[Remote] Application Security Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Figure is transforming capital markets through blockchain, proving its practical applications in consumer and institutional finance. The Application Security Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the security of software throughout its lifecycle, implementing security solutions, and collaborating with various teams to integrate security practices into workflows.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement end-to-end security solutions, including firewalls, intrusion detection, encryption protocols, security event management, and cloud security controls
• Collaborate with DevOps to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automation and repeatability of secure deployments
• Conduct regular security assessments, threat modeling, and architecture reviews to identify risks and design mitigations
• Lead cross-team initiatives that significantly improve our security posture while balancing speed and innovation
• Mentor engineers on security best practices and build a culture of security by design
• Actively participate in incident response, on-call rotations, and post-incident reviews to continuously improve defenses
• Leverage AI to augment threat hunting, vulnerability scanning, and triage, using it to surface signal faster and reduce manual review load
• Design and build AI agents to perform in-depth testing and analysis of our infrastructure and code
• Improve and run Figure's vulnerability management program including triage, prioritization, tracking remediation, and reporting on risk reduction over time
• Collaborate with DevOps to integrate security gates at various points throughout the software development lifecycle, ensuring automation and repeatability of secure deployments
• Manage third-party penetration tests, including scoping, vendor coordination, and tracking remediation of findings
• Automate sources of toil, such as routine patching or dependency upgrades
• Conduct threat modeling and security reviews for new features and services, partnering with engineering teams early in the design process
• Conduct regular security assessments, threat modeling, and architecture reviews to identify risks and design mitigations
• Lead cross-team initiatives that significantly improve our security posture while balancing speed and innovation
• Actively participate in incident response, on-call rotations, and post-incident reviews to continuously improve defenses
• Hands-on proficiency with AI-assisted security tooling and a practical sense of its strengths and limits
• Adhere to all company security policies and data handling procedures
• Complete mandatory security awareness training within required timeframes
• Promptly report any suspected security incidents or suspicious activity to the Security team

Skills

• Strong background in reading and writing code
• Experience in architecting, designing, and implementing end-to-end security solutions, including firewalls, intrusion detection, encryption protocols, security event management, and cloud security controls
• Experience collaborating with DevOps to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines
• Experience conducting regular security assessments, threat modeling, and architecture reviews
• Experience leading cross-team initiatives to improve security posture
• Experience mentoring engineers on security best practices
• Experience participating in incident response, on-call rotations, and post-incident reviews
• Hands-on proficiency with AI-assisted security tooling
• Ability to adhere to company security policies and data handling procedures
• Ability to complete mandatory security awareness training within required timeframes
• Ability to promptly report any suspected security incidents or suspicious activity

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employees and their dependents on select plans
• Company HSA, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, 401(k), and commuter benefits
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance
• 11 observed holidays and PTO plan
• Up to 12 weeks of paid family leave
• Continuing education reimbursement

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