Application Security Engineer

Summary

Join Twilio as a Staff Application Security Engineer and contribute to building secure products. You will lead application security initiatives, implement security automation, maintain security solutions, develop secure coding guidelines, investigate vulnerabilities, and research emerging threats. This remote role, based in Alberta, Ontario, or British Columbia, Canada, requires 8+ years of experience in application security and hands-on experience with various security solutions. Twilio offers competitive pay, generous time off, parental and wellness leave, healthcare, and a retirement savings program. The role involves occasional travel for project or team meetings.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in application security, secure software development, or related fields
• Hands on experience with SAST, SCA, DAST, Secrets, API Security solutions
• Deep understanding of security for Containers, web, APIs, and cloud-native workloads (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Strong knowledge of OWASP top 10s and modern attack vectors
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, Java, TypeScript)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including an ability to communicate effectively with a diverse array of stakeholders at different levels

Responsibilities

• Lead Application Security initiatives across different teams to design, build and implement security best practices
• Implement and enhance security automation within CI/CD pipelines
• Maintain Application Security solutions, measure their effectiveness and continuously improve based on strategic priorities
• Develop and maintain secure coding guidelines and security training for Engineers
• Investigate security vulnerabilities and support incident response as needed
• Research emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and attack techniques to proactively secure applications

Preferred Qualifications

• Application Security certifications (OSCP, GWAPT, GCPN etc)
• Experience with Threat Modeling

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Generous time-off
• Ample parental and wellness leave
• Healthcare
• A retirement savings program