Staff Application Security Engineer

What You'll Do
Application Security Ownership

Lead and evolve the company's application security strategy, roadmap, and day-to-day operations.
Serve as the primary AppSec partner for numerous dev teams working on Ruby on Rails web apps, React Native mobile apps, and various other projects including Python and Go.
Provide security guidance during design, development, and code review for new features and projects.
Drive adoption of secure coding practices and threat-modeling across engineering teams.
Tooling & Automation

Manage and optimize existing AppSec tooling, including:
GitHub Advanced Security (SAST, SCA, Secret Scanning)
Invicti (DAST)
Hadrian (ASM)
AppDome (mobile application security)
Cloudflare WAF
Improve automation and integration of security tools into CI/CD pipelines.
Identify and implement additional tools or processes to strengthen the security posture.
Secure SDLC & Developer Enablement

Build and maintain secure development standards, playbooks, and training materials.
Partner with engineering teams during sprint planning and feature design to proactively address risks.
Conduct security reviews, code assessments, and vulnerability triage with development teams.
Cloud & DevOps Collaboration

Work with DevOps to ensure secure AWS infrastructure deployments and configurations.
Contribute to hardening efforts across ECS, IAM, networking, and supporting cloud services.
Assist in designing and maintaining secure CI/CD workflows.
Incident & Vulnerability Management

Lead or support investigation and remediation of application-level vulnerabilities.
Monitor, prioritize, and track findings from SAST/DAST/ASM tools.
Collaborate with engineering to ensure timely and effective remediation.
What We're Looking For
Required Skills & Experience

8+ years of experience in Application Security, Product Security, or related engineering roles.
Strong understanding of secure coding practices, common vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10), and modern SDLC.
Experience working with cloud-native applications, ideally in AWS.
Understanding of SSL certificates & cryptographic key management.
Hands-on experience with SAST, DAST, WAFs, and/or mobile application security tools.
Ability to partner effectively with developers and influence secure design decisions.
Familiarity with GitHub-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
Nice to Have

Development experience with Ruby on Rails or similar dynamic languages.
Knowledge of AWS ECS/EKS, container security, secrets management and infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation, Terraform).
Experience building or maturing an AppSec program from early stages.
SOAR Automation & Scripting experience.
Experience working in a PCI-compliant environment working with annual reporting needs.

The base annual salary range is listed below. This role is eligible for additional incentives, including an annual bonus.

Base Salary Range
$160,000—$195,000 USD