Senior Product Security Engineer

MathWorks; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

MathWorks in Hyderabad seeks a Senior Security Team Member to enhance software product security. You’ll lead strategic initiatives and develop innovative security tools while collaborating with teams to improve secure development practices.

This role emphasizes mentoring, analyzing complex security problems, and participating in vulnerability management and penetration testing. A bachelor's degree with relevant experience is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 6 years of experience or equivalent.
• Experience with application security assessment techniques.
• Proficient in programming languages like Python/C++/JavaScript.

Responsibilities

• Guide teams in Secure Development practices.
• Improve security standards and tooling.
• Perform vulnerability management and penetration testing.

Skills

Secure Development practices

Python

C++

JavaScript

Threat Modeling

Penetration Testing

Vulnerability Management

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Security tools

Job description

Summary

MathWorks has a hybrid work model that enables staff members to split their time between office and home, providing both in‑person collaboration and flexible at‑home work. Learn More: https://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs/resources/applying-and-interviewing.html#onboarding. Come join our highly visible, fast‑growing software product security team where you will have a high impact on the security of all MathWorks products and online services.

As a senior member of the team, you will take on a leadership role in key security projects. You will drive strategic security initiatives, build innovative tools, develop security architecture insights, track emerging threats, and enable us to achieve world‑class security for MATLAB, Simulink, Mobile, IoT, Web, MATLAB Online, and Server Products.

Responsibilities

• Guide teams in the adoption of Secure Development practices including Threat Modeling, Security Architecture review, Static/dynamic and secure coding practices.
• Improve security standards, processes, and tooling to support MathWorks Product and services and “shift left” of security within the development lifecycle.
• Improve security standards, processes, and tooling into CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, IaC scanning, policy enforcement) to support MathWorks Product and services and “shift left” of security within the development lifecycle.
• Perform vulnerability management, including open‑source software.
• Provide application security expertise to support vulnerability response process.
• Perform penetration testing of different products and applications.
• Experience with application security such as OWASP Top 10.
• Collaborate with external security researchers.
• Ability and passion to coach and mentor junior members of the security team.
• Ability to analyze and solve complex problems.

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree and 6 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree and 3 years of professional work experience, or a PhD degree, or equivalent experience) is required.

Additional Qualifications

• Proficient in one or more programming languages (Python/C++/JavaScript).
• Demonstrated experience in triaging findings from security tools, penetration testing, bug bounty programs, and the external research community.
• Strong understanding of application security assessment techniques, threat modeling, general secure software development practices.
• Secure AI/ML‑driven applications by addressing risks such as data exposure, model misuse, and prompt injection across applications.
• Effective communications and influence with senior management and product teams.