Application Security Engineer

Benchling•San Francisco, CA

26d•$147,000 - $200,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As an Application Security Engineer at Benchling you'll be joining a team responsible for maintaining a best-in-class security program. Our focus is on providing value to the organization by emphasizing real world security and embracing automation. We're looking for engineers who are excited to apply their expertise to our mission of securing some of society's most sensitive data.

Requirements

2+ years work experience in an application security or product security role including experience with secure code reviews, threat modeling, pentesting, application security tooling and automation.
Strong communicator with the ability to translate technical security requirements and risks into terms that anyone can understand.
Experience finding AND fixing web application security vulnerabilities including those found in the OWASP Top 10 and CWE Top 25.
Experience with at least one scripting language, preferably Python

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of the browser security model, modern network security, AI and cloud (AWS ideally) security is a plus.
Experience with vulnerability management and risk assessment processes is a plus.

Responsibilities

Building and integrating external and internal security tools and automation into development and build environments.
Developing lightweight processes to embed security in the SDLC workflow.
Collaborating with engineers on the best ways to mitigate vulnerabilities and reduce risk.
Performing code reviews of our services and apps.
Partnering with both the Product Design and Software Engineering organization's security and privacy initiatives, leading security design reviews, and threat modeling.
Participating in our incident response and vulnerability remediation efforts.
Developing secure coding and design practices and training engineering teams.
Performing black-box and gray-box penetration testing of our applications and services.

Benefits

Competitive total rewards package
Broad range of medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their dependents
Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits
Four months of fully paid parental leave
401(k) + Employer Match
Commuter benefits for in-office employees and a generous home office set up stipend for remote employees
Mental health benefits, including therapy and coaching, for employees and their dependents
Monthly Wellness stipend
Learning and development stipend
Generous and flexible vacation
Company-wide Winter holiday shutdown
Sabbaticals for 5-year and 10-year anniversaries