Senior Application Security Engineer

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. Become a key player in our Information Security team as a Senior Application Security Engineer .

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeRemote • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $109,500 - $208,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudJavaJavaScriptNode.jsTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Become a key player in our Information Security team as a Senior Application Security Engineer
Leverage your expertise in application security, security engineering, and software development
Support and enhance our inline code testing and reporting processes
Implementation and administration of application security tooling
Integration into CI/CD pipelines
Provide support for development teams using these products and consuming their findings
Implementing and maintaining Application Security Testing (AST) tools (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, etc.) to identify code and dependency vulnerabilities during the software development lifecycle
Implementing and maintaining Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) tools to centralize and deduplicate findings from multiple solutions and integrate into software development processes
Acting as the first line of support for users by helping resolve false positives, providing guidance on finding remediation, and evaluating security exception requests
Integrating security tooling with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CICD) pipelines
Developing detailed reports on security findings and remediation efforts
Communicate security risks and evangelize secure development practices to development teams and their management
Lean/understand vulnerabilities, triage security risks at scale in disparate application development environments and business units

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree and 7 years’ experience OR Master’s Degree and 6 years’ experience OR PhD and 2 years’ experience
5+ years of experience in application security and software development
3+ years of experience implementing, administering, and supporting application security tooling such as SAST/DAST/IAST/SCA
Extensive knowledge of secure coding practices across multiple programming languages (esp. Java, Node.js)
Extensive experience integrating security testing into CICD pipelines
Strong knowledge of application security principles along with common vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10, CWE, etc.) and associated mitigations
Experience implementing and scaling DevSecOps practices and tooling within large organizations
Experience implementing DevSecOps workflows in cloud environments such as AWS and Azure
Experience developing Infrastructure As Code (IAC) via solutions such as Terraform and/or CloudFormation
Experience supporting developers with assessing and mitigating application security test findings
Ability to effectively communicate technical findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Demonstrated ability to function as a principal engineer, generating original technical ideas and strategies.
Demonstrated creative 'out of the box' thinking to solve difficult technical problems and champion new technologies to achieve program goals.
Excellent written and oral English communication skills, as demonstrated by presenting at leading scientific or technical conferences.
Experience coaching and supporting the development of junior engineers

Benefits

Comp & perks

paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k) to eligible employees
participate in long-term incentive programs

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Hard Skills & Tools

application securitysecurity engineeringsoftware developmentSASTDASTIASTSCADevSecOpsInfrastructure As Codesecure coding practices

Soft Skills

communicationproblem solvingcreativitycoachingsupporting development teamstechnical presentationguidanceevaluating security exceptionstriaging security risksevangelizing secure practices

Certifications

Bachelor’s DegreeMaster’s DegreePhD