Bold Penguin is the premier digital broker for commercial insurance. As a Senior Application Security Engineer, you will strengthen the security of applications, identify and remediate vulnerabilities, and promote secure development practices while collaborating with development and infrastructure teams.

Responsibilities:

Identify, triage, and remediate application vulnerabilities directly in the code — writing the fix and shepherding it through review and deployment with the owning team, not just filing tickets
Validate and reproduce findings to eliminate false positives, assess real exploitability and business impact, and drive remediation to closure against defined SLAs
Operate, tune, and continuously improve application security tooling (SAST, DAST, software composition analysis and dependency scanning, secrets scanning, and container/image scanning), integrating findings into developer workflows
Embed security into CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows so vulnerabilities are caught automatically — and, wherever possible, fixed — before code reaches production
Partner with development teams to define and roll out secure coding standards and pre-commit / pre-merge checks, shifting security left so issues are caught and fixed before code is committed
Lead threat modeling for new features and architecture changes, and perform security-focused code reviews for sensitive changes
Maintain application security standards (OWASP Top 10 prevention, input validation and output encoding, parameterized queries, secure-by-default design) and enforce secure API practices
Strengthen software supply chain and repository security
Maintain compliance with industry-standard frameworks and produce evidence for audits (SOC 2, NYDFS, and PCI DSS)
Coach developers through hands-on enablement and a security champions program, and provide application security expertise during incident response
Lead security projects independently, delivering them on time while aligning with business and security goals
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or relevant work experience
Minimum of 4-6 years of practical experience in application security, secure software engineering or software engineering with a strong security focus
Current, hands-on development ability in one or more languages used in modern web platforms (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or Java) — you can read, write, and ship production code to fix vulnerabilities, not just describe them
Deep, practical knowledge of the OWASP Top 10, common web and API vulnerability classes, and secure coding practices
Hands-on experience with application security tooling categories — SAST, DAST, SCA / dependency scanning, and secrets scanning — and integrating them into developer workflows
Experience performing threat modeling and security-focused code reviews
Working knowledge of application security in a cloud environment (AWS preferred)
Strong collaboration and communication skills — you can influence developers, explain remediation clearly, and make security the easy choice
Relevant certifications such as OSWE, GWAPT, CSSLP, OSCP, or AWS Certified Security - Specialty
Experience with multi-account cloud setups or advanced cloud security architectures
Experience with container and Kubernetes security, and Infrastructure-as-Code security (e.g., Terraform)
Experience working in a regulated environment (SOC 2, PCI DSS, NYDFS, or similar)
Bug bounty participation, security research, CTF, or other offensive-security experience
Background in InsurTech, FinTech, or another data-sensitive industry

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