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Staff Application Security Engineer

3 weeks, 2 days ago
Remote
Full-time
Lead
Application Security Engineer
Cybersecurity
AWS CI/CD GCP Secrets Management
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Thumbtack

Thumbtack

Thumbtack is a platform that connects individuals with local professionals for a wide range of services, from house painting to personal training. By answering a few questions, users receive quotes from qualified professionals, making it easy to compar...

Construction & Engineering
1K-5K
Founded 2009
$698M raised
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Description

  • Own the long-term technical direction for application security across Thumbtack and drive remediation of systemic security risks.
  • Build prioritized security roadmaps and lead large, cross-functional security initiatives from problem definition through delivery.
  • Design secure-by-default architectures, standards, and paved paths for engineering teams.
  • Design and implement shared security tooling, libraries, patterns, and services that help teams ship safely and quickly.
  • Embed security into CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and developer workflows.
  • Partner with engineering and product leaders to prioritize security investments based on risk, impact, and business goals.
  • Lead application security design reviews, architectural discussions, and threat modeling for critical systems.
  • Contribute code, reviews, and designs to address complex or novel security risks.
  • Mentor engineers and help raise the overall security bar across the organization.
  • Support security incident response and drive learning through post-incident analysis.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering and application security.
  • Strong understanding of secure coding practices and application security frameworks.
  • Deep expertise in secure system design and architecture.
  • Experience with modern application security tools, patterns, and practices, including threat modeling, secure design patterns, authentication and authorization, secrets management, and vulnerability discovery and remediation workflows.
  • Strong experience securing modern cloud-native systems, especially AWS and/or GCP.
  • Proven track record leading large, cross-functional technical initiatives with sustained impact.
  • Strong product intuition and analytical, risk-informed thinking with the ability to balance risk, velocity, and maintainability.
  • Strong sense of ownership and accountability, with the ability to mentor others and drive organization-wide improvements.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to influence without authority.
  • Experience with AI-powered features or systems is relevant to the company context (preferred).

Benefits

  • Remote-first work arrangement (#LI-Remote).
  • Expected salary range of $221,000 to $286,000 for candidates living in Ontario and British Columbia.
  • Hiring decisions are made by recruiters using human judgment, with AI tools used only to support resume screening.
  • Equal opportunity employer with commitment to diversity and inclusive hiring.
  • Reasonable accommodation available for applicants with disabilities during the application process.

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