Canary Technologies · 3 months ago
Senior Application Security Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
6+ years expCanary Technologies Corp is revolutionizing the hospitality industry with its AI-powered software platform, trusted by major hotel brands worldwide. They are seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer to embed security into the software development lifecycle, manage application security tooling, and collaborate with engineering teams to ensure a secure and scalable platform.
Enterprise SoftwareHospitalityHotelProductivity Tools
Responsibilities
Define and enforce best practices for secure coding, dependency management, and design reviews across engineering teams
Integrate and manage SAST, DAST, and SCA tools within CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions)
Partner with developers on new features and systems to identify risks early in the lifecycle
Implement best practices for secrets handling, API authentication/authorization, and data protection
Build security guidelines, training, and reusable libraries/patterns so that teams can ship secure code faster
Triage and prioritize findings from bug bounties, penetration tests, and automated scans, ensuring timely resolution
Act as the bridge between application developers and platform engineers to align app security with infra and compliance requirements
Implement monitoring, alerting, and remediation for security incidents across our platform
Scan and remediate vulnerabilities in container images, OS packages, dependencies, and IaC templates
Design and maintain least-privilege IAM roles, secrets management, and authentication flows
Automate evidence gathering and control enforcement for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and others
Qualification
Required
6+ years in security engineering, DevSecOps, or related roles, including experience at scale
Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
Strong experience integrating security into modern SDLC pipelines
Hands-on with AppSec tooling (Snyk, OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, SonarQube, Checkmarx, etc.)
Solid understanding of web app security (OWASP Top 10, API security, auth flows, input validation)
Familiarity with AWS/Kubernetes security
Strong programming skills (Python, Go, or JavaScript) to build tools, write secure code, and contribute to developer libraries
Proven track record in partnering with product and engineering teams to drive security adoption without slowing down velocity
Strong AWS security skills (IAM, KMS, Security Hub, GuardDuty, WAF)
Experience with Kubernetes security (RBAC, OPA/Gatekeeper, network policies)
Hands-on with Terraform, Helm, and GitOps practices
Familiarity with security tooling (Trivy, Falco, Snyk, Aqua)
Knowledge of networking, encryption, and cloud-native security best practices
Benefits
Canary Days: As a company we want to ensure that the team has time to recharge. Each month we provide company wide days off to ensure there is at least one extended weekend or day off.
Self Improvement Club: We meet each month and share our personal goals for the month. Each individual is provided a budget towards any purchases that help us achieve these goals.
Professional Development Chats: We provide budget to help drive cross functional professional development conversations across the organization.
Travel Reimbursement: Team members are able to visit our offices across New York, San Francisco or Dallas when they choose, and are provided a travel stipend for doing so. Spend time working with the team in their office, and use the rest of your time exploring a new city!
Personal Travel Reimbursement: If you stay at a hotel that Canary works with, we provide a credit towards your stay.
Company
Canary Technologies
Canary Technologies provides a digital guest management platform for hotels streamlining check-in, messaging, payments, and upsells.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$177MKey Investors
Brighton Park CapitalInsight PartnersF-Prime
2025-06-12Series D· $80M
2024-06-12Series C· $50M
2022-10-27Series B· $30M
Leadership Team
SJ Sawhney
Co-Founder & President
Recent News
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