Senior Staff Application Security Engineer

Shipt; Georgia; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Mentorship opportunities

Job summary

Shipt is seeking a Staff Engineer for our Application Security team to lead secure development practices across the engineering organization. You will design, implement, and scale security controls and processes protecting users and data, while mentoring colleagues and shaping security culture.

You will collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams, work with Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines, and translate business needs into practical secure solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years software engineering experience with focus on developer tooling or infrastructure.
• 4+ years hands on development with Go, Python, and/or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, such as Terraform.
• Experience building with CI/CD systems as part of the software development lifecycle.
• Experience working and deploying with cloud platforms, especially Kubernetes.
• Experience building APIs, automation tools, and developer-facing services.
• Knowledge of common security vulnerabilities and remediation approaches.
• Experience with system design and architecture skills.
• Experience translating business requirements into practical development solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive secure development practices across the engineering org.
• Design, implement, and scale security controls and processes for the company.
• Mentor team members and influence security culture at all levels.

Skills

Go

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Security best practices

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Shipt is seeking a Staff Engineer for our Application Security team to lead secure development practices across the engineering organization. You will design, implement, and scale security controls and processes protecting users and data, while mentoring colleagues and shaping security culture.

You will collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams, work with Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines, and translate business needs into practical secure solutions.