Software Engineer - Application Security Platform

About The Job

As an Application Security Platform SWE, you will be a member of the Platform & Infrastructure Foundation team who is responsible for architecting and developing standardized common services and components of Abnormal infrastructure to enforce Security & Privacy by design. You will work across all engineering teams to advocate for Security & Privacy best practices while building the necessary toolings and guardrails to ensure systems and processes are fully authenticated, verified, authorized, and audited.

About You

You are a software engineer with a solid understanding of Security & Privacy best practices.

You have developed a strong mental model on how to build secure systems and processes.

You will own foundational Platform components that must be secure, highly available, and scalable to support all Abnormal services. 

You are experienced in collaborating with the CISO organization to strike the right balance between Security & Privacy best practices, engineering productivity, and infrastructure cost.

You will be the leading voice advocating for Security & Privacy best practices across the engineering organization and influencing system architectural designs and roadmaps.

This role is a good fit for

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor in Computer Science or equivalent with knowledge or interest in Security & Privacy.
• Experienced with system design and infrastructure.
• Experienced with Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) applications.
• Experienced with mentoring other engineers on solving technical problems.
• Align with our VOICE principles: Velocity, Ownership, Intellectual honesty, Customer obsession, Excellence with strong emphasis on Ownership and Excellence.

Preferred qualifications

• Proven track record of leading projects and delivering high quality software.
• Ability to differentiate must-have versus nice-to-have Security & Privacy requirements.
• Experienced with Authentication & Authorization problem space, best practices, and the related technologies (OAuth, SSO, mTLS, JWT, SPIFFE/SPIRE).
• Understanding of Personal Identifiable Information (PII) and best practices to protect PII data.
• Knowledge of encryption algorithms (symmetric vs asymmetric) and their applications is a plus.

This role is not a good fit for

• Engineers who define themselves as operations, system administrators, but not software engineers.
• Software Engineers who lack understanding of secure coding and defensive programming.
• Software Engineers with the mindset of “asking for forgiveness instead of permissions.” 

About Abnormal Security

We’re the world’s fastest-growing cybersecurity company, dedicated to making the world a safer place, one inbox at a time. Through applying ML, AI, and behavioral data science to the cybersecurity space, we’re leading the charge on protecting the modern workplace from all types of attacks. We operate from a customer-obsessed mindset, dedicated to creating a best-in-class product that delivers on its promise, and our customers love us for it. 

We take the same approach with our team as we do with our customers. We’re committed to designing an employee experience that provides interesting and challenging problems to work on in a supportive, low-ego environment. Our seasoned, successful leadership team is passionate about providing endless opportunities for every team member to learn and grow, and our entire company is committed to being 1% better every day. With 4.9 stars on Glassdoor and several recently announced workplace awards, our team thinks it’s going pretty well so far!

We know that it’s our team that makes us successful - and we’re just getting started! You can read more about our Engineering team here.

Our Values

Far from gathering dust in some forgotten corner, our values serve as our operating principles for every team member. We clearly define what values drive us, so our entire team works from the same foundation and understanding. From the CEO to the interns, all of us are held accountable to our VOICE Framework.

Our Benefits

Taking care of our team goes beyond the office. Our compensation and benefits philosophy is designed to put attract, motivate, and retain top talent:

Compensation targeted to the 75th percentile (for both base salary and equity)

If we want top performers to join and stay with us, we need to pay accordingly. We pay at the 75th percentile (for both base salary and equity) of our competitive market, and we benchmark to higher cost of living cities (such as San Francisco and New York) no matter where our team members live. We standardize our pay, meaning we pay for the role and level, not for any particular individual’s ability to interview or negotiate well.

Equity is an important part of our total comp strategy

When the company does well, we all do well. Equity is an important and exciting part of our total compensation strategy as a pre-IPO startup. We’re guided by the belief our team members should share in the financial success of our company and grant equity accordingly.

Unlimited PTO

All regular salaried team members enjoy unlimited PTO. We want team members to grow with us and a big part of that is making sure our team has the opportunity to rest and recharge. We also observe 12 holidays every year.

100% of healthcare premium costs covered

Taking care of our team goes beyond the office. We cover 100% of employee health care premium costs. If adding dependents, we contribute 75% of the health care premium cost, so you can be sure that you and your family are in the best possible health.

Remote-first 

Operating as a remote-first company means we get to work with talented folks, no matter where they live. We prioritize a balance of deep focus time with Zoom meetings, and regular in-person events.

As a fast growing startup, we continuously review, improve, and personalize our benefits offerings based on the team’s input. Don’t see something that’s important to you? Let us know!

Our Interview Process

We value transparency at Abnormal, and our interview process is no exception. You can read more about our interview process here.

Next Steps

If this job feels like something that’s a good fit for you, please apply via the link below. We can’t wait to meet you!

INCLUSION MATTERS: Abnormal Security is committed to creating a diverse work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.