App Security Platform Director – Remote

Pax8 Philippines Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Pax8 is seeking a Director of Platform Security Engineering to lead our Application Security and Secure Software Development programs across the business. This hands-on leadership role requires deep technical expertise and the ability to influence engineering strategy at scale, from first lines of code through deployment.

You will partner with engineering leaders, architects, and product teams to embed secure-by-design practices, govern security standards, and drive threat modeling for high‑risk

Qualifications

• Hands-on Application Security expertise required.
• Experience leading threat modeling for high-risk systems.
• Ability to review architecture and secure design decisions.
• Strong collaboration with engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the vision for Application Security and Secure SDLC across Pax8.
• Embed security into engineering workflows and drive secure coding standards.
• Lead threat modeling and oversee risk management for critical systems.

Skills

Threat modeling

Secure coding practices

Security architecture

Code review

Tools

SAST tools

DAST tools

CI/CD security tooling

Job description

Pax8 is seeking a Director of Platform Security Engineering to lead our Application Security and Secure Software Development programs across the business. This hands-on leadership role requires deep technical expertise and the ability to influence engineering strategy at scale, from first lines of code through deployment.

You will partner with engineering leaders, architects, and product teams to embed secure-by-design practices, govern security standards, and drive threat modeling for high‑risk