Product Security Engineer

Summary

Join iHerb's Product Security team as a Product Security Engineer and contribute to our Secure Development Lifecycle, security automation, and hardening strategies. You will collaborate with global development teams to define new security capabilities and partner with organizational leaders on company-wide security initiatives. Drive cross-functional projects, lead security design reviews and threat modeling, and implement security tools and services. Analyze emerging security threats, develop secure architecture standards, and participate in security assessments and incident response. This role requires a strong technical foundation, experience with application and infrastructure security, and proficiency in implementing SDL processes in a DevOps environment. The position offers a dynamic and fast-paced work environment.

Requirements

• Demonstrated technical foundation
• Solid understanding of common application and infrastructure security vulnerabilities and mitigations (OWASP Top 10, CWE 25 ...)
• Proficiency implementing SDL process, technology, and automation in a DevOps environment
• Experience with large-scale web applications and microservices, including API design, access management, authorization, authentication, data protection and encryption
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration and communication skills
• Experience driving application security training, security champions, and awareness campaigns
• Active contributor to the security community (research, open source, publications ...)
• Knowledge of major programming languages and frameworks (e.g. Python, C# .NET, JavaScript, node.js, Java...)
• Generally requires three (3) plus years of technical security experience at top-tier software companies including experience with security products, threat modeling, security design, security architecture, cryptography, mobile security, and broader cloud computing technologies
• Computer Science / Engineering degree or equivalent experience with an ability to translate technical vulnerabilities into organizational risks
• Able to identify, troubleshoot and resolve problems quickly using sound judgment, poise and diplomacy. Ability to use judgment and reasoning skills, and determine when to escalate issues, as required, in a timely manner

Responsibilities

• Drive cross-functional projects and establish cutting-edge security development lifecycle practices
• Lead security design reviews and threat modeling for new and existing services at iHerb
• Evaluate, prototype, implement, and operate security-focused tools and services
• Develop new secure architecture standards, frameworks and patterns spanning multiple layers
• Understand and analyze emerging security threats, determining applicability to iHerb and proactively implement centralized mitigations
• Evaluate, prototype, implement, and operate security tools and services (DAST, SAST, SCA...)
• Maintain a strong knowledge of current security threats and operational best practices
• Take part in our security assessment, penetration testing and bug bounty programs
• Participate in security incident response
• Make progress and push initiatives forward in a dynamic environment with imperfect information and a bias towards action

Benefits

• Employees (and their families) that meet eligibility criteria as outlined in applicable plan documents are eligible to participate in our medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance programs and may enroll in our company’s 401(k) plan
• Employees will also be eligible for Time Off and Paid Sick Leave pursuant to the company’s policies
• Employees will enjoy paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Hired applicant may be awarded Restrict Stock Units and receive annual bonuses pursuant to eligibility and performance criteria defined in the respective plan documents and policies