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Senior Application Security Engineer
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Role overview Lead application security work across the software development lifecycle for large-scale products and services. You’ll combine hands-on security engineering with technical leadership, helping teams design safer systems, address vulnerabilities, and make security a practical part of delivery.
Responsibilities - Guide security initiatives and improve development practices through scalable automation. - Lead threat modeling and define security requirements early in product design. - Partner with developers, architects, and product managers to align security measures with product goals. - Review application architectures and code, especially for distributed systems, and provide practical risk-based guidance. - Test systems for vulnerabilities and coordinate remediation with security response teams. - Mentor engineers and help turn lessons learned into reusable security practices.
Requirements - At least 7 years in information security and 3 years in software development. - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, information security, or a related field. - Strong understanding of enterprise and cloud-native architecture and secure design. - Expertise in network and web protocols, including TCP/IP, TLS, HTTPS, OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect, and common attack methods. - Experience reviewing code and guiding secure development, with knowledge of several languages such as Java, C/C++, JavaScript, or Python and mitigations for OWASP Top 10 risks. - Experience integrating SAST, DAST, and dependency scanning into CI/CD, and working with Agile, DevOps, and cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, service mesh, or CDN.
Nice to have Attacker-minded analysis, penetration testing, and automated testing experience are desirable. The source also emphasizes strong communication, independent initiative, and the ability to influence technical and non-technical partners.
Benefits and work setup The position can be remote, with compensation varying by location.