iCapital

Application Security Engineer - Vice President

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2 months ago
Lisbon, PortugalStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Build and mature the Secure Design and Threat Modeling program, including methodology, review standards, and sign-off criteria.
  • Drive shift-left security through design reviews, developer enablement, and security gating in CI/CD.
  • Own API security as an organizational discipline and assess REST and GraphQL APIs.
  • Support offensive security initiatives, including penetration testing and API exploitation assessment.
  • Build and maintain Python-based security automation tools to scale AppSec capacity.
  • Partner with developers on SAST and SCA remediation, scan optimization, and security feedback-loop improvements.
  • Contribute to AI-assisted security pipelines and define vulnerability-management escalation paths, SLAs, and accountability structures.
  • Influence engineering and product teams and operate at the architecture level.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience in secure design, threat modeling, API security, and offensive security.
  • Penetration testing experience and understanding of real-world attack and API exploitation patterns.
  • Deep practical familiarity with the OWASP Top 10.
  • Strong API security experience, including REST and GraphQL APIs.
  • Proficiency in Python and experience building dependable automation tools.
  • Experience with shift-left programs, CI/CD security, developer enablement, and design-review processes.
  • Understanding of web application and API security, cloud-native environments, and attack surface management.
  • Ability to read code across languages and engage engineering teams at technical depth.
  • Relevant certifications such as OSCP, OSWE, GWEB, CSSLP, CISSP, or CEH are a plus.
  • Developer experience and fluency in Ruby and Scala are a plus.
  • Exposure to AI-assisted security tooling or LLM security is a differentiator.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including competitive salary, annual performance bonus, and equity for full-time employees.
  • Healthcare with 100% employer-paid health and dental insurance.
  • Generous paid time off.
  • Hybrid schedule with four days in the office and remote work available one day per week on Friday.

Tech Stack

GraphQLPythonRubyScala

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About iCapital

1,001-5,000 employees

iCapital builds a technology platform that lets wealth managers and asset managers offer, transact, and service alternative investments and structured solutions for private clients. The company earns software, data, and administration fees across marketplace access, enterprise integrations, and fund servicing. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, it reports $1.2 trillion of assets serviced globally and serves nearly 3,900 wealth management firms and 144,000 active financial professionals.

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