Senior Product Security Engineer, AssessmentsActive$126K

The opportunity

You are a seasoned security professional with a deep passion for uncovering vulnerabilities and improving product security through technical assessments and hands-on penetration testing. You pride yourself on being able to execute sophisticated security tests, identify issues,…

What you'll do

  • Conducts rigorous penetration testing and security assessments of MongoDB products

  • Develops and deploys advanced AI tooling and modern automation to enhance assessment efficiency and workflows

  • Works closely with Product and Engineering teams to advocate for security: best practices and remediate vulnerabilities

  • Builds a developer-driven security program where there is tight integration: between engineering artifacts, process, and tooling

  • Uses software architecture and coding patterns to reduce the impact of security issues

  • Leading the evolution of our internal security and assessment processes by: leveraging AI-based analysis to enhance threat modeling, penetration testing workflows, and assessment efficiency

What they're looking for

  • + years of experience in application security, product security or: penetration testing roles, including manual and automated approaches
  • Proven expertise in product security assessment techniques such as threat: modeling, penetration testing, red teaming, and secure code reviews
  • Some programming and scripting skills, with familiarity in one or more languages such as Python or Golang
  • Hands-on experience with one or more major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Experience leading threat modeling workshops and discussing security issues with engineers
  • Comfortable explaining and communicating technical concepts and findings to: both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Demonstrated ownership of security initiatives, with the ability to deliver: results autonomously or collaboratively
  • Working knowledge of large-scale distributed systems and container technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker)