Hiring: Senior Application Security Engineer Company: Starburst Location: Boston, MA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 15:29:22 Target Skills & Keywords : DAST, Iceberg, Penetration Testing, SAST, SCA, SaaS About the job Experience: •5-7 years of experience in application security, product security, software engineering with a security focus, or a related technical role. •7 years of experience in application security, product security, software engineering with a security focus, or a related technical role. Required Skills: •If you want to make products secure by design rather than chase what's already broken, own a program end to end, and use AI to build defensive tools, this is your opportunity. You'll work closely with Engineering, Product, and the field. •Own and mature the Application Security program, moving it from established practice to measurable, automated, and scaled across a large engineering organization. •Shift security left into the SDLC, embedding secure-by-default patterns, guardrails, threat modeling, and automated checks into design and development (including for AI-assisted development) so issues are prevented rather than found late. •Build autonomous red-teaming and threat hunting against our own products, using AI and automation to continuously probe for weaknesses instead of relying on point-in-time testing. •Own vulnerability management for everything we ship across our self-managed enterprise platform and SaaS product — container images, third-party dependencies, and first-party code — automating detection, triage, and routing, and advancing remediation through reachability/exploitability analysis and attack-surface reduction. •Own application and supply chain security tooling (SAST, SCA, DAST, container scanning), plus third-party penetration testing and the Vulnerability Disclosure Program. •Be the security voice with customers and leadership, working directly with enterprise customers on posture and assurance, and reporting on product security in executive, customer, and audit conversations. •5-7 years of experience in application security, product security, software engineering with a security focus, or a related technical role. Qualifications: •Some Of The Things We Look For Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or equivalent practical experience. Compensation: •$175,000 - $215,000 / year •This includes a variety of benefits like competitive pay, attractive stock grants, flexible paid time off, and more Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!