Application Security Lead - AI & Secure SDLC

Kibbi Technologies Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; CAD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Forward Financing is seeking a Team Lead, Application Security to spearhead the security program for our AI-augmented software. You will lead a team of senior engineers, modernize pentesting, and ensure remediation keeps pace with rapid AI-driven development.

You will own vulnerability management, collaborate with Engineering on remediation, and shape security controls across our Forward application stack while promoting a remote-first, flexible work environment.

Qualifications

• Typically has 7 or more years in application security, offensive security, or product security, including team leadership.
• Hands-on pentesting and code-review depth across web applications, APIs, and cloud infrastructure (AWS).
• Experience building or scaling a security testing program — scoping, tooling, cadence, and remediation SLAs.
• Understanding of AI/LLM attack surface: prompt injection, insecure agent tool use, and vulnerabilities characteristic of AI-generated code.
• Experience with modern programming languages such as Ruby, Python, or Go, and with secure SDLC practices.
• Ability to communicate risk and priorities crisply to engineers and executives.
• Typically has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical degree, or equivalent industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead application and product security across Forward-built, third-party, and AI-built software.
• Evolve the pentest program: aggressively security-test and remediate existing software, then continuously test net-new agents and the software agents create.
• Proactively build and integrate AI solutions within the appsec function.
• Own remediation workflows and vulnerability management with Engineering, including pre-production vs. post-production gap analysis.
• Partner with other teams to build controls to contain external exposure: network allowlists, egress proxy, and proxy-level DLP.
• Support the test-to-production review process so AI-built work is security-reviewed before promotion.
• Grow and develop a team of senior engineers; set quality and coverage standards for offensive testing.
• Build and maintain security services within the Forward application stack.

Skills

Team leadership

Pentesting

Code review

Security testing

AWS

Ruby

Python

Go

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Forward Financing is seeking a Team Lead, Application Security to spearhead the security program for our AI-augmented software. You will lead a team of senior engineers, modernize pentesting, and ensure remediation keeps pace with rapid AI-driven development.

You will own vulnerability management, collaborate with Engineering on remediation, and shape security controls across our Forward application stack while promoting a remote-first, flexible work environment.