Application Security Engineer

Kodiak was founded in April 2018 to develop autonomous technology that carries freight forward—so people, partners, and the planet thrive. Navigating highway environments presents vastly different challenges than urban streets. Kodiak’s experienced team has developed the industry’s most advanced technology stack purpose-built specifically for long-haul trucks. From our sensor fusion system that maximizes the value of every sensing modality, to our unique lightweight mapping solution that allows our trucks to navigate ever-changing highway construction zones, our world-class team of industry pioneers is bringing the benefits of autonomy to the $800B a year trucking industry quickly, safely, and efficiently.
We are looking for a highly skilled Application Security Engineer to join us and solve real-world security problems designing, building and monitoring our Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC) process in the autonomous vehicle / robotics space.

In this role, you will:

• Working in partnership with our software development teams, be responsible for designing, building, maintaining and monitoring our end to end Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC) process.
• Integrate our cryptographic signing and encryption process into the software build mechanism.
• Ensure that every step of our SSDLC process follows security best practices. 
• Be responsible for codifying and monitoring adherence to secure coding principles.
• Aid in testing the application against security risks/parameters before release.
• Collaborate closely with other security experts on the team.
• Collaborate with our hardware and software teams to provide secure design and implementation patterns.

Qualifications:

• Strong technical security background. BS, MS or PhD with industry experience in designing and implementing SSDLCs. You are a skilled software engineer with strong problem-solving skills. You are passionate about solving real-world security problems.
• Familiar with cryptographic signing and encryption principles as part of our secure build, remote update and boot processes 
• A team player. You take ownership and work with the team to deliver exceptional results. You are interested in the performance of the entire system across engineering disciplines.
• Ability to build and iterate quickly. You enjoy working fast and smart, and you are comfortable in the earlier stages of developing a process from scratch.
• Hands on. You are not only passionate about security but also experienced building and maintaining similar software build systems.
• Great communicator. You have experience writing clear, concise, and detailed documentation.

Benefits:

• A place with big goals that we trust we can achieve.
• A fast paced environment where we work with talented, committed and supportive teammates.
• Equity and competitive pay. Every employee is a stakeholder in Kodiak’s success.
• Excellent medical, dental and vision benefits.  
• Flexible PTO and generous parental leave policies.
• A beautiful facility in Mountain View.
• We love our dogs, so we are a dog friendly office!
• Free catered Lunch

At Kodiak, we strive to build a diverse community working towards our common company goals in a safe and collaborative environment where harassment of any kind is strictly prohibited. Kodiak is committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.