Senior Application Security Engineer (Blue Team)

Altruist • Los Angeles, CA

3d • $170,000 - $225,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Altruist is in the midst of an exciting phase and we’re excited to hire a Senior Application Security Engineer to join our growing Security team. Your expertise will ensure our products are secure — from design and code through the CI/CD pipeline.
This role follows a hybrid schedule, with three days per week onsite in our San Francisco FiDi or Culver City office.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience working as an Application/Product Security Engineer:
• Extensive experience with security assessments, security design reviews, or threat modeling
• Hands-on secure code review (Java/Spring or similar)
• Experience operating SAST/DAST/SCA and secrets-scanning tooling in a CI/CD pipeline
• Strong ability to work independently
• A B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science or Computer Engineering or Information Security or relevant experience
• Technologically savvy and can easily get up to speed on modern tech stacks (i.e., Java, Spring, Terraform, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Ownership - The pride you put into every aspect of your work is unparalleled and undeniable
• Superb communication - Intentional dialogue is a superpower. You listen as well as you share your perspective with others.
• Resilience - We’re inspired by your unwavering determination to achieve success, no matter the adversity you face along the way.
• Assurance - Your confidence is brilliant, yet ego-less. You possess a strong knowledge base, the ability to discover the unknown, and are open to differing perspectives.
• Creative problem solving - Identifying the problem is simply not enough. You’re instinctually creative with your approach in finding solutions to roadblocks.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in regulated environments (fintech / financial services)
• Experience building AppSec automation or a “paved road” for developers
• Cloud (AWS) and API security experience
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CSSLP, GWAPT, OSCP)

Responsibilities

• Educate and train development teams on secure coding practices and emerging security threats.
• Perform technical security assessments and code reviews across our Java/Spring services
• Engage in threat modeling to anticipate potential security threats and develop strategies to mitigate them.
• Assist teams in building libraries, repeatable patterns, and paved-road components that ensure security is a part of every new feature.
• Own and tune SAST, DAST, software composition analysis (SCA), and security tooling in CI/CD pipelines; triage findings and drive them to remediation with clear prioritization.
• Partner with engineering to close service-to-service authentication/authorization gaps and other systemic issues.
• Work with Detection & Response and our offensive security engineers to turn findings into durable detections and prevention.
• Contribute to our secure SDLC standards and developer security guardrails.

Benefits

• Premium healthcare, dental, and vision insurance plans (HMO and PPO).
• 401k savings plan with a 4% match and immediate vesting.
• 16 week paid parental leave after one year of employment.
• Professional growth and development opportunities including an employee mobility program and an annual L&D budget allocation for each employee.
• Company perks program (includes discounts on pet insurance, fitness, cell phone plans, and travel, etc.).
• Financial guidance program (includes counseling on navigating debt, tracking personal spend, saving and planning goals, home-purchasing preparedness, etc.).
• One month work from anywhere policy (with the exception of a few countries).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree