# Senior Software Engineer, Security

**Company:** [NexHealth](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/nexhealth)
**Location:** Seattle, WA, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $165k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, Go, Java, Oauth 2.0, Jwt, RBAC, Owasp Top 10, AWS, GCP, SAST, DAST, CI/CD
**Posted:** 2026-04-22

> Builds and secures backend systems for APIs, EHR integrations, and payments infrastructure. Leads threat modeling, vulnerability remediation, and security tooling integration in AWS/Google Cloud environments. Requires 5+ years engineering with security focus.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do

- Design and build secure systems across our APIs, EHR integrations, payments infrastructure, and SaaS products
- Lead threat modeling and security design reviews for new features — embedded in the development process, not bolted on at the end
- Identify and remediate vulnerabilities in application code, dependencies, and infrastructure
- Improve authentication, authorization, and access control systems across our platform (OAuth, RBAC, service-to-service auth)
- Integrate and maintain security tooling in our CI/CD pipelines — SAST, DAST, dependency scanning
- Contribute to secure coding standards, internal libraries, and developer-facing security frameworks
- Support HIPAA and SOC 2 compliance through strong system design and documentation
- Help raise the security bar across the engineering org through code reviews, education, and pairing with developers

## What You’ll Bring

- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with 1–3+ years focused on application or product security
- Experience building and securing backend systems in **Python**, **Go**, **Java**, or similar languages
- Solid understanding of common vulnerabilities and mitigations (**OWASP Top 10** and beyond)
- Hands-on experience securing APIs and implementing authentication/authorization systems (**OAuth 2.0**, **JWT**, **RBAC**)
- Experience working in cloud environments — we run on **AWS** and **Google Cloud**
- Familiarity with security tooling: **SAST**, **DAST**, dependency scanning
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

## Compensation

Base salary: **$165,000—$230,000 USD**

**Benefits:**
- Full Medical, Dental, and Vision (up to 100% covered)
- 401K and commuter benefits
- Flexible PTO

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