Application Security Engineer

The Fork; Paris; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Lunch vouchers

Life Insurance and Disability at no成本

Calm app access

Team building events

Continuous learning and development

Job summary

TheFork, Europe’s leading restaurant booking platform, is seeking an Application Security Engineer to join the security team in Paris. You will assess security posture across applications and systems, and help shape secure software delivery.

Responsibilities include scanning web applications for vulnerabilities, guiding developers, and researching emerging threats. A 4+ year track record in manual security testing and a solid understanding of security fundamentals are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, security certifications are a plus but not required.
• At least 4+ years of demonstrated manual security testing.
• Solid understanding of security protocols, cryptography, authentication, authorization, and general application security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Scan TheFork web applications for vulnerabilities and ensure fixes.
• Work knowledge of a programming language (e.g., Node/TypeScript).
• Strong IaaS security skills with a focus on AWS.
• Research new security threats, vulnerabilities, and exploit techniques.
• Respond to security threats and help implement new requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and oversight to developers.
• Collaborate in a team while maintaining confidentiality of investigations.
• Strong knowledge of OWASP concepts across solutions.

Skills

Manual security testing

OWASP concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Job description

Join our Movement and Champion Restaurant Culture!

At TheFork we believe that the best things in life happen around the table. As the leading restaurant booking platform in Europe, we connect the broadest community of loyal diners with the world’s favorite restaurants. Powered by innovation and a deep passion for the restaurant industry, we create unique dining experiences across 11 countries.

We’re part of the Tripadvisor Group and proud to be building a diverse, people-first culture where “respect”, “ownership”, “growth” and “better together” values thrive. If you’re passionate about food, technology, and making a real impact, your seat at the table is ready.

Discover life at TheFork

What you will do

Are you passionate about securing the application development pipelines and ensuring the security of web applications? Are you looking to thrive in a fast-paced environment? If so, TheFork is looking to hire an Application Security Engineer for our ever-growing security team. In this role, you will evaluate the security posture of TheFork’s applications and systems.

Main activities

• Scanning TheFork web applications looking for vulnerabilities and ensuring they get fixed
• Working knowledge of any object-oriented programming language (eg. Node / Typescript)
• Strong IaaS security skills, with a focus on cloud technologies like AWS.
• Researching new security threats, vulnerabilities, and exploit techniques
• Responding to new security threats and helping implement new requirements
• Provides technical guidance and oversight when working with developers
• Work in a team environment while maintaining the confidentiality of investigation information
• Strong knowledge of working with OWASP concepts for various solutions

Who you are

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in a technical field i.e. Information Systems or Computer Science.
• Security certifications are desired but not required (CISSP, GIAC, CEH, Security+, CSSLP).
• At least 4+ years of demonstrated manual security testing
• You must have a solid understanding of security protocols, cryptography, authentication, authorization, and general application security requirements
• Experience implementing and operating security technologies and processes in a hybrid cloud environment, such as AWS.
• Strong understanding of IT operations and service support processes

What we offer you

• An awesome team (not everybody like our jokes, but we try our best)
• A Permanent contract (that can be useful in life)
• Competitive fixed salary & bonus
• Lunch vouchers available for each working day (because yes, we like to try our best restaurants)
• International teams - More than 30 nationalities and 16 offices worldwide
• Highly inclusive working environment
• Lifestyle benefits that can be used to reimburse physical, leisure activities, family support, travel etc
• Continuous learning and development programs
• Health insurance
• Free access to the Calm app
• Life Insurance and Disability at no cost to the employee
• Team building events

We believe that we are better together, and we welcome you for who you are. We endeavor to ensure that everyone - regardless of ability, age, socio-economic & cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender expression, gender identity, ideology, national origin, race, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law -has the opportunity to reach their full potential. At TheFork, we want you to bring us your unique perspectives and experiences, so we can collectively continue disrupting the restaurant industry and go from good to great.

TheFork is committed to a fair recruitment process. If you have special needs and require reasonable support during your application, interview, or participation in the selection process due to health conditions or disability, please direct your inquiries to [e-mail]. Our HR team will review the request and respond accordingly.