Application Security Engineer - Global Payment

BYTEDANCE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Singapore is seeking a Security Engineer to provide security engineering support and identify potential security flaws. You will conduct penetration testing, discover security issues, and collaborate with teams to enhance security. Ideal candidates have a background in Computer Science and knowledge in various security disciplines. This role offers exposure to innovative security solutions in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge in web application security, mobile app security, cloud security, and thick client security.
• Solid experience in writing and reviewing code in at least one of the specified programming languages.
• Good project management skills and focused teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Provide security engineering support to product teams to identify potential security flaws.
• Continuously design and conduct penetration testing to meet security standards.
• Discover security issues and support incident response in a cross-functional environment.
• Collaborate with teams to design defense-in-depth controls.
• Identify risks and resolve potential security project issues.
• Conduct security research and strive for innovation.

Skills

web application security

mobile app security

cloud security

thick client security

project management

Education

Background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or other STEM disciplines

Tools

JavaScript (Node JS)

Go

Python

Java

C++

Rust

Job description

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

About the Security Assurance Team at ByteDance

The team is missioned to build infrastructures, platforms and technologies, as well as to support cross-functional teams to protect our users, products and infrastructures. In this team, you''ll have a unique opportunity to have first-hand exposure to the strategy of the company in key security initiatives, especially in building scalable and secure-by-design systems and solutions. Our challenges are not your regular day-to-day technical problems; you''ll be part of a team that''s developing new solutions to new challenges of a kind not previously addressed by big tech. It''s working fast, at scale, and we''re making a difference.

Responsibilities

• Provide security engineering support to product teams to help identify potential security flaws in the early stages of SDLC.
• Continuously design and conduct penetration testing to determine if infrastructure components, systems and applications meet security standards in the staging/production environment.
• Discover security issues that appear under new threat scenarios, support incident response, forensics, remediation in a cross-functional environment driving towards incident resolution.
• Collaborate closely with other parts of the security team and product teams to design defense-in-depth controls that limit attackers' ability and improve our security postures.
• To identify risks and actively take ownership to resolve any potential security project issues.
• Continuously conduct security research and strive to innovate.

Minimum Qualifications

• Background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or other STEM disciplines.
• Strong knowledge in some of these various disciplines: web application security, mobile app security, cloud security and thick client security.
• Solid experience in writing and reviewing code in at least one of the following programming languages: JavaScript (Node JS), Go, Python, Java, C++, Rust.
• Good project management skills and focused teamwork.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in independent supporting the application security of a business line
• CTF players, BugBounty experience with reputable statistics in HackerOne, BugCrowd etc.