Starburst
Senior Application Security Engineer
$175K–$215K
Boston, MA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 25, 2026
- Location
- Boston, MA
Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Experience
- 5–7 years in application security, product security, software engineering with a security focus, or a related technical role.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Own and scale Starburst’s application and product security program by embedding security into development, automating testing and vulnerability management, and advising customers and leadership.
What you'll do
- Mature the application security program and embed secure-by-default practices, threat modeling, and automated checks into the SDLC.
- Automate red-teaming, threat hunting, vulnerability management, and application and software supply chain security tooling.
- Advise enterprise customers and leadership on product security posture, assurance, and audit matters.
What they ask for
- Deep command of application and product security fundamentals, including assessing exploitability.
- Experience embedding security into the SDLC and scaling security processes adopted by engineering teams.
- Experience managing vulnerabilities in shipped software at scale, including container/image security and JVM dependency and supply chain risk.
- Offensive security experience in red-teaming or threat hunting against products.
Nice to have
- Enterprise B2B software and direct customer security experience, ideally in regulated industries such as financial services.
- Threat modeling distributed systems and data platforms; experience leading and mentoring engineers.
Pay
$175,000 — $215,000 USD (salary range; may include variable compensation such as commission or bonus)
Tools
SAST, SCA, DAST, JVM
AI focus
Use AI and automation to scale defensive security, including autonomous red-teaming and threat hunting, and embed security into AI-assisted development.
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