Application Security Engineer

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🇲🇽 Mexico – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

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💻 Application Engineer

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📋 Description

• Build and maintain security tools, automation, and libraries for secure-by-default development • Design and implement custom security rules using tools such as Semgrep and CodeQL • Serve as a subject matter expert on application security across web, mobile, and desktop environments • Improve and scale the Secure Development Lifecycle by integrating tools, checks, and processes into engineering workflows • Perform targeted code reviews and develop follow-up tooling or controls to prevent regressions • Collaborate with engineering, product, GRC, and AI/ML teams to proactively address security risks • Support teams through threat modeling, documentation, and education to strengthen security culture • Participate in on-call rotations when applicable, including availability during core and non-core business hours

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in application security or security engineering roles • Hands-on experience building or using security automation tools to improve developer workflows and product security • Demonstrated ability to work across the SDLC, including supporting and interpreting findings from penetration tests and bug bounty reports • Familiarity with modern tech stacks, including microservices, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native environments • Solid understanding of common vulnerability classes, including injection, XSS, and authN/authZ issues, and practical mitigation strategies • Comfortable working in cross-functional environments and supporting multiple product and engineering teams simultaneously • Experience participating in or supporting incident response or security on-call rotations is a plus • Experience in application security engineering, with a strong focus on security tooling and automation • Demonstrated ability to write and maintain custom security rules and integrate them into developer workflows • Experience with machine learning systems, particularly generative AI, and secure development in AI-driven products • Experience developing internal libraries or frameworks that reduce or eliminate entire classes of vulnerabilities • Proficient in software development, with experience contributing production-level code in one or more modern languages • Familiarity with securing web, mobile, and native platforms • Experience with data security, including data protection, access control, and encryption tooling • Strong communication skills and ability to build trusted partnerships with cross-functional teams

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