AppSec Engineer

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing digital platform company is looking for a Senior Security Engineer to help shape and implement proactive security strategies. You will focus on designing secure systems and contributing to building safe software. The role involves hands-on engineering with cloud-native tooling like Terraform and engaging in security practices like vulnerability assessments. This is a remote-first position, and applicants must be authorized to work in Canada.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in security engineering, application security, or infrastructure security roles.
• Strong foundation in programming with experience in threat modeling.
• Proficiency in vulnerability and penetration testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Design secure systems by default, guiding architecture choices.
• Contribute to building safe, scalable software.
• Collaborate with teams on security practices in development.

Skills

Security engineering

Application security

Infrastructure security

Threat modeling

Secure code reviews

Security testing tools

Vulnerability testing

Penetration testing

Tools

Terraform

AWS

GitHub Actions

Job description

Security is more than a checklist here—it's embedded in how software is designed, developed, and delivered. A fast‑growing digital platform company is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help shape and implement proactive security strategies across its infrastructure and application stack.

In this role, you’ll be the technical partner for developers, designing secure systems by default, guiding architecture choices, and bringing clarity to complex risks. With a focus on detection, prevention, and response, you'll contribute directly to building safe, scalable software.

You’ll also get hands‑on with cloud‑native security tooling, Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform), and vulnerability assessments—all while fostering a culture where security supports speed, not slows it down.

This is a remote‑first opportunity open to professionals based in Canada, with a preference for those aligned to Pacific time zones.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years in security engineering, application security, or infrastructure security roles
• Strong programming foundation and experience with threat modeling, secure code reviews, and security testing tools
• Proficiency in vulnerability and penetration testing practices, with clear communication of findings to both technical and non-technical audiences

Desired Skills & Experience

• AWS infrastructure provisioning via Terraform
• Integration of security checks into CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions)
• Experience facilitating incident response tabletop exercises

Daily Responsibilities

• Hands-On Engineering: 70%
• Team Collaboration & Cross-Functional Work: 30%
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada on a full‑time basis now and in the future.
• Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.