
Application Security Engineer
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Alabama • Arizona • United States
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Salary
💰 $94,130 - $150,634 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Perform threat modeling (e.g., OWASP Top 10) and application/API security reviews; provide clear, relevant remediation guidance.
- Design and validate application and API security controls, including authentication, authorization, encryption, and input validation.
- Design and review security controls for cloud-native applications, including containerized workloads and managed cloud services.
- Integrate security tooling into CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets, IaC scanning); implement policy-as-code and pipeline gating.
- Review application source code to identify security vulnerabilities and collaborate with developers to remediate findings.
- Establish and automate secure configuration baselines, drift detection, and security monitoring to support Security Operations.
- Validate vulnerabilities, reduce false positives, and guide teams toward pragmatic remediation and compensating controls.
- Serve as a trusted security partner to developers through guidance, reusable patterns, and enablement.
Requirements
- 5+ years in IT or Cybersecurity
- 2+ years in Application Security Engineering or DevSecOps
- Experience with threat modeling, AppSec reviews, and CI/CD security integration
- Experience reviewing application logic and data flows for security issues, with the ability to read and interpret source code
- Experience with secure coding practices and common application/API vulnerabilities
- Experience with application security testing and automation tools
- Experience with networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S)
- Experience with scripting or automation (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash)
- Solid understanding of API security concepts and controls
Benefits
- High-quality, low-deductible medical insurance
- Low to no-cost dental and vision plans
- 5 weeks of paid time off (plus almost a dozen paid holidays)
- Employer-funded retirement
- Free tuition program
- Parental leave
- Mental health and wellbeing resources
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
threat modelingapplication security reviewsAPI securitysecure coding practicesapplication security testingautomation toolsnetworking fundamentalsscriptingcloud-native applicationssecurity controls
Soft Skills
collaborationguidanceenablementremediation