Remote Senior Penetration Tester — AI-Powered Security

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 143,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) matching

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Senior Penetration Tester for a remote role focused on uncovering vulnerabilities across core systems, web apps, APIs, cloud environments, and AI-enabled workflows. You will translate findings into priorities and help strengthen testing coverage with smarter tooling and secure code reviews.

Join a team shaping security in a modern technology organization, with collaboration across engineering to improve overall risk posture while maintaining flexible remote work options.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in application security or related field.
• Hands-on pentesting and code review for web apps, APIs, and AWS.
• Interest in AI-assisted security testing and AI attack surfaces.

Responsibilities

• Conduct manual penetration tests on core systems and AI apps.
• Develop AI-assisted tools to expand testing coverage.
• Triage findings from SAST tools and reduce false positives.
• Perform secure code reviews across web apps, APIs and AWS environments.
• Create security tools and services within the app stack.
• Support AI-generated code security reviews before production.
• Communicate risk and prioritization to engineering teams.

Skills

5+ years in app security

Penetration testing

Code review

AI security testing

AWS security

Programming (Ruby, Python, TS, Go)

Effective communication

Tools

SAST tooling

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Senior Penetration Tester for a remote role focused on uncovering vulnerabilities across core systems, web apps, APIs, cloud environments, and AI-enabled workflows. You will translate findings into priorities and help strengthen testing coverage with smarter tooling and secure code reviews.

Join a team shaping security in a modern technology organization, with collaboration across engineering to improve overall risk posture while maintaining flexible remote work options.