Senior Security Engineer - App Sec

Location: Remote; for U.S. roles, must be able to live and work full-time in one of the listed states; remote technical positions in Canada are limited to Ontario.

Salary: $141,890–$159,650 annually, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global builds technology-enabled homeowners insurance products designed to simplify coverage and support homeowners affected by climate risks and rising costs.

What you will do

• Own vulnerability remediation across engineering and drive findings to resolution against remediation SLAs.
• Write production code fixes and harden applications, cloud systems, and infrastructure at the source.
• Lead secure code reviews, architecture reviews, and threat modeling with engineering teams.
• Partner with developers on dependency, software supply chain, and critical third-party vulnerability remediation.
• Build tooling and automation for security detection, triage, observability, and remediation.
• Monitor application, code, and AI security threats; mentor engineers and promote secure coding practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering or security engineering experience, including at least 1 year focused on security.
• Hands-on proficiency in at least one backend programming language and ability to write and ship production code fixes; Ruby is strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience with SAST and DAST tools in CI/CD pipelines and converting findings into fixes.
• Experience driving vulnerability remediation at scale, including dependency and software supply chain vulnerabilities, with tools such as GitHub Advanced Security.
• Experience performing secure code reviews, architecture reviews, and threat modeling.
• Hands-on experience securing AWS environments, including IAM, VPCs, and WAF, and remediating Terraform infrastructure-as-code.
• Ability to explain security concepts, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work environment with offices in Chicago and St. Petersburg for collaboration.
• Employment benefits include medical, dental, vision, HSA contributions, life insurance, disability coverage, and a 401(k) match of up to 4%.
• Flexible PTO for exempt employees, eight company holidays, and paid parental leave.
• Professional development budgets for certifications, conferences, and learning, subject to management approval.
• Culture emphasizes ownership, respectful collaboration, curiosity, lean delivery, and data-informed improvement.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted until 11/30/2026.
• Process may include recruiter, hiring manager, and team interviews plus a role-relevant skills assessment.
• Recruiters and hiring teams make candidate evaluations and hiring decisions, with updates and feedback provided after interviews.