Senior Application Security Engineer
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About the role
We are looking for a Senior Application Security Engineer who will embed security practices, tools, and automation into our development workflows. You will partner with engineering teams to deliver secure‑by‑design applications and CI/CD pipelines at scale.
Key responsibilities
- Collaborate with development teams to improve secure software delivery across applications and CI/CD pipelines.
- Support triage and remediation of application security findings, providing practical guidance and secure refactoring recommendations.
- Facilitate threat‑modeling activities and translate outcomes into actionable risk‑reduction measures.
- Design and maintain secure‑by‑default delivery patterns, reusable templates, and reference implementations.
- Drive adoption of centrally managed security tooling and automated controls.
- Develop integrations and automation for security validation, audit‑evidence generation, and operational metrics.
- Work with platform, architecture, and security teams to enhance processes, tooling, and delivery capabilities.
- Communicate security guidance, standards, and best practices to stakeholders.
Required profile
- 5+ years of experience in application security, software engineering, or product security.
- BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD security, pipeline controls, identity and access management, and secrets handling.
- Proven ability to integrate automated security tooling into software delivery workflows.
- Excellent collaboration, communication, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
Required skills
- Application security principles and secure coding practices.
- CI/CD security and pipeline automation.
- Identity and access management (IAM) and secrets management.
- Security automation, compliance support, and audit‑evidence generation.
- Threat modeling and risk‑reduction techniques.
What we offer
- Flexible working hours to support work‑life balance.
- Wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbatical options.
- Opportunities to influence security practices across multiple engineering teams.
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