Staff Application Security Engineer

What you'll do

• Lead the technical vision and strategic roadmap for the Application Security team.
• Establish technical standards and secure defaults across the entire engineering organization.
• Architect and secure novel AI/ML and agentic workflows against risks like prompt injection and data poisoning.
• Mentor and coach engineers to improve their security expertise and accelerate delivery.
• Drive proactive vulnerability discovery and offensive security testing strategies to prioritize remediation.
• Partner with infrastructure and data teams to ensure microservices are secure by design.

What we're looking for

• At least 8 years of experience in Application Security, Product Security, or software engineering with a focus on offensive and defensive security.
• Proven track record of technical leadership and mentoring teams on complex security engineering initiatives.
• Deep proficiency in AI security, including securing agentic architectures, LLM gateways, and evaluating adversarial AI vectors.
• Experience defining secure product development lifecycles, threat modeling, and cloud-native container security using AWS and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or similar languages to build internal tooling and automation engines.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills to influence technical leaders and navigate ambiguity.