Application Security Engineer
Job Description
Credit Karma is a mission-driven company, focused on championing financial progress for our more than 110 million members in the U.S., Canada and U.K. While we're best known for pioneering free credit scores, our members turn to us for tips as they work on their financial goals, including helping them monitor their credit, identity monitoring, searching for credit cards, shopping for loans (car, home and personal), and growing their savings* -- all for free. Credit Karma has grown significantly through the years: we've added more than 70 million members in the last five years alone and now have more than 1,100 employees across our offices in Oakland, Charlotte, Los Angeles and London.
*Banking services provided by MVB Bank, Inc., Member FDIC
As an Application Security Engineer, you will primarily focus on offensive security and closely work with architects and engineering teams to guide the implementation of secure practices across different areas like cloud, API, applications and mobile devices. You will identify trends and risks across multiple platforms, and engage with senior leadership to provide action plans and strategy.
What You'll Do:
- Provide security expertise for cloud, web and mobile projects, helping teams meet the enterprise and IT security policies, industry regulations, and best practices.
- Participate in developing runtime analysis capabilities to identify security vulnerabilities with high confidence.
- Ensure the quality of our applications and products by guiding them through the Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) process.
- Advocate, research, develop new tools to support our security patterns and standards.
- Monitor our exposure to, and assess the impact of, new security threats, vulnerabilities and risks.
- Work with security and engineering teams to maintain a security architecture that provides security controls throughout all platforms to mitigate risk, and to meet goals and regulatory requirements.
- Report to the Director of Application Security
Minimum Requirements:
- 3+ years' experience in the application security industry, solving security problems in large-scale systems.
- Experience with integrating security scanning tools with CI/CD, Web Application pentesting, fuzzing and DAST.
- Expertise in verifying and measuring common security vulnerabilities, and demonstrated ability in communicating these concepts to your partners in engineering. From the OWASP Top Ten to more advanced concepts, you've seen it before, and can describe it with ease.
- Familiarity with the responsibilities and workflow of software developers. The Application Security team works with engineering to meet both business needs and security requirements. You can speak their language, and sympathize with their challenges.
Even Better:
- Exposure to most of the following technologies: Google Cloud, iOS, IAM, Snyk, Android, CircleCI, Consul, Kubernetes, PKI, React, GraphQL, Splunk, and InfluxDB.
- Experience defining security architecture patterns and standards in a large enterprise organization.
- Knowledge of cryptography including algorithms, standards, and their practical applications such as x.509 certificates.
Benefits at Credit Karma Include:
- Medical and Dental Coverage
- Retirement Plan
- Commuter Benefits
- Wellness perks
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, Baby Bonding, Cultural Observance, & More)
- Education Perks
- Paid Gift Week in December
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Credit Karma is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We welcome all candidates without regard to race, color, religion, age, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, veteran or military status, disability (physical or mental), genetic information or other protected characteristic. We prohibit discrimination of any kind and operate in compliance with applicable fair chance laws.
Credit Karma is also committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment because it is the right thing to do. We believe that such an environment advances long-term professional growth, creates a robust business, and supports our mission of championing financial progress for everyone. We offer generous benefits and perks with a single eye to nourishing an inclusive environment that recognizes the contributions of all and fosters diversity by supporting our internal Employee Resource Groups. We’ve worked hard to build an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and the opportunity for professional growth. As part of the Credit Karma team, your voice will be heard, your contributions will matter, and your unique background and experiences will be celebrated.
COVID-19 update (US Jobs Only):
Credit Karma believes that vaccines are one of the most powerful tools to fight COVID-19 and save lives. We also believe that in order to work toward our mission of helping people make financial progress, people first and foremost need their health. All employees are required to be fully vaccinated (including eligible boosters) against COVID-19 prior to their start date unless otherwise approved for an exception as may be required by law.
Privacy Policies:
Credit Karma is strongly committed to protecting personal data. Please take a look below to review our privacy policies:
- GDPR Privacy Policy
- California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
Date Posted
09/03/2022
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