6 months ago
Responsibilities
- Partner with Engineering, Product, and Platform teams to identify risks early and drive secure-by-design adoption.
- Define threat-modeling frameworks and security design standards and lead security design reviews for complex distributed systems.
- Oversee security code reviews and API security testing and provide remediation guidance.
- Architect and drive the roadmap for security automation, software security tooling, and vulnerability management.
- Design and lead automation and orchestration frameworks integrated into cloud-native deployment pipelines.
- Identify emerging vulnerability classes, lead research initiatives, and orchestrate tabletop exercises.
- Deploy advanced technology controls to improve observability and harden key attack surfaces.
- Lead application security architecture and influence long-term security posture across products and cloud services.
Requirements
- 10–12 years of hands-on application security experience.
- Comprehensive knowledge of security fundamentals for modern web applications and cloud-native platforms, including secure design, architecture, coding practices, and common vulnerability classes.
- Experience partnering with Engineering and Product leadership to embed security into core architecture.
- Experience leading technical investigation and response to application security incidents and driving preventive improvements.
- Experience securing software development lifecycles, build systems, and cloud-native deployment workflows with automated security guardrails.
- Experience applying AI and LLMs to automate security workflows and reduce manual effort.
- Experience with Go, Python, or Java and the ability to build scalable security automation frameworks.
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives in distributed environments and translating security requirements into technical roadmaps.
- Ability to balance security requirements with business velocity and engineering trade-offs.
- Ability to provide architectural guidance, raise security standards, and develop engineers across levels.
Benefits
- The role works across time zones and emphasizes an inclusive, equal-opportunity workplace.
About Confluent
Confluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion. Our cloud-native offering is the foundational platform for data in motion --- designed to be the intelligent connective tissue enabling real-time data, from multiple sources, to constantly stream across the organization. With Confluent, our customers can meet the new business imperative of delivering rich, digital customer experiences and real-time business operations. Our mission is to help every organization harness data in motion so they can compete and thrive in the modern world.