Software Security Engineer

Wolfe,-LLC-1; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Profit Sharing

Medical, Vision, Dental insurance

Short-Term Disability

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Wolfe, LLC, a Pittsburgh-based FinTech, seeks a Software/Application Security Engineer. You will work hands-on with developers and DevOps to embed security into software, review code, harden AI agents, and secure CI/CD pipelines in AWS.

The role is onsite in Pittsburgh, with collaboration across teams and opportunities to learn enterprise security tooling and pursue certifications.

Qualifications

• Real coding background with secure coding knowledge (OWASP Top 10, CWE Top 25).
• Hands-on exposure to CI/CD pipelines and security tooling integration.
• Strong written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical teams.
• No strict certification required; willingness to earn relevant certs is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform code reviews, SAST/DAST testing, and threat modeling; remediate vulnerabilities.
• Integrate security tooling in CI/CD pipelines and automate triage/reporting.
• Improve Bot Management, WAF, secrets management, and API security controls.
• Promote secure coding standards aligned to OWASP and DSOMM/ BSIMM frameworks.

Skills

Coding background

Secure coding principles

CI/CD tooling exposure

Strong communication

Eagerness to learn security tooling

Education

Bachelor's in Information Security

Bachelor's in Cybersecurity

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Tools

Snyk

SemGrep

Cycode

GitHub

GitLab

Jenkins

AWS DevOps

Job description

Wolfe is a Pittsburgh-based FinTech company building the next generation of financial products, and we are actively embedding AI across our product, our internal processes, and the way our teams work day-to-day. As a Software/Application Security Engineer, you'll work hands-on alongside developers and DevOps engineers to build security into how we ship software — reviewing code, harden the AI agents, MCP integrations, and LLM-backed features we're actively shipping, hardening CI/CD pipelines, and helping teams find and fix vulnerabilities across application code, containers, and cloud infrastructure.

This role is built for a developer. Whether you're a software engineer moving into security or an early-career security engineer expanding into AppSec, you'll work hands-on alongside developers and DevOps engineers and learn enterprise security tooling — including secure code development AI/ML and LLM-powered tools — with support to earn certifications and grow alongside a security team that mentors in person. You'll be working alongside developers using languages such as TypeScript/Node, Deno, Bun, Dart, Next.js, php, react, and Python codebases, plus Terraform/Ansible and containerized services on AWS.

We're looking for candidates who are enthusiastic about an in-office culture. This is a 5-day onsite role in Pittsburgh, PA.

Responsibilities

• Perform code reviews, SAST/DAST testing, penetration tests, and threat modeling, and work with developers to remediate vulnerabilities across application code, libraries, containers, and infrastructure as code.
• Integrate and run automated security tooling (such as Snyk, SemGrep, or Cycode) within CI/CD pipelines across code repositories (such as GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, or AWS DevOps), and automate findings triage and reporting.
• Build the automation that triages, routes, and reports vulnerability findings, and run our enterprise Bug Bounty program.
• Operate and improve Bot Management, WAF, secrets management, and API security controls across Wolfe's applications.
• Apply and promote secure coding standards aligned to OWASP and SANS CWE Top 25, and contribute to measuring DevSecOps maturity using a framework such as DSOMM or BSIMM.
• Partner with developers, security operations, product management, and incident response teams, sharing secure-coding and vulnerability-management practices as you grow your own expertise.

Impact Statement

For more clarity on the role, below are the success metrics and measurements for this role in the first 90 to 120 days.:

• Update existing Software Security Strategy and make improvements on monitoring and reporting on KPI’s
• Make a significant improvement to least one automated security tool (DAST, SAST, SCA, or container scanning) in the production CI/CD pipeline, with results feeding a documented triage workflow.
• Driving additional Bug Bounty submissions and improve bot management turning & protections prior to end of Q3.
• Provide product and technology advisement and testing for new application and AI functionality
• Develop and plan a purposeful Application and AI development training program

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in software development, software security, or DevSecOps with security exposure — including developers looking to move into a dedicated security role — plus a Bachelor's in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field (equivalent experience accepted in lieu of a degree).
• A real coding background and working knowledge of secure coding principles (OWASP Top 10, SANS CWE Top 25).
• Some hands-on exposure to CI/CD pipelines (GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, or AWS DevOps) and an interest in integrating security tooling into them.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain security concepts to both technical and non-technical teammates.
• Eagerness to learn enterprise security tooling (vulnerability scanners, Bot Management, SAST/DAST/SCA) and maturity frameworks like DSOMM or BSIMM — deep prior experience with these is a plus, not a requirement.
• No certifications required; experience with CISSP, OSCP, GCSA, AWS Security Specialty, or CSSLP is a plus, and we'll support you in earning them.

Compensation, Benefits, and Perks

Wolfe is committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package to support your well-being, along with competitive compensation. Our benefits and perks include but not limited to:

• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Profit Share and/or Incentive Bonus
• Medical, Prescription, Vision, and Dental insurance for employees and dependents (Wolfe pays 80% of premium)
• Short-Term Disability Insurance (Wolfe pays 100% of premium)
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity coverage
• PTO (vacation and sick time)
• Corporate Holidays and Floating Holidays
• 401(k)
• Employee recognition program
• Charitable Donation to a charity of your choice yearly
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Internal Training and Information sessions
• Family Picnic, Holiday Party, and other outings
• Internal Culture Club

About Wolfe, LLC

Wolfe, LLC is a pioneering force in e-commerce since 1996 and the gifting industry, deeply rooted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Driven by our vision "To move humanity to express love for each other through personalized, faster, beautiful, secure, flexible gift giving," we're on a mission to revolutionize the way gifts are given and received. We achieve this through high-quality, fast service, and the same-day delivery of customized gift cards from our on-demand nations only robotic fulfillment center, alongside offering a safe and flexible card-to-card gifting technology.

At the heart of our success are our Core Values: Teamwork, Drive, Integrity, Caring, and Excellence. These principles guide us as we innovate and expand our portfolio with platforms and brands like PerfectGift, Gift Card Granny, GiftYa, Reaf Marketing, and Give InKind, setting new standards in the gifting experience.

Some of the Company and Executive Team Recognitions:
2023 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies (ranked no. 382)
2022 - 1st place - Fastest 50 Growing Companies in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Business Times
2020 The Best Places to Work, Pittsburgh Business Times
2019 - Winner Carnegie Science Award, Entrepreneur Category
2017 - Winner of Outstanding Entrepreneur, Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association
2015 - Winner of Business Times Diamond Award, Business Ethics Award, Create Award
2015 CEO of the Year, Pittsburgh Technology Council
And more…