Beyond Finance · 11 hours ago
Application Security Engineer
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$140K/yr - $170K/yr
3+ years expBeyond Finance is dedicated to helping everyday Americans escape crippling debt through compassionate care and innovative financial solutions. The Application Security Engineer will own the application security program, working with engineering teams to enhance secure development practices and improve security tooling and automation.
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Responsibilities
Lead and evolve the company’s application security strategy, roadmap, and day‑to‑day operations
Serve as the primary AppSec partner for numerous dev teams working on Ruby on Rails web apps, React Native mobile apps, and various other projects including Python and Go
Provide security guidance during design, development, and code review for new features and projects
Drive adoption of secure coding practices and threat‑modeling across engineering teams
Manage and optimize existing AppSec tooling, including: GitHub Advanced Security (SAST, SCA, Secret Scanning), Invicti (DAST), Hadrian (ASM), AppDome (mobile application security), Cloudflare WAF
Improve automation and integration of security tools into CI/CD pipelines
Identify and implement additional tools or processes to strengthen the security posture
Build and maintain secure development standards, playbooks, and training materials
Partner with engineering teams during sprint planning and feature design to proactively address risks
Conduct security reviews, code assessments, and vulnerability triage with development teams
Work with DevOps to ensure secure AWS infrastructure deployments and configurations
Contribute to hardening efforts across ECS, IAM, networking, and supporting cloud services
Assist in designing and maintaining secure CI/CD workflows
Lead or support investigation and remediation of application‑level vulnerabilities
Monitor, prioritize, and track findings from SAST/DAST/ASM tools
Collaborate with engineering to ensure timely and effective remediation
Qualification
Required
3–7+ years of experience in Application Security, Product Security, or related engineering roles
Strong understanding of secure coding practices, common vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10), and modern SDLC
Experience working with cloud‑native applications, ideally in AWS
Understanding of SSL certificates & cryptographic key management
Hands‑on experience with SAST, DAST, WAFs, and/or mobile application security tools
Ability to partner effectively with developers and influence secure design decisions
Familiarity with GitHub‑based workflows and CI/CD pipelines
Preferred
Development experience with Ruby on Rails or similar dynamic languages
Knowledge of AWS ECS/EKS, container security, secrets management and infrastructure‑as‑code (CloudFormation, Terraform)
Experience building or maturing an AppSec program from early stages
SOAR Automation & Scripting experience
Experience working in a PCI compliant environment working with annual reporting needs
Benefits
Considerable employer contributions for health, dental, and vision programs
Generous PTO, paid holidays, and paid parental leave
401(k) matching program
Merit advancement opportunities
Career development & training
Company
Beyond Finance
Beyond Finance provides financial services to help individuals overcome debt and gain financial peace of mind.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (14)
2022 (4)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$805MKey Investors
Comvest Credit Partners
2023-08-22Debt Financing· $635M
2021-02-08Debt Financing· $110M
2021-01-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Lou Antonelli
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Ruchir Doshi
Director of Product Management
Recent News
2026-01-06
2025-12-29
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