Staff Engineer, Application and Product Security - Greenlight
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- Staff Engineer, Application and Product Security
- Job Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Job Description
- Greenlight is the leading family fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially smart kids. We proudly serve more than 6 million parents and kids with our award-winning banking app for families. With Greenlight, parents can automate allowance, manage chores, set flexible spend controls, and invest for their family’s future. Kids and teens learn to earn, save, spend wisely, and invest.At Greenlight, we believe every child should have the opportunity to become financially healthy and happy. It’s no small task, and that’s why we leap out of bed every morning to come to work. Because creating a better, brighter future for the next generation depends on it.We are looking to hire a Staff Application Security Engineer to lead us in designing and building security into software application services, in an exciting and agile cloud-native, mobile-first, Kubernetes-based microservices environment. Your work will ensure that Greenlight’s products remain safe against advanced threats, honor the privacy rights of our users, and satisfy several fintech compliance regimes. Cyber threats have proven to be highly capable of compromising “best practice” security, therefore, we will rely on you to blaze a cutting edge trail so we can stay ahead of the curve.What you will be doing:
- Implement and maintain DevSecOps tools, including Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Software Composition Analysis (SCA), and secret scanning.
- Execute and refine security testing protocols, including penetration testing, Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), API security testing, web testing, and mobile testing.
- Automate high-fidelity end-to-end (E2E) testing for all API changes before production deployment. Integrate with existing engineering processes.
- Lead Product Security Incident Response Teams (PSIRT) playbook, mature detection and response rules, and actively neutralize against product security threats (such as Account Takeover, API abuse, etc).
- Lead and execute threat modeling exercises across varying scope of the organization. Identify security gaps and control recommendations, including client and server-side controls.
- Design, review, and manage security controls, including user registration, authentication/authorization, password management, account takeover protection, and application layer threat detection. Enhance security tool accuracy and oversee vendor/open-source proof-of-concepts (PoVs).
- Evangelize and promote standardized application logging practices across the organization.
- Evaluate and provide strategic guidance on mitigating security risks efficiently.
- Contribute to various aspects of the Information Security Program, including data privacy, penetration testing, audit evidence production, security awareness training, and enterprise risk management.
- Guide engineers at all levels in designing and integrating security aspects into Greenlight’s products, services, and software development lifecycle (SDLC). Evangelize security culture through security champion program and technical developer-focused security training.
What you bring:- 10+ years of experience in application and product security with a strong software engineering foundation
- Expert understanding of mobile, web, cloud, container, and cryptographic technologies and security practices.
- Offensive security minded with in-depth knowledge of current and emerging cyber threats, testing procedures, and their mitigations.
- The ability to quickly and deeply learn new technology stacks and modern CI/CD pipelines, including Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Kotlin, Node.js, Android, iOS, Swift, and gRPC.
- Strong independent critical thinking with the capability to form and defend opinions through knowledge sharing.
- Skillful in assessing and managing security risks with a pragmatic solution-first approach.
- Commitment to continuous improvement, ongoing education and knowledge sharing with peers.
- A humble, collaborative, and supportive approach to teamwork
- Relevant certifications (e.g OSCP, OSWE, GWAPT, GMOB, CISSP) are a plus.
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Greenlight Company Size
Between 100 - 200 employees
Greenlight Founded Year
2011