Product Security Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Mexico.

📋 Description

• Collaborate closely with engineering teams to enhance architecture, validate new features, and prioritize security investments while maintaining engineering velocity.

• Contribute to establishing secure defaults, libraries, and streamlined practices that systematically eliminate entire classes of vulnerabilities.

• Optimize security tools such as SAST, DAST, SCA, and secret scanning to minimize distractions and concentrate on crucial issues.

• Ensure that Bugcrowd’s bug bounty program serves as a benchmark for other clients.

• Explore innovative methods to harness the creativity of the crowd.

• Provide insights on new platform features to both engineering and product teams.

• Spearhead cross-functional product security initiatives from initial scoping through to final delivery.

• Shape product and engineering roadmaps while effectively communicating risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Leverage code and automation to enhance coverage and eliminate repetitive tasks.

• Develop systems founded on incentives and accountability instead of bureaucratic procedures.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in product security, application security, or secure software development.

• Proficient in reviewing code, automating tasks, and creating security tools using at least one modern programming language, such as Python, Go, Ruby, or Java.

• Practical experience with threat modeling, secure code review, and automated testing (SAST, DAST, SCA).

• Strong understanding of common vulnerability classes, including the OWASP Top 10.

• Proven ability to manage projects and influence cross-functional collaborators across engineering, DevOps, and product teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Capability to fulfill all physical job requirements with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for 50% of the time.

• Must be capable of carrying or moving a laptop as necessary throughout the workday.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work-from-home opportunity, 100% of the time.

• Reasonable accommodations available for qualified individuals with disabilities.

• Comprehensive benefits and privileges of employment (specific benefits not listed).