Job Overview
Location
NerdWallet Canada
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Security Engineer
Date Posted
March 21, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • As a Security Engineer II (Application) at NerdWallet Canada, you will play a critical role in safeguarding the financial data and trust of millions of users by strengthening the security of the company’s applications throughout the software development lifecycle. Your work directly supports NerdWallet’s mission to bring clarity to life’s financial decisions by ensuring that the products and services built are resilient against evolving threats.
- • You will partner closely with engineering, product, and DevOps teams to embed security practices into daily workflows, helping to identify, triage, and remediate vulnerabilities while maintaining a seamless developer experience. This includes reviewing code, improving tooling, and enabling secure development at scale.
- • You will contribute to the maturation of NerdWallet’s application security program by building automation, enhancing visibility into risks, and supporting incident response efforts—all while advocating for a blameless, collaborative engineering culture.
- • The Application Security team operates as a strategic enabler within NerdWallet’s broader security organization, working cross-functionally to align security initiatives with business goals and engineering velocity. You’ll report to a Business Information Security Officer and help shape how security scales across a remote-first, innovative fintech environment.
- • In this role, you’ll deepen your expertise in application security, cloud-native threats (particularly AWS), secure coding practices, and DevSecOps integration. You’ll gain hands-on experience influencing security culture, leading remediation efforts, and building scalable tools that empower engineers to ship secure software confidently.
🎯 Requirements
- • 2+ years of experience in application security, software engineering, or a related security role
- • Experience identifying, triaging, and remediating security vulnerabilities in web applications
- • Proficiency in Python or another scripting language for automation and tooling
- • Comfortable reading and reviewing JavaScript or similar application code
- • Experience working with cloud environments, especially AWS
- • Familiarity with OWASP Top 10 and common web application vulnerabilities and mitigation techniques
🏖️ Benefits
- • Monthly Healthcare Stipend to support medical expenses
- • Rejuvenation Policy including vacation time off and official provincial public holidays
- • Paid sabbatical opportunity to recharge, learn, and pursue personal interests
- • Monthly Wellness, Wifi, and Cell Phone Stipends plus a work-from-home equipment stipend
- • RRSP with a 4% company match eligible one month after hire
- • Unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar for financial wellness guidance
Skills & Technologies
About NerdWallet, Inc.
NerdWallet, Inc. is a San Francisco–based personal finance company that operates an online platform offering comparison tools, editorial reviews, and educational content for credit cards, mortgages, loans, insurance, banking, and investing products. Founded in 2009, it generates revenue through lead generation and referral fees when users select financial products from partner institutions. The company serves U.S. consumers seeking independent guidance to optimize financial decisions and is publicly traded on the Nasdaq under the ticker NRDS.
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