Remote AppSec Engineer: Cloud & Code Security

Ladder; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Flexible paid time off

Stock options

401k match up to 4%

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Ladder is seeking an Applications Security Engineer to embed in our development lifecycles and own security for our JVM-based stack. You will triage vulnerabilities, influence secure coding, and drive shift-left security across engineering teams.

The role blends appsec, cloud security operations, and governance in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates have 4+ years in security or software, hands-on JVM work, and experience with cloud security, incident response, and security metrics.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering and/or cybersecurity experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with development teams to champion application security vulnerability management.

Skills

JVM experience

Cloud SecOps

Secure coding practices

Incident response

Security certifications (Security+)

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Google Cloud Security Command Center

Chronicle

Datomic

BigQuery

Kafka

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

GraphQL

Job description

Ladder is seeking an Applications Security Engineer to embed in our development lifecycles and own security for our JVM-based stack. You will triage vulnerabilities, influence secure coding, and drive shift-left security across engineering teams.

The role blends appsec, cloud security operations, and governance in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates have 4+ years in security or software, hands-on JVM work, and experience with cloud security, incident response, and security metrics.