(Full Time) Senior Application Security Engineer at Whatnot (United States)
Senior Application Security Engineer
Whatnot United States
Date Posted: 14 Apr, 2023
Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Salary Offered: Not Specified
Job Type: Full Time
Experience Required: 3+ years
Remote Work: Yes
Stock Options: No
Vacancies: 1 available
About Whatnot
Whatnot (YC W20) is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. We’re one of YC’s top companies and one of the fastest growing marketplaces ever. Our mission: enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.
Role
You will be part of the first Security Engineering team tasked with building a secure foundation that establishes Whatnot as the most trusted place online to buy and sell. This role sets the tone for what safety will mean at Whatnot.
- Define Security Architecture and assist with the planning and implementation of risk mitigating security solutions.
- Engage in domain-specific threat modeling and attack surface analysis/reduction.
- Guide security engineering review for new product features and enhancements.
- Work closely with cross functional teams to conceive security strategies and features that will help keep our customer data safe.
- Help oversee the organization's bug bounty program and work with independent security researchers as needed.
You
- Knowledge and experience complying with various security standards and best practices, particularly related to high traffic consumer facing websites and mobile applications.
- Minimum 5 years experience in any of the following fields: application security, software engineering, SRE at scale.
- Minimum 3 years experience with cloud products and services.
- Minimum 2 years experience securing a Kubernetes production environment preferred.
- Red/Blue team or relevant experience with modern penetration testing tools.
- Development experience required with one or more of: Python, Elixir, JavaScript.
- Strong capacity for debugging security issues in web and mobile applications.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and stock options
- Unlimited Vacation Policy and Company-wide Holidays
- Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short term disability & Long term Disability
- Work From Home Support
- Care benefits
- Professional Development
- 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts provided by Betterment
EOE
Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law.
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