Application Security Engineer

Since our start in 2015, we’ve gone from a group of individuals to a community pushing toward the same goal of building a fantastic company with great people, great products, and, most importantly, a great culture. To date, we have grown from a handful of school districts in Arkansas to thousands of school districts across the U.S.

Apptegy is building products to empower school leaders to run better schools. We have the opportunity to help schools as they go through a radical shift in how they operate and to provide great technology to make that transition.

We are growing quickly and are focused on bringing thoughtful, high-performers together to craft an experience for our clients and to make Apptegy a better place than it already is.

Apptegy works with thousands of schools and school districts across the United States. For the past 6 years, we’ve been working to make our technology a breath of fresh air. School leaders, superintendents, and administrators have some of the most stressful and demanding jobs in the world. They are responsible for the safety, well-being, and education of thousands of students. Every day they juggle the roles of politician, disciplinarian, visionary, and accountant.

In short, we are enabling school leaders to brand, market, and strengthen their schools. Amazing events and happenings occur in schools every day and our technology allows that to be shared across web, mobile, social media, and alerts with a single, simple-to-use tool.

-Work with development teams to develop and integrate secure coding practices.

-Perform manual and automated security assessments.

-Develop threat models for our products.

-Manage application security tooling including: SAST, DAST, WAF.

-Collaborate with DevOps and other teams to push a DevSecOps philosophy to further develop a proactive instead of reactive security culture.

-3+ years of experience with a modern programing language.

-3+ years of experience with DAST, SAST or other automated scanning tooling.

-Strong Understanding of OWASP or similar frameworks.

-Experience with protecting web applications hosted in AWS.

We are very interested in candidates who have experience on the following areas of a Security Engineering role:

You should have experience installing and using software, such as firewalls and data encryption programs, to protect sensitive information. You’ve worked with internal teams to help install, maintain, and improve security products and procedures.

While you will have tools at your disposal, you are also expected to have experience in and be prepared to lead testing activities to find vulnerabilities. This will include penetration testing and simulations to predict vulnerabilities and weaknesses.

We expect a lot of our engineers. We’ve been able to build an exceptional team that cares about their work and each other. We are also fortunate to have the opportunity to build products, platforms, and features that empower schools and school leaders to highlight their strengths and give the best opportunities to their students. 

Self-driven & Always Learning: At Apptegy, we believe that the right people are intrinsically motivated. We have built a team of engineers that enjoy learning and take that responsibility seriously. Whether they are starting out on their career or well into their experience, they are still looking to improve on their weaknesses and to use their strengths to help others.

 

In short, they are naturally motivated to do meaningful work and they own their learning experience. 

To quote one experienced engineer that joined Apptegy in 2020, “People here are like some sort of crack squad of commandos. They are running into what needs doing and doing it. They’re more likely to do too much than too little. This is an excellent team.”

An interest in Culture and Code: We reject the stereotype that engineers want to be left alone to work. In our experience, engineers care deeply about culture, empathy, and enjoying the people they work with. Many of our best engineers were as curious about culture as anyone in People or HR would be. 

We have been able to create a high-performing and thoughtful culture across the company and that extends to and is made better by Engineering. That means you get time to do great work and you get to be surrounded by people who care about their work and you.

Speak up: In some companies, engineers have to wait their turn to speak up. You have to have a minimum number of years of experience to have a voice at the table. Or if you’re a senior engineer, you need to hold off until you’ve gained the trust of the veteran engineers. 

At Apptegy, you have a voice from the start. Some of the best ideas have come from junior engineers that see things differently. We want the best ideas to win— no matter who it comes from. And those times when the best idea comes from someone else are an opportunity for you to learn and to increase your learning process.

-You have completed a four-year college degree ideally in Computer Science or similar (or without a technical degree, you have experience building successful products and platforms for 5+ years)

-You have an impressive track record in your academic and work history.

-You have been involved primarily inside Amazon Web Services (AWS) and have worked closely with build and cloud automation tools. 

-You have managed your own workflow and schedule. 

-You do not need someone to guide your day or tell you what to do next.

-You enjoy and have experience presenting or communicating in a professional environment.

-You know how to communicate your ideas 

-You want to learn from and listen to the ideas of other engineers

We take our responsibility as a company seriously and aim to make this the best job that you’ve had (and one that sets you up for future success).

We want your day at work and your time at home to be a joyful experience, that’s why we provide:

- Medical, dental, vision insurance for you and dependents

- Matching 401(k) retirement plan

- Discretionary/flexible paid time off policy

- Parental leave

- Dependent Care FSA

- Annual Travel Stipend

If the challenge of building a rapidly growing startup excites you as much as it does us, we hope that you’ll consider joining us.