Senior Application Security Engineer
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About Upstart
Upstart is the leading AI lending marketplace partnering with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit. By leveraging Upstarts AI marketplace Upstartpowered banks and credit unions can have higher approval rates and lower loss rates across races ages and genders while simultaneously delivering the exceptional digitalfirst lending experience their customers demand. More than 80 of borrowers are approved instantly with zero documentation to upload.
Upstart is a digitalfirst company which means that most Upstarters live and work anywhere in the United States. However we also have offices in San Mateo California; Columbus Ohio; and Austin Texas.
Most Upstarters join us because they connect with our mission of enabling access to effortless credit based on true risk. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Upstart wed love to hear from you!
The Team
Were looking for a Senior Application Security Engineer to join our growing Information Security team. Your primary function will be to work with Upstarts engineering and product management teams to ensure that our product platform is secure safe and reliable.
Youll have the latitude to touch every aspect of our security strategies with the opportunity to specialize as the team grows. As one of the key resources on the Security team you will have significant influence over the design of Upstarts Security program.
Position Location This role is available in the following locations: San Mateo Columbus Austin Remote #LIREMOTE)
Time Zone Requirements This team operates on the East/West Coast time zones.
Travel Requirements This team has regular onsite collaboration sessions. These occur 5 days per Quarter at one of our office locations or some other offsite location determined by your team/manager. If you need to travel to make these meetups Upstart will cover all travel related expenses.
How youll make an impact:
- Work closely with our engineering and data science teams to securely design and implement new products and features including the development and maintenance of threat models for highrisk functionality.
- Set up a regular vulnerability scanning tools and manage remediation of identified issues
- Support teams with vulnerability remediation efforts including the design of remediation strategies.
- Assess the threat model for cloud native infrastructures and applications
- Identify and design companywide security controls and solutions.
- Operate as an integral member of the engineering team and advocate for security best practices across the organization
- Help identify Upstarts internal and external attack surface in a dynamic environment
What were looking for:
Minimum requirements:
- 3 years of experience in an application security or security engineeringfocused role
- An IT/CS degree or equivalent knowledge
- Experience in Java Python or Ruby development
- Knowledge of industry standard authentication and authorization protocols (TLS SAML etc)
- Previous usage or knowledge of SAST/DAST and vulnerability scanners
- Understanding of Full Stack Development SDLC and CI/CD pipelines
- Understanding of network stack and common protocols
- A selfstarter who is comfortable getting handson and engaging in all areas of product security from ideation to deployment.
- Ability to collaborate crossfunctionally and communicate effectively with highly technical teams
Preferred qualifications:
- 7 years of experience in a highsecurity environment
- MS degree or equivalent knowledge
- Certification in IT or cybersecurity (e.g. OSCP OSCE OSWE)
- Experience conducting product/application level security audits penetration tests and security focused code reviews
- AWS K8s and CI/CD pipeline experience
- Contributions to the security industry (e.g. whitepaper security advisories OSS projects patents)
Position Location This role is available in the following locations: Remote San Mateo Columbus Austin
Time Zone Requirements This team operates across all U.S. time zones.
Travel Requirements This team has regular onsite collaboration sessions. These occur 3 days per quarter at an Upstart office. If you need to travel to make these meetups Upstart will cover all travel related expenses.
What youll love:
- Competitive Compensation (base bonus & equity)
- Comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage with Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart
- 401(k) with 100 company match up to $4500 and immediate vesting and aftertax savings
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Life and disability insurance
- Generous holiday vacation sick and safety leave
- Supportive parental family care and military leave programs
- Annual wellness technology & ergonomic reimbursement programs
- Social activities including team events and onsites allcompany updates employee resource groups (ERGs) and other interest groups such as book clubs fitness investing and volunteering
- Catered lunches snacks & drinks when working in offices
At Upstart your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the below range. Your actual base pay will depend on your geographic locationwith our digital first philosophy Upstart uses compensation regions that vary depending on location. Individual pay is also determined by jobrelated skills experience and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
In addition Upstart provides employees with target bonuses equity compensation and generous benefits packages (including medical dental vision and 401k).
Upstart is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to ensuring that underrepresented classes receive better access to affordable credit and are just as committed to embracing diversity and inclusion in our hiring practices. We celebrate all cultures backgrounds perspectives and experiences and know that we can only become better together.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application interviewing completing any preemployment testing or otherwise participating in the employee selection process please email
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