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Staff Application Security Engineer

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about 7 hours ago
Boston, MA, USA or New York, NY, USA
Staff+
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Base Salary

$234k - $300k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive security standards and secure-by-default solutions.
  • Build security tooling and automation to scale security practices.
  • Lead threat modeling and risk assessment for high-risk features.
  • Assess security risks from agentic development and AI features.
  • Partner with engineering teams to remediate critical threats.
  • Identify systemic security risks and lead multi-team remediation efforts.
  • Collaborate with Cloud & Infrastructure Security on cross-domain issues.
  • Serve as the AppSec subject matter expert for engineering leadership.
  • Invest in the growth of AppSec engineers on the team.

Requirements

  • Software engineering background with hands-on code review experience.
  • Experience with Go, Python, or Rust is preferred.
  • Solid grounding in OWASP Top 10 and web vulnerabilities.
  • Working knowledge of API security and authentication flows.
  • Track record of leading threat modeling on complex systems.
  • Experience implementing secure-by-default frameworks.
  • Ability to translate business risk into security investment priorities.
  • Familiarity with software supply chain security practices.
  • Proven ability to communicate complex tradeoffs to stakeholders.
  • Current on security best practices and emerging threats.

Benefits

  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
  • Continuous professional development and career pathing.
  • Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for networking.
  • Inclusive company culture with Community Guilds.
  • Access to internal panel discussions on inclusion.
  • Free global mental health benefits for employees and dependents.
  • Competitive global benefits package.

Tech Stack

DatadogGoPythonRust

Categories

Security