K Health

Senior Security Engineer - Application Security

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19 hours ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
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Base Salary

$150k - $200k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead application security protocol development and implementation throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Partner with engineering teams to integrate security into architecture, design, development, testing, and deployment.
  • Perform hands-on security testing of web applications, APIs, cloud-native services, and supporting infrastructure.
  • Build and improve automated security testing for static analysis, dependency scanning, secrets detection, container scanning, and dynamic testing.
  • Evaluate application security tools, improve output quality, and reduce unnecessary findings and developer friction.
  • Develop secure coding standards and developer-focused documentation.
  • Contribute application security expertise to vulnerability management, security incidents and investigations, and post-incident reviews.
  • Evaluate third-party applications, libraries, APIs, and integrations for security risk.
  • Ensure adherence to healthcare regulatory and compliance requirements such as HIPAA and GDPR.
  • Research, establish, and roll out enterprise-wide security policies and guidelines.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of professional experience in application, product, or software security, or experience as a software engineer who has pivoted into security.
  • Strong understanding of application security vulnerabilities and attack techniques, including OWASP Top 10 and API security risks.
  • Experience performing manual security testing of modern web applications, APIs, and distributed systems.
  • Ability to review application architecture and source code for security weaknesses.
  • Experience integrating application security tools into modern CI/CD workflows.
  • Familiarity with static application security testing, dynamic testing, secrets detection, container security, and infrastructure-as-code scanning.
  • Understanding of authentication, authorization, session management, cryptography, secrets management, and secure API design.
  • Strong expertise in cloud technology such as AWS, GCP, or Azure and modern programming languages.
  • Understanding of the security implications of generative coding and AI code development utilities.
  • Demonstrated experience researching, establishing, and successfully rolling out enterprise-wide security policies and guidelines.
  • Experience with tools and technologies including Datadog, Sumo Logic, Torq, flare.io, GCP, Entitle, Okta, Orca, GitLab, and Prisma is a bonus.

Benefits

  • Monthly social committees and company events.
  • 18 vacation days, 9 company holidays, 5 sick days, and 2 personal days.
  • Stock options for every full-time employee.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • 401k benefit.
  • Commuter benefits.
  • Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance options.
  • Hybrid work arrangement is indicated by the posting.

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About K Health

201-500 employees

K Health builds an AI-enabled platform for virtual and in-person primary care, delivered via a mobile app and through health-system partnerships. The company licenses its clinical AI (PatientGPT) and staffs 24/7 virtual clinics to help partners manage large patient populations and close care gaps. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York City, K Health’s partners include Mayo Clinic and Mass General Brigham.

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