Application Security Engineer

Salary: $192.2K - $225.8K Location Type: Remote Employment Type: Full-Time

Position Overview

Confluent is revolutionizing data movement with its platform that puts information in motion, enabling companies to react faster, build smarter, and deliver dynamic experiences. We are seeking a skilled Application Security Engineer to join our team. This role is crucial in defining and executing the security strategy for our products, both on-premise and in the cloud. You will be instrumental in embedding security throughout the product lifecycle, from design and development to testing and cloud operations, while partnering with product and engineering teams to proactively defend against current and emerging threats. This position also plays a key role in fostering a security-aware culture across the organization and building software automation to support security operations.

Responsibilities

• Drive and influence software security across the organization by partnering with key stakeholders throughout Confluent.
• Stay updated on emerging security vulnerability classes, research, and perform triage.
• Conduct security threat modeling and design reviews to provide early secure design guidance to engineers and product managers.
• Perform product security feature implementation reviews, API security testing, and code reviews to identify vulnerabilities and provide critical security guidance.
• Enhance security automation by leveraging or building software security tooling to scale product security operations and support vulnerability management.
• Propose, design, build, and deploy security solutions, frameworks, automation, and orchestration to secure cloud applications.
• Identify opportunities for implementing additional technology controls to build visibility or defend key attack points.

Requirements

• A data-driven, decision-making mindset.
• 4+ years of relevant application security industry experience.
• Strong knowledge of security fundamentals, particularly in Web Application Security and Cloud Security primitives.
• Experience working with common software development stacks and CI/CD systems.
• Experience reading and writing code for software automation and security test cases (preferably in GoLang, Python, Java).
• Experience working with distributed teams and other cross-functional stakeholders.
• The knowledge, experience, and perspective necessary to own outcomes, influence stakeholders, and provide effective leadership in safeguarding customers and products.
• Decision-maker with the ability to operate with freedom and autonomy.
• Ability to own and oversee numerous initiatives while collaborating with various stakeholders and adjusting priorities based on evolving business needs.

Company Information

Confluent is not just building better tech; we're rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them. We foster a culture where individuals ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and support each other. We are a team of smart, curious individuals pushing toward something bigger, together.

One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

At Confluent, belonging isn't a perk; it's the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds, recognizing that the best ideas emerge from diverse perspectives. We create an environment where everyone can lead, grow, and challenge what's possible.