patterns, and risk posture, and provide clear recommendations to stakeholders and leadership • Conduct light threat models on high risk integrations and partner with Security SMEs for deeper diligence • Manage and prioritize a portfolio of complex security risk reviews and initiatives simultaneously, balancing business enablement with risk reduction • Partner with technical teams to implement or optimize systems and tools that support program automation and workflow orchestration • Develop dashboards, reporting mechanisms, and program insights (SQL, BI tools, or custom tooling) that improve visibility into risk trends, bottlenecks, and program performance • Act as a trusted advisor and SME on third party security risk management, helping stakeholders make informed, risk based decisions • Contribute to the broader Security Risk Management strategy by identifying opportunities to scale, simplify, and strengthen security governance processes through engineering What We Look For • 5+ years of experience in Information Security, Risk Management, Engineering and/or relevant roles • Hands-on experience using agentic coding tools (Cursor, Claude