# Product Security Engineer

**Company:** [Applied Intuition](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/applied-intuition)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $125k – $160k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, TypeScript, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, Burp Suite, Owasp Zap, SAST, DAST, CI/CD, Sast Tooling, Dast Tooling
**Posted:** 2026-04-21

> Embeds security into product design and development lifecycle by analyzing architectures, conducting threat modeling and assessments, maturing vulnerability management, and guiding developers on secure practices. Requires 5+ years in product/application security with expertise in cloud, containers, and automation tools.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Analyze applications and system architectures from inception to release, identify vulnerabilities, integrate security controls, conduct architecture reviews and threat modeling.
- Conduct regular security assessments and utilize AI-assisted testing on products and systems to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
- Assist in maturing vulnerability management program and drive risk-contextualized resolutions, collaborating with development teams.
- Provide continuous guidance and education to developers on secure coding practices, emerging threats, and security best practices.
- Collaborate with incident response teams on security incidents impacting product operations and create remediation suggestions.
- Work with software engineers to mature automated **SAST** and **DAST** tooling to secure development frameworks and **CI/CD** pipelines.

## Requirements
- **5+ years** of experience as a Security Engineer, Application Security Engineer, or Product Security Engineer in a highly complex, rapidly scaling software organization.
- Proficiency in modern programming languages (**Python**, **TypeScript**, etc.), security tools (**Burp Suite**, **OWASP ZAP**), modern security protocols and encryption methods.
- Implemented **AI** to identify, validate, and scale security programs.
- Deep knowledge of **container security (Kubernetes)**, compute constraints, securing ephemeral workloads across **AWS**, **GCP**, **Azure**, and on-premises environments.
- Hands-on experience deploying, tuning, and automating **SAST**, **DAST**, and **CI/CD** pipeline security tools.
- Experience configuring and driving remediation through cloud security platforms.
- Proven experience securing large-scale platform migrations and managing security lifecycles of legacy systems and modern microservices.

## Nice to Haves
- Experience in autonomous vehicle, automotive, aerospace, or defense sectors.
- Familiarity with physics-based simulation environments, deterministic computing constraints, or **HPC** clusters.
- Contributions to open-source security tools, published vulnerability research, or **CVEs**.

## Compensation
- Base salary: **$125,000 - $160,000 USD** annually.
- Includes equity, comprehensive health/dental/vision/life/disability insurance, **401k** with employer match, learning/wellness stipends, paid time off.

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