Application Security Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; Warsaw (IN); Hybrid; USD 93,910 - 106,716; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental coverage

Travel coverage

MacBook with accessories

Office catering

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an Application Security Engineer to join our Warsaw-based Security team. You will partner with IT, infrastructure, and product teams to design and ship secure software, performing security design reviews, threat modeling, and vulnerability assessments across products and internal applications.

You’ll guide remediation efforts, influence roadmaps, and deliver training on secure coding practices, threat modeling, and emerging threats, ensuring a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in application security, product security, or software engineering with a security focus.
• Strong software engineering background with hands-on security design reviews and threat modeling.

Responsibilities

• Perform security design reviews and threat modeling for new features and services.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments of software and systems using various methodologies.
• Triage, investigate, and drive remediation of vulnerabilities from bug bounty programs and tooling.
• Influence engineering decisions by communicating security constraints and trade-offs.
• Investigate product security incidents using logs and monitoring tools.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Scala

Threat modeling

Security design reviews

Vulnerability assessments

Tools

SAST/DAST tools

SCA

Job description

The Security team is responsible for protecting the company’s employees, users, and customers. Weare a team of security engineers and risk and compliance practitioners who build innovativesafeguards to ensure that our data is protected against threats and that we comply with legal, regulatory, and customer requirements. We collaborate closely with teams across theorganization to foster a culture of security throughout our product and operations. We’re lookingfor an Application Security Engineer to join our Security team in Warsaw. You’ll be afoundational member of the security presence in a key engineering hub, partnering directly withIT, infrastructure, and product teams to ensure we design and ship secure software. You will beinstrumental in scaling our security practices by conducting security design reviews, threatmodeling, and vulnerability assessments across our products and internal applications, eliminating entire classes of vulnerabilities, and championing a security-first mindset.

This role is based in our Warsaw office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do, andyour recruiter can share more about the in-office requirements.We offer a Contract of Employment (UoP) for our employees in Poland.

What you’ll achieve

• Conduct security architecture reviews and threat modeling for new features and servicesacross our product and internal applications, identifying risks early and influencing securedesign decisions.
• Perform vulnerability assessments of software and systems, using a range of assessmentmethodologies to surface and prioritize security weaknesses across our product surface.
• Triage, investigate, and drive remediation of vulnerabilities from our bug bounty programand automated security tooling, ensuring issues are tracked and resolved within definedSLAs.
• Influence engineering initiatives by conducting design and roadmap reviews, effectivelycommunicating security constraints, and assisting teams in making informed trade-offs.
• Investigate product security incidents as a subject matter expert, using logs andmonitoring tools to assess scope, impact, and root cause.
• Develop and deliver training to educate engineers on secure coding best practices, threatmodeling techniques, and emerging threats.
• Stay informed of industry trends, emerging threats, and best practices to ensure thatthe company's security posture remains robust and ahead of the threat landscape.
• Collaborate with teammates and stakeholders to develop both short-term and long-termstrategies for risk management and security program maturity.
• Join a collaborative Security team composed of specialists in product, application,software engineering, infrastructure and detection and response, all working together tohelp engineering teams design and ship secure software.

About you

• Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making.
• 5+ years of experience in application security, product security, or software engineeringwith a security focus, with significant experience in security design reviews, threatmodeling, and vulnerability assessments.
• Strong software engineering background with experience in languages like Python,JavaScript/TypeScript or Scala.
• Deep working knowledge of the OWASP Top 10 and common web applicationvulnerabilities such as XSS, CSRF, SSRF, and SQL injection.
• Experience with security tools for static/dynamic analysis (SAST/DAST), softwarecomposition analysis (SCA), and vulnerability management.
• Proven experience performing security design reviews and threat modeling for complex,distributed applications, with the ability to identify systemic risk and drive remediation atscale.
• Excellent communication skills for collaborating effectively with both technical andnon-technical partners, translating security risk into business impact.
• A pragmatic and collaborative mindset, with a passion for building defenses into thesoftware development lifecycle and enabling other engineers to do their best, most securework.

What we’ll offer

• Generous, transparent and fair compensation system (base salary and RSUs)
• Contract of Employment (and the option of 50% tax deductible costs for author’s rightsusage in respect of applicable roles)
• Health insurance with dental and travel coverage (Lux Med)
• Breakfast and lunch catering on the days that you work from the office
• Vacation allowance
• Career growth budget
• Home office setup budget
• Gym/Fitness card
• Fertility healthcare and family-forming support with Carrot
• Mental Health Support in Modern Health
• Group life insurance
• MacBooks with all necessary accessories

For this role, the estimated base salary range is between 31,900 - 36,250 PLN gross per month (subject to all taxes and necessary deductions). The actual base salary will vary based onvarious factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during theinterview process. The listed range above is a guideline, and the base salary range for this rolemay be modified.
In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include additional componentssuchas equity and sales incentive pay (for most sales roles), and benefits. If you're interviewing forthis role, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits forthis role.

At the company, we're committed to building teams that include a variety of backgrounds,perspectives, and skills, as this is critical to helping us achieve our mission. If you're interested in this role and don't meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply.