
Application Security Engineer
Paxos
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $169,000 - $194,025 per year
About the role
- Perform deep-dive security reviews of web applications, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
- Develop security-focused tools and libraries in Go, Java, or Ruby to assist developers in writing secure code.
- Support our blockchain initiatives by identifying risks in L1/L2 integrations and smart contract interactions.
- Manage and tune Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and cloud-native security controls.
- Contribute to the security culture through developer training and participating in incident response when necessary.
- Build and maintain the tooling that integrates security into our development lifecycle, moving from manual reviews to automated, scalable guardrails.
- Partner with engineering teams during the design phase of new features (Threat Modeling) to identify risks before a single line of code is written.
- Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of vulnerabilities, from discovery via internal audits or Bug Bounties to collaborating with engineers on "gold-standard" remediations.
Requirements
- Proven ability to perform deep-dive manual security testing while also securing production-quality code.
- Expert-level knowledge of OWASP Top 10, CWE, and API security vulnerabilities (Go, Java, or Ruby preferred).
- Experience building and scaling security checks directly into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins).
- Working knowledge of AWS/GCP security configurations, particularly IAM, VPCs, and WAF management.
Benefits
- Equity and bonuses based on individual and company performance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
GoJavaRubysecurity testingAPI securityCI/CD pipelinesAWSGCPWeb Application Firewallsvulnerability management
Soft Skills
developer trainingincident responsecollaborationrisk identificationsecurity culture