Senior Engineer, Application Security

Danaher Corporation

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Remote
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Remote
Salary
$150,000–$200,000 / yr
Posted
14 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $175k
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About Danaher Corporation

Danaher Corporation is a leading global science and technology innovator focused on biotechnology, diagnostics, and life sciences.

Danaher Corporation currently has 27 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Engineer, Application Security

Sr. Engineer, Application Security joins the Danaher Information Security team to embed security into the software development life cycle and product engineering. This role involves independent collaboration with product and platform teams to perform secure design reviews, threat modeling, and code reviews while building automated guardrails and paved roads for developers. The engineer will manage and scale application security testing including SAST, DAST, SCA, secret scanning, IaC scanning, API security, and container/cloud-native app security within CI/CD pipelines. Key technical tools include Snyk, Veracode, Checkmarx, Semgrep, or GitHub Advanced Security. The role also involves managing SBOM and OSS risk processes, as well as VDP and bug bounty workflows. The position addresses the critical challenge of securing diverse product codebases and architectures across various business units in the life sciences and diagnostics sectors.

What you'll do

  • Embed security into the software development life cycle and product engineering processes.
  • Conduct secure design reviews and threat modeling for various product and platform teams.
  • Engineer automated security testing at scale, including SAST, DAST, SCA, and secret scanning in CI/CD pipelines.
  • Architect and implement secure-by-design patterns, paved roads, and release risk gates.
  • Build automation and guardrails using pipeline integrations and policy-as-code to scale coverage.
  • Manage security for cloud-native applications, including container, API, and mobile security.
  • Maintain secure-coding standards, SBOM/OSS-risk processes, and vulnerability disclosure workflows.

What we're looking for

  • 9+ years of experience in application/product security or security-focused software engineering.
  • Experience embedding security into the SDLC, including secure design review, threat modeling, and code review.
  • Hands-on experience with application security testing tools such as SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC, and secret scanning.
  • Experience integrating security tooling like Snyk, Veracode, Checkmarx, Semgrep, or GitHub Advanced Security into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Ability to work independently with product engineering teams to remediate vulnerabilities and implement secure-by-design patterns.
  • A Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field is preferred.
  • Preferred experience with cloud-native/Kubernetes security, API security, or software supply chain/SBOM.
  • Optional certifications include CSSLP, GWAPT, GWEB, OSWE, OSCP, or other cloud security certifications.

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