Application Security Engineer

Full-time - Mid Level

Seattle, WA

501-1,000 employees

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Application Security Engineer at Palantir Technologies plays a crucial role in ensuring the security of the company's software products. This position involves conducting comprehensive security reviews, collaborating with engineering teams, and implementing strategic security initiatives to protect mission-critical information from advanced threats. The engineer will be hands-on, working on vulnerability identification, architecture design, and driving security improvements across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Perform deep architecture and security reviews on highly complex products to identify vulnerabilities
• Lead engineering teams in feature design, threat modeling, and security-critical code and architecture
• Develop and implement automation to eliminate entire classes of weaknesses across the organization
• Drive decision-making by determining the tradeoffs between security and product design
• Lead implementation of strategic security initiatives that improve security across Palantir

Requirements

• Development or software engineering experience and a deep passion for information security
• Experience with a modern high-level programming language (e.g. Java, Golang, Javascript, Python, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience evaluating code for vulnerabilities
• Strong communication and collaboration skills who feels comfortable working closely with engineering teams
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly and in complex deployments

Nice-to-haves

• Self motivated, experience in solving complex problems
• History and experience designing and shipping production-ready software

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• 401k retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities