Senior Application Security Engineer – Remote & AI-Driven

Jobgether; South Africa; À distance; ZAR 2 915 000 - 3 952 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Fully remote work

AI-powered tooling

Technical autonomy

Résumé du poste

Jobgether is listing a Staff Application Security Engineer role in South Africa. You will design and scale a dedicated security function, combining hands‑on software engineering with security expertise to secure APIs, SDKs, and cloud systems.

You will drive threat modeling, automated remediation, and secure coding practices, while integrating AI‑powered tools to improve testing and security measurements at scale.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software or security engineering with focus on application security.
• Hands-on implementation over consulting or auditing.
• Strong coding in TypeScript/JavaScript/Go/Python.
• Deep knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and API security.

Responsabilités

• Design secure SDLC with threat modeling and pre‑release testing.
• Own and improve SAST/DAST, SCA, secrets detection and container scanning.
• Integrate security tooling into CI/CD with clear ownership and SLAs.
• Lead AI‑first security approach with AI-assisted triage and remediation.
• Build secure defaults and reusable security libraries.
• Lead threat modeling and security reviews for new products and changes.
• Manage vulnerability triage, remediation, and risk across findings.

Connaissances

Threat modeling

Security reviews

CI/CD integration

Manual testing

Secure coding

Security tooling

TypeScript

JavaScript

Go

Python

Outils

SAST

DAST

SCA

Secrets detection

Container scanning

IaC scanning

Description du poste

Jobgether is listing a Staff Application Security Engineer role in South Africa. You will design and scale a dedicated security function, combining hands‑on software engineering with security expertise to secure APIs, SDKs, and cloud systems.

You will drive threat modeling, automated remediation, and secure coding practices, while integrating AI‑powered tools to improve testing and security measurements at scale.