Latent · 1 month ago
Security Engineer: App Sec Lead
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior LevelLatent is focused on building core infrastructure for clinical AI in American healthcare. They are seeking an experienced application security engineer to develop a security program from the ground up, collaborating closely with the engineering team to ensure secure coding practices and processes are implemented.
Health CareSaaSSoftware
No H1B
Responsibilities
Choosing the right App Sec tools for our environment to make code secure before it is shipped and working with engineering to role them out widely
Create and mature processes around core pillars of Latent’s security program: vulnerability management, architecture reviews, pentesting, and threat modeling
Doing code reviews and even a little bug fixing yourself (we are a startup after all)
Helping build and POC new secure ways of writing code (validation libraries, improvements to authentication/authorization practices, encryption SDKs for developers)
Helping re-imagine permissioning and authorization for users of the Latent platform
Working alongside engineers to balance business requirements with the right security controls
Creating a mature pentesting and/or bug bounty program to validate production code is secure
Bringing security checks and tooling to the places that developers work (AI-based IDEs, CI/CD, ect..)
Qualification
Required
Experience creating, building, or scaling a hands-on application security program in an organization that is cloud first
Primary Coding Language: Javascript (NodeJS/Typescript) and Python
Experience doing threat modeling and architecture reviews
Experience working with engineering and technical leadership to build security processes like vulnerability management
Deep understanding of web and api-based security vulnerabilities (how to spot them, how to fix them, and what patterns need to be created to counter them)
Experience architecting access management and authorization systems
Preferred
You dabble in other areas of security (Cloud, IT, GRC etc.), have a little bit of knowhow in security detection and response, or have worked in a HIPAA-compliant environment
Company
Latent
Latent develops medical language models to reduce healthcare operational costs.
Founded in 2022
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$13.5MKey Investors
Y Combinator
2024-09-11Seed· $13M
2023-04-05Pre Seed· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Sriram Somasundaram
Co-Founder
Rishabh Jain
Founder
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