INACTIVE
Full-Time
Application Security Engineer
Posted on 1/24/2023
Cloud platform for life science R&D
Food & Agriculture
Mid
Remote in USA
Required Skills
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Java
TypeScript
AWS
Product Design
Requirements
- 4+ 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
- In-depth experience finding AND fixing web application security vulnerabilities including those found in the OWASP Top 10 and CWE Top 25
- Relevant development experience in multiple programming languages, preferably: Python, Javascript/Typescript, PHP, Java, Laravel
- Strong, general knowledge of the browser security model, modern network security, and cloud (AWS ideally) security
- Experience with vulnerability management and risk assessment processes
- Technical leadership skills; you enjoy evangelizing security and privacy
- Comfortable with complexity in the short term but can build towards simplicity in the long term
- ZONE 1: $162,265 to $219,535
- ZONE 2: $150,960 to $204,240
- ZONE 3: $146,115 to $197,685
Responsibilities
- Partnering with both the Product Design and Software Engineering organization's security and privacy initiatives, leading security design reviews, and threat modeling
- Performing code reviews of our own and partners' services and apps
- Collaborating with engineers on the best ways to mitigate vulnerabilities and reduce risk
- Participating in our incident response and vulnerability remediation efforts
- Integrating external and internal security tools and automation into development and build environments
- Developing lightweight SDLC processes to embed into Product Design and Software Engineering workflows
- Developing secure coding and design practices and training engineering teams
- Performing black-box and gray-box penetration testing of our applications and services
- Helping to scale our team. As a member of the security team, you'll be an integral part of how we mature our own tooling, best practices, engineering processes, and hiring
Benchling's mission is to accelerate life science for the benefit of humanity. The company is building a modern R&D software for biotechnology research.
Company Stage
Series F
Total Funding
$412M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2012
Growth & Insights
Headcount
6 month growth
↓ -1%1 year growth
↑ 4%2 year growth
↑ 19%Benefits
Four months of fully paid parental leave
401(k) plan
Remote working stipend
Yearly company-wide retreat
Monthly gym and wellness stipend
Commuter benefits
100% premiums covered for health, dental, and vision
Weekly company social events
Flexible PTO and company-wide winter holiday shutdown
INACTIVE