# Senior Product Security Engineer II

**Company:** [Instacart](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/instacart)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $192k – $243k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Penetration Testing, Mobile App Security, Cloud Security, Ai Security, Threat Modeling, Security Architecture, Security Assessments, Sdlc Integration, Vulnerability Remediation, Security Tooling
**Posted:** 2026-06-18

> Senior security engineer focused on offensive security testing, penetration testing, and scaling security practices across Instacart's product suite. Requires 7+ years in security engineering or pentesting with experience in mobile, cloud, or AI security.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and conduct offensive security operations / engagements for product and internal tools across Instacart
- Deploy and operationalize a variety of open-source and commercially available security tools that can scale out and be maintained long term
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering and product, to integrate security testing into their SDLC cycle
- Share knowledge and mentor other team members, promoting a culture of continuous learning and growth

## Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in Security Engineering or Penetration Testing, demonstrating a strong grasp of product security concepts and principles
- Experience in mobile app penetration testing, AI security testing or cloud penetration testing
- Experience with threat modeling, security assessments, product security concepts, and security architecture reviews
- Ability to make data-driven decisions & prioritize initiatives that improve key security metrics
- Ability to balance a sense of urgency with shipping high-quality and pragmatic solutions
- Solid self-management and organizational skills
- In-depth knowledge of the best remediation techniques for different application vulnerabilities and the ability to explain them to product teams
- Ability to create written work products and detailed technical documents to work effectively with cross-functional teams and drive alignment on security objectives and plans

## Nice-to-Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or related work experience
- Bug bounty research experience

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