
Application Security Engineer
Versana
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $110,000 - $140,000 per year
About the role
- Perform and validate application & API security testing (OWASP & API Top 10, business logic abuse, auth/authorization flaws, data exposure).
- Assist with vulnerability lifecycle management by gathering and normalizing findings (scanners, manual assessments, etc.), validating impact, setting priority, and assigning remediation tickets.
- Integrate and maintain security tooling in CI/CD (SAST, SCA, DAST, SBOM, container and secrets scanning) and collaborate with developers to tune signal vs noise.
- Assist with configuration and lifecycle management of AppSec tooling (e.g., CNAPP, WAF, secret management)
- Contribute to threat modeling & secure design reviews (data flows, trust boundaries, abuse cases, cloud IAM, entitlement surfaces)
- Partner with engineering, DevOps, product, and QA to embed secure patterns early (“shift left”) and provide code-level remediation guidance.
- Automate repetitive security tasks and reporting where possible (scripts, pipeline jobs, policy-as-code)
- Participate in incident response activities, including containment, eradication, and recovery efforts.
- Support the implementation of security policies, procedures, and standards.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest security trends, threats, and technology advancements.
Requirements
- +3 years combined experience in software development and/or application security engineering.
- Ability to read and develop secure code in at least one of: Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or C#.
- Understanding of Application Security principles and web application vulnerabilities such as OWASP Top 10, their risk and remediations
- Basic understanding of cloud computing principles and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
- Exposure to security tools such as vulnerability scanners.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- Detail-oriented with a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating security risks.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
application security testingAPI security testingsecure code developmentPythonJavaJavaScriptTypeScriptGoC#vulnerability lifecycle management
Soft Skills
communicationteamworkdetail-orientedproactive