Senior Software Engineer - Data Security

Abnormal Security; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Platform Security team. This role focuses on designing and developing secure services and components to uphold security and privacy standards across the organization. The ideal candidate will possess a strong practical security mindset, with the ability to identify security flaws and translate requirements into actionable technical solutions. This position offers the opportunity to lead significant projects that support the company's expansion into new markets while mentoring junior engineers. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to building a secure and scalable platform that integrates seamlessly with various external applications.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
• Experience with Authentication & Authorization and Network Security.
• Proven track record of leading complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop secure customer integration frameworks.
• Lead large projects enforcing Security & Privacy standards.
• Mentor junior team members and promote security best practices.

Skills

Practical Security mindset

Software development

Authentication & Authorization

Network Security

Golang

Python

Education

BS degree in Computer Science

BS degree in Electrical Engineering

BS degree in Computer Engineering

Job description

About the Role

Abnormal AI is looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about Security & Privacy to join the Platform Security team building platform services and components of the company infrastructure to enforce secure-by-design and secure-by-default standards across the board. This role will design, develop, release and continue to adapt Secure Service to Service communication frameworks and toolings, Customer Data Security & Privacy workflows, and then integrate them with Security Operational analytics and auditing services to monitor, protect, and secure Abnormal infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have

• Practical Security mindset - ability to identify potential security flaws in any step of the software development lifecycle and propose reasonable solutions to address business needs.
• Ability to translate Security & Privacy requirements into technical requirements and drive end to end execution of the projects.
• Ability to facilitate and drive cross team collaboration with product engineering teams to adopt security best practices and secure-by-design platform services and components.
• Opportunity to grow into a leadership position on the team - set, own, and deliver key Platform Infrastructure division’s deliverables with cross divisional impact.

What you will do

• Apply Practical Security mindset and principles to technical design and development while balancing out business requirements and infrastructure cost.
• Own, lead, and deliver large projects for the Platform Security team that enforces Security & Privacy standards to continuously support the company market expansion toward many geographical locations and multiple product offerings.
• Design and develop secure and scalable customer integration frameworks and toolings to integrate Abnormal ecosystem with external applications such as Salesforce, Slack, Github, Zoom, etc… to enable Secure by design Multi Product Platform.
• Reconcile Platform and Security requirements to build a secure platform while enabling global engineering teams to deliver high quality software at high velocity.
• Actively mentor and level up junior team members

Must Haves

• BS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or other related engineering field.
• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
• Strong software development, CAP theorem, and system design tradeoffs.
• Experience with Authentication & Authorization and Network Security problem space, best practices, and related technologies.
• Ability to differentiate must-have versus nice-to-have Security and Privacy requirements.
• Proven track record of leading complex projects and delivering high quality software.
• Experience with Golang and Python programming languages.

Nice to Have

• Ability to convert business problems into technical deliverables.
• Ability to prioritize, articulate business tradeoffs, and cut scopes to deliver the most important business objectives in a timely manner.
• Experience leading small teams delivering multi-quarter projects or initiatives.

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