The Role
At ASAPP, our mission is simple: deliver the best AI-powered customer experience—faster than anyone else. To achieve that, we’re guided by principles that shape how we think, build, and execute. We value customer obsession, purposeful speed, ownership, and a relentless focus on outcomes. We work in tight, skilled teams, prioritize clarity over complexity, and continuously evolve through curiosity, data, and craftsmanship.
We're seeking technologists and problem solvers who thrive in fast-paced environments, love collaborating with great talent, and approach every day like it’s Day 1. We're a globally diverse team with hubs in New York City, Mountain View, Latin America, and India—embracing both hybrid and remote work to bring the best minds together, wherever they are. If you're driven by continuous learning, rapid pivots, and the challenges of building in a high-growth startup, we’d love to talk. This is more than a job—it’s a journey.
What you’ll do
- Embedded with Product Engineering, Product Managers, and Architects to ensure alignment and effective collaboration with a goal: Secure ASAPP products and underlying infrastructure
- Gain domain expertise: Deep understanding of ASAPP product portfolio and can represent them from security perspective
- Understand customer data flows and data protection requirements
- Ensure adherence to security best practices for custom software, open-source software (OSS), and APIs.
- Ensure security across the entire SDLC process, including CI/CD tooling automation, container security, vulnerability management, design reviews, and internal application-pentest for new services and enhancements
- Threat modeling product design along with product engineering team
- Collaborate with key lines of business and engineering teams
- Act as a Security Champion
- Participate in the security incident detection and response process
What you’ll need
- 5+ years of experience in securing applications on cloud-native environments and distributed systems, identifying and implementing security controls
- Background in offensive security, security testing, and security architecture
- Deep understanding of cloud-based (AWS and GCP mainly) infrastructure and security technologies
- Familiar with container ecosystems (docker, k8s, helm), and security best practices
- Proficient in at least one high-level programming language (Python, Goland)
- Experience designing and documenting security solutions architecture
- Strong interpersonal, verbal and writing communication skills as well as a strong sense of ownership and accountability
What we’d like to see
- B.S. in Computer Science or related field - or equivalent experience
- Experience implementing security (GHAS, etc) into CI/CD tools such as Codefresh, ArgoCD, GitlabCI among others
- Deep understanding of cloud-native solutions, concepts and good practices and IaC (Terraform)
- Experience running end to end vulnerability management across applications and cloud infrastructure
- Familiar with encryption and secrets management technologies (Hashicorp Vault, AWS KMS, symmetric and asymmetric encryption)
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Stock options
- Prudent Life Insurance
- Free Lunch and Dinner
- Connectivity (mobile phone & internet) stipend
- Wellness perks
- Mac equipment
- Learning & development stipend
- Parental leave, including 6 weeks of paternity leave
ASAPP is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. If you have a disability and need assistance with our employment application process, please email us at [email protected] to obtain assistance.
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The Company
What We Do
Our artificial intelligence and machine learning products deliver automation and human augmentation, allowing individuals and organizations to realize their full potential. Today, the world's largest organizations rely on ASAPP to provide amazingly efficient and effective customer experiences. Our Research & Development team is unparalleled, driving the advancement of AI, machine learning, speech recognition, robotic process automation, natural language processing and more.
