Application Security Engineer (AWS)

TL;DR

Application Security Engineer (AWS): Designing and implementing application security controls for PHP and JavaScript web applications, integrating security into the CI/CD pipeline and performing security reviews. Focus on defining bot protection with AWS WAF, managing vulnerabilities, and responding to application-level security events.

Location: Remote (Europe); the team is based in Porto, Portugal.

Salary: €40,000–€70,000

Company

hirify.global is an HRTech product company operating a secure SaaS platform focused on employer reviews and insights.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and continuously improve application security controls for PHP and JavaScript web applications.
• Embed security into the CI/CD pipeline using GitHub and GitHub Actions.
• Perform secure code reviews, threat modeling, and architecture reviews for new and existing features.
• Define and operate Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), and dependency-scanning tools.
• Monitor, analyze, and respond to application-level security events using Security Hub, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, and WAF logs.
• Lead vulnerability management for application and cloud services, including prioritization and remediation guidance.

Requirements

• Strong experience in application security, ideally for PHP-based web applications.
• Solid understanding of web security fundamentals (OWASP Top 10, authentication, authorization, session management, input validation).
• Hands-on experience with AWS security services, including Security Hub, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, AWS WAF & Shield.
• Experience securing containerized workloads on ECS (EC2 & Fargate), ALBs, and Lambdas.
• Proven experience with SAST, DAST, and dependency-scanning tools (e.g., Snyk, Dependabot, Trivy, OWASP ZAP, Burp).
• Fluent in English (Portuguese is a plus).

Culture & Benefits

• Up to 12 weeks Workation.
• Mobile devices also for private use.
• Remote work option.
• Trust-based working hours.
• Transparent, competitive salary.
• Bring your dog to the office.