Greenlight
Product Security Engineer II
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About Greenlight
Greenlight is a financial technology and education platform based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2014. It aims to help families teach children and teens about money management, serving 3 million users and generating over $100 million in revenue. The platform combines financial services with educational resources to enhance financial literacy. The core offering is a parent-managed debit card linked to a mobile app, allowing families to manage finances together. Key features include automated allowance transfers, flexible spending controls, real-time transaction alerts, and savings goal tracking. Educational tools such as chore management, investment opportunities, and financial literacy resources are also integrated into the app. Greenlight offers three subscription tiers, catering to families with children and teens who want to instill financial responsibility. Additionally, Greenlight provides a co-branded program for banks to engage younger customers.
Security at Greenlight
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Security Philosophy
- Greenlight's AppSec philosophy centers on developer enablement and a culture of shared ownership.
- The mission is to 'ensure every engineer understands that product security is an enabler and not a gate' while fostering 'security awareness and ownership.' Their risk approach is heavily integrated into the SDLC through 'security architecture/design review and threat modeling sessions.' Current priorities include building 'security automation for the SDLC,' managing 'PSIRT Operations,' and championing 'secure AI adoption.'.
Security Team
The AppSec team is part of the 'Greenlight Security GRC & Trust Team.' Roles such as the Staff Product Security Engineer 'reports to the Senior Manager of Product Security.' The top public-facing leader is Prabhath Karanth, who serves as 'Chief Security Officer & CIO at Greenlight.' While the exact headcount is not publicly available, there are at least 3 active job postings for Product Security and SecOps roles as of March 2026.
Key Initiatives
- Greenlight's active initiatives include 'Shift Left' practices such as building 'security automation for the SDLC' and creating 'agents, services and pipelines that detect, prevent and remediate risks' integrated into CI/CD.
- Their vulnerability management process involves 'triaging incoming vulnerability reports' via PSIRT Operations and 'Penetration testing and retesting to validate fixes.' Recent efforts include the launch of the 'Security & Trust Center' and a push to 'champion secure AI adoption.' No evidence of a formal 'Security Champions' program was found.
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