Application Security Engineer

Responsibilities

• Act as a Security Champion across product teams, influencing design and engineering decisions to prioritize security from the outset
• Design solutions that are Secure by Design, integrating threat modeling and security requirements into feature architecture and design reviews
• Promote and enforce Secure Coding standards through CI/CD automation, peer reviews, and development training to reduce vulnerabilities at the source
• Lead Vulnerability Management & Remediation, overseeing identification, risk-based triage, and tracking of remediation efforts for security issues
• Develop and maintain standard security packages (e.g., secure configuration baselines, code templates, CI/CD security integrations) for consistent use across engineering teams
• Conduct and support Penetration Testing, both hands-on and automated to uncover vulnerabilities throughout environments, platforms, and release cycles
• Enable continuous improvement through Collaboration & Enablement, delivering security knowledge transfer, best practices, and feedback loops across teams

Requirements

• 3 - 5 years of hands-on experience in application security (AppSec), DevSecOps, or similar roles
• Software engineer with a keen interest in Security
• At least 2 years of experience working in an engineering team a plus
• Deep understanding of secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) and first-principles of secure-by-design engineering
• Skilled in security scanning tools (e.g., SAST, DAST, SCA), incident and remediation workflows, and security automation
• Proficiency in reading and writing code for Java/Python/JavaScript and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Proven experience with pentesting or red-team engagements, identifying and exploiting application-level vulnerabilities
• Excellent communication skills, able to translate technical risks into actionable steps and help engineers incorporate security improvements
• Comfortable building trust as a security mentor and champion, raising security maturity across teams with patience and influence
• Contributions to security tooling/open-source projects
• OSCP, OSCE, GXPN, or similar offensive security certifications a plus
• Experience with container security

Benefits

• Culture - company puts people first and prioritizes the well-being of every team member, built where all opinions carry weight and all voices are heard
• Learning - learning and development-focused environment with emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks
• Compensation - attractive salary, pension, health insurance, Employee Stock Options, annual bonus, plus other benefits