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Application Security Engineer

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You will review source code, smart contracts, and protocol changes to identify and mitigate security risks. You will conduct threat modeling and architecture reviews, manage bug bounty reports, coordinate third-party audits, build security automation, research relevant attacks, and support application-layer incident investigations.

Responsibilities

  • Perform security reviews of source code, smart contracts, and protocol changes
  • Participate in design and architecture reviews and threat-model new products and features
  • Triage and validate bug bounty reports, assess severity, and coordinate remediation
  • Scope external security audits and work with third-party auditors to resolve findings
  • Build and operate security automation for code review, scanning, and findings triage
  • Research EVM, bridge, and peer-to-peer attack techniques and implement defenses
  • Support application-layer incident investigations

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in Application Security or Security Engineering
  • Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and secure code review in Java
  • Knowledge of at least one of TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, or Rust
  • Hands-on blockchain security experience, including Solidity/EVM smart contract auditing or protocol/node-level security
  • Experience with security automation, AI-assisted workflows, SAST/DAST, dependency scanning, secret scanning, and CI/CD security gates
  • Fluent English
  • Background and reference checks to validate experience, qualifications, location, and professional history

Benefits

  • 100% remote work
  • Access to global coworking spaces
  • Paid vacation
  • Paid sick leave

Skills

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