Wellhub

Staff Security Engineer | AppSec

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22 days ago
Remote, BrazilStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own multiple security domains end-to-end and act as the technical authority for complex cross-service security challenges.
  • Establish secure-by-design architectural standards, lead threat modeling, and define organization-wide secure-coding benchmarks.
  • Drive complex incident responses and post-mortems, converting findings into systemic guardrails and platform-level preventions.
  • Lead offensive and defensive security initiatives, including red team exercises and penetration testing engagements.
  • Set security SLAs, SLOs, and KPIs and build monitoring to track remediation, response times, and security posture.
  • Partner with Engineering, Product, and Legal leadership on threat intelligence, compliance, and long-term security investments.
  • Mentor engineering teams and promote a security-minded engineering culture.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in security engineering or software engineering with significant security impact.
  • Proven experience scaling security in complex cloud environments.
  • Expert knowledge of secure architecture design, threat modeling, and engineering-wide secure coding standards.
  • Fluency in English and Portuguese.
  • Deep understanding of attacker TTPs, AWS/EKS, GCP/GKE, Istio, ArgoCD, and regulatory frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, LGPD, and GDPR.
  • Prior experience guiding and mentoring engineering teams.
  • Applicants must have prior experience in security engineering.

Benefits

  • Remote position open only to candidates located in Brazil; the specific flexible or hybrid/remote model can be discussed with the recruiter and hiring manager.
  • Free Wellhub Gold+ membership, including wellness resources and coverage for up to three family members.
  • Wellz emotional wellbeing program with therapy sessions and on-demand content.
  • Health, dental, and life insurance.
  • Home-office reimbursement.
  • Vacation after six months, additional annual days off based on tenure, and a birthday holiday.
  • 100% paid parental leave, with extended leave and a ramp-back period for birth parents.
  • Career development platforms, interactive sessions, personalized development roadmaps, and internal opportunities.

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