Senior Application Security Engineer

Posted 5 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in Austin, TX
Remote
Hybrid
168K-187K Annually
5-7 Years Experience
Information Technology • Security • Cybersecurity
Helping Build a Better Internet
The Role
The Senior Application Security Engineer at Cloudflare is responsible for securing Cloudflare products and platforms, conducting threat modeling, code reviews, and security testing, contributing to security architecture and design, and building secure frameworks and tools for engineering teams. The role requires experience in securing large scale distributed systems, penetration testing, strong programming skills in Python, Golang, Rust, Bash, and effective communication with remote teams.
Summary Generated by Built In

Available Locations: Austin, New York, San Francisco, and Washington DC.
About the Department
The Security team at Cloudflare is focused and committed to helping secure both Cloudflare and our customers. The Application and Product Security team at Cloudflare is focused on and committed to securing both Cloudflare and our customers. The Application & Product Security team is responsible for keeping our products, and platforms secure.
What you'll do
We are looking for a Security Engineer to help us in our mission to build a better internet. Part engineer, part hacker, you will work with our engineering and security teams to build solutions for .

  • Work with engineering teams to help secure Cloudflare products and platforms
  • Assess products and new feature releases through threat modeling, code review and security testing. Also provide guidance on effective countermeasures
  • Contribute to security architecture/design and assist in building and rolling out processes for secure code development and deployment
  • Build secure frameworks & libraries that engineering teams can use at scale
  • Build internal security tools and automate processes that help fix security problems at a massive scale.
  • Managing and prioritizing multiple tasks in accordance with high level objectives


Key skill sets and Knowledge
Security engineers take part in a wide variety of tasks and projects on the team. One individual is not expected to know everything, but a working knowledge in several of the following areas is required:

  • Experience in securing large scale distributed systems
  • Experience in designing, building and implementing systems
  • Experience in assessing the security posture of systems/services
  • Experience in penetration testing and providing mitigating controls
  • Strong engineering background and programming experience (Python, Golang, Rust, Bash, etc.)
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work with remote teams
  • Results and goal-oriented


Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location and level.

  • Estimated annual salary for Texas based hires $168,000 - $187,000 USD


Equity
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan.
Benefits
Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.
Health & Welfare Benefits

  • Medical/Rx Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Commuter Spending Accounts
  • Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
  • On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
  • Global Travel Medical Insurance


Financial Benefits

  • Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
  • Life & Accident Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
  • Employee Stock Participation Plan


Time Off

  • Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
  • Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave

Top Skills

Bash
Go
Python
Rust
The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
3,300 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2010

What We Do

Cloudflare, Inc. is on a mission to help build a better Internet. Cloudflare’s suite of products protect and accelerate any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare have all web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was awarded by Reuters Events for Global Responsible Business in 2020, named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2021, and ranked among Newsweek's Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces in 2022.

Why Work With Us

Cloudflare employees come from all walks of life. Our team is energized by a collaborative, creative environment that celebrates our differences and fosters new ways to grow together.

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