Staff Application Security Engineer
Thumbtack
about 1 month ago
Remote, Canada
Staff+
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$221k - $286k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the long-term technical direction for application security across Thumbtack.
- Lead large, cross-functional security initiatives from problem definition through delivery.
- Design secure-by-default architectures and implement shared security tooling.
- Partner with engineering and product leaders to prioritize security investments.
- Lead application security design reviews and threat modeling for critical systems.
- Mentor engineers and raise the overall security bar through guidance.
- Support security incident response and drive learning through post-incident analysis.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering and application security.
- Deep expertise in secure system design and modern application security tools.
- Proven track record leading large, cross-functional technical initiatives.
- Strong experience securing modern, cloud-native systems (AWS and/or GCP).
- Strong product intuition and analytical, risk-informed thinking.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Tech Stack
AWSGoogle Cloud Platform
Categories
Security