Remote Staff Software Engineer - Application Security

Summary

A remote Staff Security Engineer position is available at a well-funded San Francisco based company. The role involves researching, analyzing, preventing, detecting, and forensics. Responsibilities include working with teams to implement new detection capabilities, being a security subject matter expert, operating bug bounty programs, designing defensive systems, responding to incidents, and performing penetration testing. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent practical experience and 8+ years of security-focused team experience are required. Preferred qualifications include programming mastery, strong communication skills, deep knowledge with data privacy regulations, and experience working with firmware and hardware security.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of experience on security-focused teams
• Stellar programming/coding fundamentals
• Expertise working with web services deployed on Cloud providers

Responsibilities

• Work with teams to discover and implement new detection capabilities and logging sources
• Be a thought leader in building our client's security road-map
• Operate external bug bounty programs to source vulnerability information
• Architect, design and implement defensive systems that enhance their security
• Respond to security and privacy incidents, write incident reports, and participate in post-postmortems
• Perform penetration testing on their internal and external applications
• Integrate customer security requirements into product and system design

Preferred Qualifications

• Programming mastery in Go, Python, C/C++, JavaScript, TypeScript
• Demonstrated ability to ship production-quality software in a dynamic environment
• Strong communication skills and drive to collaborate across teams
• Deep knowledge with data privacy regulations and compliance e.g. SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA
• Experience working with firmware and hardware security

Benefits

• All global employees are provided private medical and dental insurance
• All employees have growth and development opportunities
• Virtual team and company events