Application Security Director - Hands-On Leader, Growth

Trail of Bits; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Trail of Bits is seeking a hands-on leader to helm its Application Security practice, a team of 12 security engineers delivering code audits, vulnerability research, and secure design reviews for high-profile clients. The role requires direct review of audit findings, guiding technical approaches, and maintaining credibility with sophisticated clients.

You will own the practice’s financial performance, staffing, and team development, while staying hands-on with source code work.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in security, including significant time performing source code audits.
• Recent, demonstrable hands-on security work.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery of the Application Security practice and ensure profitability.
• Staff and grow the practice by managing utilization and hiring pipelines.
• Develop engineers by providing growth opportunities and conference participation.
• Set technical direction for tooling, methodology, and capabilities.

Skills

Code audits

Vulnerability research

Security leadership

Staff management

Client engagement

Tools

Rust

Go

C/C++

Python

Solidity

JavaScript

Job description

Trail of Bits is seeking a hands-on leader to helm its Application Security practice, a team of 12 security engineers delivering code audits, vulnerability research, and secure design reviews for high-profile clients. The role requires direct review of audit findings, guiding technical approaches, and maintaining credibility with sophisticated clients.

You will own the practice’s financial performance, staffing, and team development, while staying hands-on with source code work.