Justworks · 4 hours ago
Staff Security Engineer, Justworks
New York, New York
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$220K/yr - $246K/yr
7+ years expJustworks is a company focused on helping businesses manage their HR issues in a supportive and entrepreneurial environment. The Staff Security Engineer will provide security architecture and engineering guidance, develop security standards, and lead design reviews to enhance the company's security posture.
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Responsibilities
Provide security architecture and engineering guidance and solutions protecting the organization and its products, inclusive of application security, product security, and cloud security
Provide strategic technical and network architectural guidance to senior management and technology project teams related to security
Develop and design security architecture, design, and coding standards across company infrastructure to promote a standardized set of security requirements, aligning with internal policies and meeting external compliance requirements
Lead technical design reviews to evaluate existing security controls and identify opportunities to enhance company security posture
Act as tools and services advisor, working with engineering and risk teams to build security control requirements
Define secure system development lifecycle (SDLC) principles and maps to a security maturity model in-line with company risk posture
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field required
Seven years of experience required implementing security architecture principles and with system design
Seven years of experience required building security strategy
Seven years of experience required in development-based approaches with programming languages (i.e., Go, Python)
Seven years of experience required performing code analysis and review
Seven years of experience required with secure coding practices
Seven years of experience required implementing DevSecOps as a security architect or security engineer
Five years of experience required in information security concepts and technical security controls
Five years of experience required engineering scalable security solutions in a cloud-native environment
Five years of experience required engineering scalable security solutions for complex enterprises
Five years of experience with security scanning technologies (SAST, DAST, and Infrastructure as Cod scanning)
Five years of experience required with DevOps, Jira, and other Agile automation tools
Must be able to work a hybrid work arrangement with Tuesdays and Thursdays required in office
Must have legal authority to work in the U.S
Benefits
Great benefits
Wellness program offerings
Company retreats
Company
Justworks
Justworks is a cloud-based HR and payroll platform that helps small and mid-sized companies manage payroll, benefits, compliance, and HR.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$159.84MKey Investors
FirstMarkRedpointBain Capital Ventures
2023-11-01Series Unknown· $16.84M
2020-01-28Series E· $50M
2018-03-06Series D· $40M
Leadership Team
Michael Seckler
Chief Executive Officer
David Feinberg
Senior Vice President Risk & Insurance Programs
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