About Persona
Persona is the configurable identity platform built for businesses in a digital-first world. Verifying individuals and organizations is harder — but more important — than ever, with AI enabling fraudsters to launch sophisticated accounts at scale and regulations evolving rapidly.
We’ve built Persona to support practically every use case and industry — that’s why we’re able to serve a wide range of leading companies. For example, Reddit relies on Persona for age assurance and verification to comply with online safety regulations, protecting younger users while maintaining a seamless experience. Meanwhile, OpenAI relies on Persona to keep bad actors out, protecting one of the world’s most powerful AI platforms from large-scale abuse in a time when AI is reshaping the way we work and live.
We’re growing rapidly and looking for exceptional people to join us!
About the Role
Persona builds identity verification infrastructure where security isn't a layer we add later, it's core to everything we ship. When security fails at most companies, systems go down. At an identity verification company, real people's identities are compromised.
As AI tooling expands what engineers can build and how fast they can build it, the attack surface grows with it. Someone proactively needs to own that problem.
What you'll work on
This is a product security role embedded in a generalist security team. Right now that means:
Drive the full vulnerability lifecycle and how Persona responds to external threats.
Design and build autonomous systems and AI tooling that scale security across every team and product
Partner with product engineers to shape how new features and systems get built securely
Shape Persona's presence in the security research community — running the bug bounty program that powers it
Must-haves
6+ years of software engineering experience
3+ years in product security
You've translated security risk into product decisions with non-technical stakeholders
You've embedded security into an eng team's SDLC without becoming the team that says no to everything
Nice to have
Familiarity with SAST/DAST tooling, dependency scanning, or bug bounty programs
Compliance experience (SOC 2, HIPAA) in a cloud-native environment
You've built systems where data sensitivity wasn't an afterthought — HIPAA, financial data, identity, etc.
The team
Small and senior by design. High ownership from day one — this isn't a team where your work disappears into a large org.
Based in SF. Relocation assistance available.
Benefits and Perks
For full-time US-based employees (excluding internship and contractor opportunities), Persona offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision, 3% 401(k) contribution, unlimited PTO, quarterly mental health days, family planning benefits, professional development stipend, wellness benefits, among others.
For full-time UK employees, Persona offers a wide range of benefits, including private medical insurance, dental insurance, a 6% employer pension contribution, unlimited PTO, a monthly wellness stipend, professional development stipend, co-working stipend, and more.
As part of our interview process, all candidates will be asked to verify their identity with Persona. This step is used solely to confirm that candidates are who they say they are, and will have no impact on hiring decisions.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of software engineering experience
- 3+ years in product security
- Experience translating security risk into product decisions with non-technical stakeholders
- Experience embedding security into an engineering team's SDLC without blocking product delivery
- Familiarity with SAST/DAST tooling, dependency scanning, or bug bounty programs
- Compliance experience (SOC 2, HIPAA) in a cloud-native environment
- Experience building systems handling sensitive data (HIPAA, financial, identity)
Persona Identities Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Persona Identities and has not been reviewed or approved by Persona Identities.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Engineering pay is portrayed as market-competitive, and role-specific salary pages display a visible range of titles and pay across functions. Recent compensation submissions indicate strong packages in core roles, supporting market alignment.
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Retirement Support — A non‑elective company 401(k) contribution is provided, adding reliable retirement value regardless of employee deferrals. This element is consistently highlighted across public benefits descriptions.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of substantial length and support for adoption and surrogacy are explicitly offered, with flexibility to take leave over an extended window. Family‑planning resources further bolster coverage for different paths to parenthood.
Persona Identities Insights
What We Do
Persona helps businesses manage KYC/AML/KYB programs, fight fraud, and build trust by automating any identity-related use case with our flexible identity infrastructure. For example, we help Branch automate their KYC process and Coursera verify learners’ identities before delivering course credentials. Beyond securely collecting and verifying user information such as PII, government IDs, and biometric selfies, our platform also provides flexible case review and orchestration tools to help businesses streamline and automate their identity operations — from setting custom rules to ingesting third-party data and triggering external actions.
Why Work With Us
Persona's a leader in identity verification, offering unmatched flexibility to meet diverse business needs. With customizable building blocks, our product adapts to various industries, use cases, and risk levels. Our core value of having a People-first culture thrives on new perspectives that enrich the workplace and support our mission and value.
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