Weave’s Application Security Engineer bridges the gap between Software Engineering and Corporate Governance. Strong experience in SaaS Engineering, and Product Development. Knowledge of multiple languages, frameworks, and protocols, is essential. Resolving how those systems interact with compliance, contracts, and controls is a standout skill.
The right candidate for this role will have strong experience with Code Analysis (SAST/DAST), Risk Analysis, Logging and Event Management, Threat Modeling, Authentication/Authorization Protocols, and how these practices apply to the greater security posture. Experience with VOIP and Telephony systems is a major plus.
We are looking for individuals with Project Management experience, and are focused on driving urgent security initiatives through to completion with intention.
This position will be hybrid (remote/in office)
Reports to the Head of Security
Collaborating closely with product and development team members during the software development lifecycle to identify security risks.
Acutely identifying vulnerabilities introduced during product development.
Deploying, tuning, triaging, and reviewing output produced by static code analysis tools, dependency code scanning tools, dynamic code scanning tools, and other application security tools.
Deployment of tooling into SDLC environment, and pipelines.
Holding team members accountable to timelines for mitigating identified application security risks. Enforcing established SLA’s
Facilitating application security reviews and threat modeling exercises.
Educating and enabling Engineering teams to self-serve
Engaging with third party penetration testing organizations to facilitate effective security tests against Weave and its products.
Optimizing the application security review process to meet the fast-paced product development at Weave.
“Red Teaming” the organization--turning over rocks to identify untreated application security risks.
Providing training to Weave’s development team members to build confidence in secure development practices.
Enhancing the awareness of good security practices throughout the organization.
Performing Demos/Talks in front of Engineering, (and non-technical) staff.
Being a subject matter expert for team members to lean on for advice and guidance.
Working closely with designers and engineers to deliver secure experiences to our customers.
Defining measurable outcomes and maintaining focus on those outcomes throughout the execution of the security roadmap.
2+ years experience as a full-time security researcher and/or application security engineer.
Possess willingness to responsibly discover Weave systems to help identify meaningful and exploitable risks.
Experience assessing the security configuration and hardness of systems, databases, network devices, applications, and processes used within an organization.
Ability to write code to test vulnerabilities in code produced by and systems operated by Weave.
Demonstrate strong integrity so as to not compromise the trust of Weave customers.
Ability to perform security assessments, penetration tests, and other vulnerability scans on Weave systems to identify, assess, prioritize, remediate, and monitor the security of Weave systems.
Experience working with security operations analysts to help more effectively identify nefarious activity performed by hackers.
Knowledge of effective threat modeling skills and techniques.
Knowledge of and experience with setting up, configuring, running, triaging, and tuning static code analysis, dependency code scanning, and dynamic code scanning tools.
Possess strong understanding of AWS and GCP and core services provided by AWS and GCP.
Have a strong working knowledge of Linux, Windows, and other common computer technologies.
Possess understanding of good security practices.
Demonstrate strong, effective communication skills--both written and verbal.
A deep understanding of application security practices, secure code development, and application security tooling.
The demonstrative capability to do the responsibilities described above.
A strong desire to work at Weave because you are interested in our products, what we are working on, and who you will be working with.
A track record of achievements in your past roles and companies.
Demonstrated history of securing SaaS products.
Ability to remove ambiguity and distill what matters and what doesn’t.
A sense of humor and ability to have fun while working hard!
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