SafetyCulture

Staff Application Security Engineer

SafetyCulture

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Sydney • Australia

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudGo

About the role

  • As a Staff Application Security Engineer, you’ll ensure our platform is secure by design and secure by default. You’ll embed security into how we build; partnering with product and engineering teams to shape secure architectures, APIs, and development practices across our cloud-native SaaS platform running on AWS. You’ll help us scale security while maintaining high engineering velocity. At Staff level, you will lead cross-team security initiatives such as secure-by-default patterns, major authentication migrations, and large-scale dependency risk reduction.

Requirements

  • Experience in application or product security for internet-facing SaaS platforms, ideally cloud-native.
  • Strong software engineering background — able to read, reason about, and review production code (Go experience is beneficial but not required).
  • Hands-on experience integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and modern development practices (SAST/DAST, dependency scanning, container scanning, security gates).
  • Applied knowledge of web and API vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10 and beyond) and practical mitigation strategies.
  • Ability to communicate security concepts clearly and collaborate effectively with product and engineering teams.
Benefits
  • Equity with high growth potential, and a competitive salary,
  • Flexible working arrangements, we encourage you to create the best work blend while working from your home and the local SafetyCulture office;
  • Access to professional and personal training and development opportunities; Hackathons, Workshops, Lunch & Learns;
  • We encourage involvement in the community, open source work, attending talks and events, and experimenting with new technologies.
  • In-house Culinary Crew serving up daily breakfast, lunch and snacks
  • Wellbeing initiatives such as subsidised fitness programs, EAP services and generous parental leave policy
  • Quarterly celebrations and team events, including the annual Shiplt! global offsite
  • Table tennis, board games, gym sessions, book club, and pet-friendly offices.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationleadership