Junior Application Security Engineer (all genders)

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Hamburg; Vor Ort; EUR 50.000 - 63.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

ABOUT YOU, based in Hamburg and Berlin, seeks a Junior Application Security Engineer to join the IT-Security unit and safeguard our online shop and corporate systems. You will perform penetration tests, review code, contribute to security automation and incident response, collaborating with security engineers, developers and IT teams to implement best practices and protect data.

The role offers hands-on exposure to AWS, Kubernetes, CI pipelines and modern security tooling, with opportunities to

Qualifikationen

• At least one year of application security experience.
• Able to perform active application security assessments and penetration testing.
• Experience collaborating with developers and IT teams.

Aufgaben

• Conduct regular penetration tests and code reviews.
• Advise on setup and maintenance of applications and infrastructure (usually hosted in AWS/Kubernetes).
• Triage and respond to monitoring events.
• Optimize security auditing processes and automate security tasks.
• Participate in incident response activities within the SOC, including on-call duties.

Kenntnisse

Penetration testing

Application security

Python scripting

Go language

Code reviews

Incident response

Threat modeling

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

Cloudflare

Akamai

Jobbeschreibung

Junior Application Security Engineer (all genders)

• Full-time
• Compensation: EUR 50,000 - EUR 62,500 - yearly

ABOUT YOU is one of Europe’s fastest growing e-commerce companies. Based in Hamburg and Berlin, we operate at the intersection of fashion and technology. Our mission is to rethink online shopping and make it personal and seamless. This takes more than good ideas. It takes people who take initiative and challenge the status quo. We believe in flat hierarchies, direct communication, and pragmatic decisions. No long approval chains. Just ownership, trust, and clear responsibility. We work hard, but we also believe in enjoying the ride together - over team lunches, afterwork drinks, company events, or a quick coffee in between meetings. If this sounds like you, ABOUT YOU could be the right place to bring in your perspective.

We are looking for a Junior Application Security Engineer (all genders) to join the Application Security circle of our IT-Security unit, dedicated to protecting our online shop, our corporate systems and our customers.

In this role, you will hack internal systems, design and implement security measures to safeguard our infrastructure, applications, and data. You will work closely with other security engineers, developers and IT teams to ensure security best practices, automate security processes, and respond to emerging threats. This position contains:

• Conduct regular penetration tests and code reviews
• Advise in the setup and maintenance of applications and infrastructure (usually hosted in AWS/Kubernetes)
• Triage and respond to monitoring events
• Optimization and automation of security auditing processes. This could also include setting up attack infrastructure, writing scripts in Python and implementing security scanning in Gitlab CI.
• Take part in some incident response activities within the SOC, which include occasional 24/7 on-call
  • At least one year of application security experience
  • Able to perform active application security assessments and penetration testing

Nice to have:

• Architect secure systems using threat modeling and security engineering practices
• Execute red teaming operations and offensive security strategies
• Knowledge of Laravel / PHP.
• Ability to read and understand Go
• Experience with incident response activities
• Experience with web application firewalls, CDN providers, e.g. Cloudflare, Akamai
• Experience with Gitlab CI/CD Pipelines

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Your perks at a glance: Visit our benefits page .

A Place Where You Can Be You

We take it as our responsibility to create an environment where everyone feels welcome, exactly as they are. Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger and shape our culture in ways that matter. What we stand for internally, we stand for as a brand: acceptance, inclusion, and a fairer approach to fashion.