Remote AppSec Engineer: Vulnerability & Cloud Security

Ladder; Sioux Center (IA); Remote; USD 109,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

Ladder is seeking an Applications Security Engineer to join our remote team in the United States. You will own the vulnerability management lifecycle across our development lifecycles, focusing on our Clojure-backed stack and code-level fixes.

The role spans security operations, risk reviews, audits, and keeping our cloud and workspace secure while collaborating with engineering and product teams. Strong problem-solving, writing, and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering or cybersecurity experience.
• Hands-on JVM and functional programming exposure.
• Experience securing cloud infrastructures and incident response.
• Ability to perform security risk reviews and audits.
• Baseline certifications such as Security+; CISSP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Champion application security vulnerability management with development teams.
• Configure and monitor cloud security posture using SIEM/SOAR tools.
• Conduct risk assessments on architectures, vendors, and APIs.
• Protect workspace security including IAM and device compliance.
• Mentor engineers on secure coding and secure defaults.

Skills

Security professional

JVM experience

Cloud SecOps

Root-cause analysis

Security certifications

Education

CS/Cyber Security degree

Tools

Clojure

JVM

TypeScript

JavaScript

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

GraphQL

Google Security Command Center

Chronicle

Datomic

BigQuery

Kafka

Job description

Ladder is seeking an Applications Security Engineer to join our remote team in the United States. You will own the vulnerability management lifecycle across our development lifecycles, focusing on our Clojure-backed stack and code-level fixes.

The role spans security operations, risk reviews, audits, and keeping our cloud and workspace secure while collaborating with engineering and product teams. Strong problem-solving, writing, and communication skills are essential.