Lead Application Security Engineer: Vulnerability & Automation

Samsara; Greater London; On-site; GBP 89,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsara is seeking a Staff Application Security Engineer to own the vulnerability management program and drive the security strategy across cloud, firmware, and corporate systems. You will shape the program, set architecture direction, and collaborate with engineering teams to reduce risk in a fast-growing, AI-forward environment.

The role is remote in the UK, with a flexible model and opportunities to impact safety, efficiency, and sustainability across global operations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in security engineering or cloud engineering with hands-on vulnerability management across a multi-product environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and operation of Samsara's vulnerability management program and related security programs.
• Reduce mean time to remediation (MTTR) across the backlog and meet tight SLAs.
• Build automation and tooling to scale detection and response across cloud, firmware/IoT, and corporate systems.
• Set technical direction and translate leadership priorities into actionable execution plans.
• Mentor engineers on secure design and remediation practices and act as a technical security voice across teams.

Skills

Vulnerability management

Security program direction

CI/CD security integration

SAST/DAST/SCA

AI/LLM tooling in security workflow

Cloud security

C/C++ for firmware

Tools

Wiz

Semgrep

Tines

AWS Lambda

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Samsara is seeking a Staff Application Security Engineer to own the vulnerability management program and drive the security strategy across cloud, firmware, and corporate systems. You will shape the program, set architecture direction, and collaborate with engineering teams to reduce risk in a fast-growing, AI-forward environment.

The role is remote in the UK, with a flexible model and opportunities to impact safety, efficiency, and sustainability across global operations.