Principal Application Security Engineer

Summary

The job description is for a Principal Application Security Engineer position at Sword Health, a fast-growing company focused on pain management solutions. The role involves implementing application security best practices, conducting regular security assessments, collaborating with the development team, monitoring and responding to security incidents, staying updated on security threats, providing security training, and integrating or building security tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in application security engineering
• Strong knowledge of web application security vulnerabilities and best practices
• Hands-on experience with application security tools such as Snyk, Burp Suite, DefectDojo

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement application security best practices, policies, and procedures
• Conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing to identify and address vulnerabilities
• Collaborate with the development team to ensure that security is integrated into the software development lifecycle
• Monitor, analyze, and triage security logs to detect and respond to security incidents
• Stay up-to-date on the latest security threats and trends, and provide guidance on how to mitigate risks
• Provide security training and awareness programs to educate employees on secure software development best practices
• Integrate or build security tools that help to continuously monitor our ecosystem

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud security and container security is a plus
• Hands-on experience in scripting/coding, preferably in Python

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
• Equity Shares
• Discretionary PTO Plan
• Parental leave
• 401(k)
• Flexible working hours
• Remote-first Company
• Internet Stipend for remote working
• Paid Company Holidays
• Free Digital Therapist for you and your family
• Meal Allowance
• Unlimited Vacation
• Snacks and Beverages
• English Class
• Unlimited access to Coursera Learning Platform