Senior Application Security Engineer

Summary

Join Coalition as a Senior Application Security Engineer and play a pivotal role in shaping our product and engineering culture by embedding security throughout our technology. You will be responsible for performing technical security assessments, developing internal application security solutions, mentoring engineers, and implementing automated security measures. You will also help run offensive pen-testing operations and work with cutting-edge technologies like AI. This role offers broad experience through operational responsibilities such as bug bounty and incident response. If you are passionate about proactively defending applications and sharing your expertise to create lasting security improvements, this is the ideal opportunity for you.

Requirements

• At least 5+ years of direct experience either working on or guiding an application security team
• Good understanding of computer science fundamentals and at least one programming language (preferably Python or Go)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrated examples of influencing others
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and handle ambiguity

Responsibilities

• Perform technical security assessments, code and design reviews
• Develop internal application security solutions including CI/CD pipelines
• Mentor and train engineers to build secure products
• Implement automated, proactive security measures (e.g., SAST/DAST/Frameworks)
• Help run offensive pen-testing operations

Preferred Qualifications

• Bug bounty management
• Teaching experience
• Incident response

Benefits

• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible PTO
• Annual home office stipend and WeWork access
• Mental & physical health wellness programs like Headspace, Lumino, and more!
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advan