Sr. Cloud & Mobile Security Engineer

iRobot Corporation; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 107,000 - 152,500; Full time

Job summary

iRobot Corporation is seeking a Senior Engineer for Product Security to apply security best practices to AWS managed services and mobile apps across major platforms. The role centers on securing cloud designs, validating builds, and guiding development teams with industry-standard controls.

Candidates should bring 7+ years of AWS-based infrastructure experience and strong API security knowledge, including IAM, SSO, OAuth 2.0, RBAC, and OWASP frameworks.

Qualifications

• 7+ years designing and deploying AWS-based infrastructure with security focus.
• Experience securing serverless and API-based services across platforms.
• Strong knowledge of IAM, SSO, OAuth 2.0, and RBAC.

Responsibilities

• Assess cloud designs and mobile app changes for security vulnerabilities.
• Evaluate cloud services and mobile apps for security best practices.
• Design secure cloud services and automate security validation tests.
• Work with SAST/DAST tooling to report findings to developers.

Skills

AWS security

Security champion

API security

OWASP

SAST/DAST tooling

Python

Node/JavaScript

Tools

SAST/DAST tooling

AWS IAM

Job description

Salary Range: $107,000.00 - $152,500.00

iRobot is in immediate need of a Senior Engineer on its Product Security team who is experienced in applying security best practices and principles to the design, development, and maintenance of AWS Managed Service architecture, and to the mobile applications written for the most common platforms and languages. iRobot leads the market in consumer robotics and enabling the smart home, and the cloud infrastructure underpins its millions of connected robots, while the mobile application connects our millions of customers to their robot devices.

What You Will Do

• Assess new cloud designs and mobile app feature changes for potential security vulnerabilities.
• Evaluate production and test builds of cloud services and mobile applications for adherence to security best practices.
• Develop guidelines for security of products based on industry standards.
• Triage reported vulnerabilities from the field across a spectrum of sources and determine impact, priority, and risk.
• Design and build secure cloud services that centralize critical security functionality.
• Implement test frameworks for automated security validation testing of cloud and mobile deployments.
• Work with the latest SAST/DAST tooling, AI‑powered and traditional, to evaluate and report on flaws and vulnerabilities to the development teams.
• Ensure the components meet the regulatory needs of every market within which iRobot products are sold.
• Engage third‑party and AI services for penetration testing, red team exercises, threat modeling, and more.

To Be Successful You Will Have

• 7+ years designing, building, and deploying AWS‑based managed service infrastructure, with at least 2 years as a security champion within a development team.
• Extensive knowledge and practical experience designing, building, and deploying secure serverless, API‑based services with a deep understanding of the standard call flow of managed service architecture: Gateway to Work Process to Storage to Access.
• Deep knowledge of authentication protocols and technologies, including IAM, SSO, OAuth 2.0, and RBAC.
• Experience building mobile apps for iOS and Android, with a deep understanding of the security best practices of each platform.
• Understanding of, and alignment with, OWASP standards and best practices, including the OWASP Top Ten lists.
• Strong understanding of AWS policy hierarchy, and practical knowledge of Organizations, SCPs, IAM, et al.
• Python and Node/JavaScript proficiency.
• Practical experience constructing architecture risk assessments and leveraging standard security tooling to build empirical evidence in support of those assessments.
• Preferred: experience at a consumer product company.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship of any additional employment visas at this time.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law. iRobot is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or accommodation while seeking employment, please send an email to: [e-mail].