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Job Summary:
WRITER is seeking an Application Security Engineer with deep expertise in AppSec, DevSecOps automation, and red team operations to secure their AI and AGI applications. The role involves building security into CI/CD workflows, conducting penetration testing, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to safeguard AI solutions.
Responsibilities:
• Embed security in the build pipeline — Own pre-deployment application security, including automated vulnerability scanning, container scanning, and custom security gates in CI/CD.
• Conduct advanced application penetration testing — Perform comprehensive testing on AI applications, APIs, and model endpoints, simulating adversarial attacks to validate controls.
• Automate security testing at scale — Develop scripts, tools, and frameworks for continuous security assessment, including SAST, DAST, and SCA integration.
• Lead application-layer red team exercises — Plan and execute engagements that mimic sophisticated adversary techniques targeting AI systems.
• Hunt and validate vulnerabilities — Discover, reproduce, and chain vulnerabilities into realistic attack paths, providing actionable remediation guidance.
• Advise on security architecture — Review designs for weaknesses, create secure patterns, and identify systemic issues across applications.
• Collaborate across boundaries — Partner with Cloud/Infrastructure on deployment/runtime security, AI Security on threat modeling, and Detection & Response on defensive validation.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 8+ years in application security, with a strong focus on hands-on testing.
• 5+ years conducting penetration tests and security assessments.
• Proven record of finding and exploiting critical vulnerabilities.
• Deep experience integrating security into DevOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong programming skills for exploit development and security automation.
• Expertise in web application and API security, including cloud-native architectures.
• Proficient with penetration testing tools (e.g., Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, custom scripts).
• Skilled in SAST, DAST, and SCA tools.
• Strong understanding of application-layer attack techniques and exploitation.
• Experience with supply chain security and build pipeline hardening.
• Demonstrated ability to identify vulnerabilities others miss.
• Proven track record of automating security testing in fast-paced development cycles.
• Ability to translate red team findings into concrete defensive measures.
• History of effective collaboration with engineering teams.
Preferred:
• Background in software development or DevOps.
• Security certifications such as OSCP, OSWE, or GWAPT.
• Published security research or CVEs.
• Experience with purple team operations.
Company:
Writer is a software firm that develops a full-stack generative AI platform delivering transformative ROI for enterprises. Founded in 2020, headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, team size 201-500 employees, currently Growth Stage. WRITER has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.
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