Product & Application Security Engineer

TL;DR

Product & Application Security Engineer (Kubernetes): Ensuring security is embedded throughout the product lifecycle, partnering with engineering teams to design secure features and fix vulnerabilities. Focus on threat modeling, code-level security, vulnerability remediation, and secure software supply chain.

Location: Office Based in San Francisco, CA

Salary: $237,800—$441,500 USD (Zone 1: San Francisco Bay Area, New York City Boroughs)

Company

hirify.global specializes in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient to enable the acceleration of safe AI at scale.

What you will do

• Be the primary security voice in design reviews and perform threat modeling on new features, identifying architectural risks.
• Actively review Pull Requests and conduct deep-dive code audits, manually analyzing logic to find complex flaws.
• Help fix vulnerabilities by triaging findings from tooling and writing production-ready patches.
• Oversee the integrity of build dependencies, ensuring that open-source libraries are secure.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert on Kubernetes security primitives for the engineering team.
• Lead audits, incidents, and compliance reviews representing the engineering team.

Requirements

• You are a competent developer in Go (Golang) and have exposure to modern frontend frameworks like Vue.js.
• Youʼve worked extensively with Kubernetes and understand itʼs security primitives.
• You have experience integrating security into the early stages of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Experience with modern AppSec and Supply Chain tools (specifically Grype, Cycode, and Wiz) is a strong plus.
• You can balance theoretical security perfection with the practical reality of shipping software on a continuously frequent basis.

Culture & Benefits

• Unlimited paid time off, 12 paid holidays, plus 4 extra global hirify.globale Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through hirify.global Cares
• Paid parental leave: 8 weeks for all parents, 16 weeks for birthing parents
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on your first day
• Mental health support, therapy sessions, and digital wellness tools via our Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions
• Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops, and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning