Senior Security Engineer, Vulnerability Management & Automation

Slack; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 172,500 - 260,100; Full time

Job summary

Slack is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Vulnerability Management team. You will build and maintain systems to detect, track, and remediate security vulnerabilities across the organization, driving technical strategy for automation and scale.

Collaborate with security engineers, product teams, and infrastructure to tackle cross-functional challenges and deliver high-impact security software. This high-ownership role requires deep Python expertise, strong experience in vulnerabilities,

Qualifications

• US Citizenship or Permanent Residency required; visa sponsorship not provided.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience with security-focused work.
• Deep proficiency in Python with production-grade, tested code.
• Proven ability to deliver end-to-end engineering projects.
• Solid understanding of vulnerability management concepts and remediation workflows.
• Experience building/maintaining integrations with security tooling (scanners, SIEM).
• Comfort with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
• Strong communication across engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to ask the right questions before building in ambiguous situations.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to technical architecture for vulnerability management tooling across ecosystems.
• Design scalable engineering solutions balancing long-term maintainability and speed.
• Drive integration strategy across scanners, pipelines, and downstream systems.
• Partner with infra, platform, and product security teams to embed security automation in the lifecycle.
• Identify systemic gaps and drive cross-team solutions to completion.

Skills

US Citizenship or PR

Experience 6+ years

Python proficiency

End-to-end delivery

Vulnerability management concepts

Security tooling integrations

CI/CD pipelines

Cross-team communication

Decision making in ambiguity

Tools

Vulnerability scanners

SIEM systems

CI/CD tooling

Version control

Job description

Slack is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Vulnerability Management team. You will build and maintain systems to detect, track, and remediate security vulnerabilities across the organization, driving technical strategy for automation and scale.

Collaborate with security engineers, product teams, and infrastructure to tackle cross-functional challenges and deliver high-impact security software. This high-ownership role requires deep Python expertise, strong experience in vulnerabilities,