CareerPlan

Senior Application Security Engineer

San Francisco OfficeFull-time$213k2026-10-02 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Sr. Full Stack Application Security Engineer focusing on mobile app security, working with mobile, backend, and platform teams to identify, prevent, and remediate security issues across iOS, Android, API, and backend systems.

Role type

Senior hands-on IC application security engineer (mobile & backend)

Builds

Security capabilities, automation, and guardrails for mobile applications and backend/API services

Domain

FinTech, mobile application security, distributed systems

Required skills

Mobile application security (iOS/Android), API/backend security, penetration testing, static and dynamic analysis, secure architecture review, secure data storage, authentication/authorization, session/token handling, practical coding (Ruby/Go/Python), AI security controls

Preferred skills

Experience with AI-enabled security workflows, threat modeling

Technologies

iOS, Android, Ruby, Go, Python

Responsibilities

Build and improve security automation for mobile and backend; Perform application and API penetration testing; Identify and remediate vulnerabilities; Partner with engineering to embed security in the development lifecycle; Conduct architecture and code reviews focusing on secure design; Leverage AI to accelerate security workflows

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC