Introduction
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.The responsibilities will require a mix of partnering with development teams to assess new designs for potential security issues, and designing and building centralized security services, test frameworks, and integrated testing tools for use in automated build pipelines.
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 callflow 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
- 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.
Skills Required
- 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 experience designing, building and deploying secure serverless, API-based services (Gateway -> Work Process -> Storage -> 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 strong understanding of platform security best practices
- Understanding of and alignment with OWASP standards and OWASP Top Ten
- Strong understanding of AWS policy hierarchy and practical knowledge of Organizations, SCPs, IAM
- Proficiency in Python and Node/JavaScript
- Practical experience constructing architecture risk assessments and leveraging standard security tooling to produce empirical evidence
- Experience with SAST/DAST tooling and AI-powered security evaluation tools
- Authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.; employer cannot sponsor visas
- Experience at a consumer product company
What We Do
iRobot®, the leading global consumer robot company, designs and builds robots that empower people to do more both inside and outside of the home. iRobot created the home robot cleaning category with the introduction of its Roomba® Robot Vacuum in 2002. Today, iRobot is a global enterprise that has sold more than 31 million robots worldwide. iRobot's product line, including the Roomba and the Braava® family of mopping robots, feature proprietary technologies and advanced concepts in cleaning, mapping and navigation. iRobot engineers are building an ecosystem of robots and technologies to enable the smart home. iRobot stands firmly against racial discrimination and social injustice. At our company, everyone has a voice and we are committed to equality, inclusiveness, respect and kindness. 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 characteristic 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 an accommodation while seeking employment, please send an email to: [email protected].








