Senior Product Security Engineer

IBM; Lowell (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software is seeking a Product Security Engineer to embed security across the Product Development Lifecycle for Vault, Boundary, and Radar. You will partner with engineering teams to drive secure design, threat modeling, and vulnerability response while maintaining collaboration with Product Management and Security Operations.

The role demands 5+ years in security engineering and solid Go/Python/Rust skills, with deep experience in vulnerability management and secure-by-design practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in application security, product security, or security engineering; 8+ years overall preferred.
• Expertise in threat modeling, architecture reviews, security design reviews, and vulnerability assessments.
• Strong knowledge of OWASP Top 10, CWE, CVSS and secure software development practices.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, or Rust; understanding authentication, authorization, encryption, PKI, and secret management.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Vault, Boundary, and Radar engineering teams to embed security throughout the PDLC.
• Serve as security SME for Vault, Radar, Boundary, and coordinate vulnerability disclosure and customer communications.
• Conduct architecture/design reviews, threat modeling, and security assessments for new products and features.
• Provide guidance on secure design patterns, defenses, and remediation strategies.
• Promote secure-by-design engineering practices and security standards across teams.
• Assess vulnerabilities, perform risk assessment and remediation prioritization.
• Assist in security incident response and post-incident improvements.
• Contribute to automation and AI-assisted security tooling for vulnerability triage and remediation.

Skills

Go

Python

Rust

Threat modeling

Security design reviews

OWASP Top 10

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Cybersecurity

Software Engineering

Tools

HashiCorp Vault

Boundary

Radar

Consul

Terraform

Job description

Introduction

At IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world\'s leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration. You\'ll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM\'s product and technology landscape. Here, you\'l have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world.

Your Role And Responsibilities

The Secure Lifecycle Management (SLM) organization is seeking a Product Security Engineer to partner closely with the engineering teams responsible for HashiCorp Vault, Boundary, and Radar. This role is embedded directly within the engineering organization and serves as a trusted security advisor throughout the Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC), helping teams build secure-by-design products, proactively identify risks, and respond effectively to security vulnerabilities and incidents.

The ideal candidate combines deep application and product security expertise with strong software engineering skills and the ability to collaborate across Product Management, Engineering, Product Security, and Security Operations teams.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Partner directly with Vault, Boundary, and Radar engineering teams to embed security throughout the PDLC and improve the security posture of new and existing capabilities.


• Serve as the security SME for Vault, Radar, Boundary and work closely with central Product Security, and Security Operations teams on coordinated vulnerability disclosure, security advisories, and customer-facing security communications.


• Conduct architecture reviews, design reviews, threat modeling, and security assessments for new products, features, and platform initiatives.


• Provide actionable guidance to engineering teams on secure design patterns, defensive architectures, security controls, and remediation strategies.


• Help establish and promote secure-by-design engineering practices, security standards, and product-specific security best practices.


• Assess internally discovered and externally reported security vulnerabilities, including validation, exploitability analysis, risk assessment, severity determination, and remediation prioritization.


• Collaborate with engineering teams to identify workarounds, develop fixes, review remediation plans, and validate security improvements.


• Participate in security incident response activities, including investigation, impact assessment, containment planning, root cause analysis, and post-incident improvements.


• Assist in building and prototyping AI-assisted security tooling, workflows, and skills that improve the scale and efficiency of vulnerability triage, assessment, remediation, and security review activities.


• Contribute to automation and process improvements that reduce security response time and improve engineering productivity.

Preferred Education

Bachelor\'s Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• 5+ years of experience in application security, product security, or security engineering, with 8+ years of overall industry experience preferred.


• Secure Design & Risk Assessment: Expertise in threat modeling, architecture reviews, security design reviews, and vulnerability assessments.


• Vulnerability Management: Experience identifying, triaging, prioritizing, and assessing security vulnerabilities based on exploitability and business impact.


• Application Security Expertise: Strong knowledge of OWASP Top 10, CWE, CVSS, modern vulnerability management practices, and secure software development principles.


• Technical & Security Foundations: Proficiency in Go, Python, or Rust, with deep understanding of authentication, authorization, encryption, PKI, key management, identity, and secrets management, along with a proven ability to influence teams and drive secure engineering practices.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Application & Cloud Security: Hands-on experience with static and dynamic analysis, software composition analysis (SCA), container security, cloud security tools, and vulnerability research.


• Security Operations & Communication: Experience with incident response, coordinated vulnerability disclosure, security advisories, and customer-facing security communications.


• Security Engineering & Automation: Familiarity with HashiCorp technologies, including Vault, Boundary, Consul, Terraform, and Radar, along with experience building security automation, developer security tools, or AI-assisted security workflows.


• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.