Senior Application Security Engineer (Cybersecurity)

Location: Oxford, United Kingdom; remote-friendly collaboration with the option to work onsite as often as required by the team.

Company

hirify.global connects travelers with experiences, accommodations, restaurants, and other travel services through content, technology, and two-sided marketplaces.

What you will do

• Design and implement application security measures covering encryption, secure APIs, identity management, and secure software design.
• Conduct threat modelling, risk assessments, manual security assessments, and code reviews.
• Investigate security breaches, perform root cause analysis, and create corrective actions for vulnerabilities.
• Develop and enforce scalable application security policies across multiple engineering teams.
• Integrate security requirements into software development lifecycles and advise on security architecture for new features and systems.
• Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with engineering and product teams to improve security posture.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in application security, including secure coding, threat modelling, vulnerability assessments, and incident response.
• Hands-on experience with SAST and DAST tools and their integration into development pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of encryption, secure software design, identity management, and API security.
• Experience with cloud security, including AWS or Azure, and securing microservices architectures.
• Leadership, mentoring, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• 4+ years of experience as a Security Engineer or Application Security Analyst.

Nice to have

• Experience with GDPR, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, or similar regulatory frameworks.
• Security certifications such as OSCP, OSCE, or similar.
• Familiarity with current security tools and frameworks for identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible schedule and a remote-friendly approach to collaboration across a worldwide team.
• Health benefits, employee assistance programs, and donation matching.
• Tuition assistance, lifestyle benefits, travel perks, and employee referral awards.
• Culture focused on travelers, fast execution, experimentation, collaboration, and shared ownership.