Senior Software Security Engineer

About the position

We are looking for a talented Security Engineer with deep systems expertise to join our team. You will play a pivotal role in designing, building, and operating large-scale systems that ensure reliable, rapid deployment, robust monitoring, and resilient operations.

Responsibilities

• Help design, monitor, and improve the security of the devices and services in AWS cloud
• Analyze, assess, and respond to various internet threats, interacting directly with the Otter’s engineering community regarding vulnerabilities and threats
• Drive security engineering projects to eliminate attack vectors, harden the product, and enhance monitoring and intrusion detection systems.
• Work with internal teams and external partners to implement security controls to efficiently deliver on security and privacy compliance requirements
• Work with in-house application development teams ensuring that best practices for security are incorporated in the software development life cycle (DAST, SAST, etc.)
• Write scripts and build tools that will be used to detect security issues upfront
• Be a security champion, while balancing developer efficiency with business needs

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience on an internal application or infrastructure security team as a security engineer or related discipline.
• Bachelor's in CS or EE or equivalent practical experience.
• Conducting code review and influencing secure product design.
• Experience working with web and mobile applications security.
• Experience evaluating vulnerabilities and responding to incidents.
• Experience designing and assessing AWS security features.
• Experience with securing DevOps, including securing the delivery pipeline, managing logs, analyzing logs for fraud and attacks, and testing security.
• Proficiency in any programming language (Python, Javascript, Perl, Ruby, etc).
• Knowledge of infra-as-code, e.g. Terraform, Salt, Ansible, etc.
• Technical knowledge of virtual machines, containerization, microservice architecture, AWS, or network security.

Benefits

• Comprehensive total rewards package