[Hiring] Application Security Engineer II @Bugcrowd

Role Description

At Bugcrowd, we handle application security assessment at an epic scale. As an Application Security Engineer (ASE) you will curate and manage the incoming security vulnerability submissions to some of the world’s biggest companies’ bug bounty programs.

• A tenure at Bugcrowd often means you have worked on not only one company’s security program but potentially on hundreds.
• As an ASE at Bugcrowd, you will be exposed to the Internet’s best security researchers and their cutting-edge security testing methodologies.
• Our ASEs quickly become technically fluent in obscure/complex XSS, SQLi, XXE, IDOR, SSTI, SSRF, and many other vulnerability types.
• You will be exposed to things outside of your comfort zone, including security programs for cars, IoT devices, embedded systems, mobile applications, and more!
• We have an awesome team and tons of perks, and we’ve been selected as one of “The 10 Coolest Security Startups Of 2016” by crn.com.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or previous security consulting experience
• Published and demonstrated passion for security assessment research
• High proficiency with Burp Suite (or any other interception proxy) and a working level of experience with other industry standard tools (nmap, sqlmap, anything included in Kali Linux)
• Ability to execute on individual projects but still contribute to the team
• Ability to complete tasks on time
• Strong organization, influencing, and communication skills

Requirements

• Responsible for the ongoing triage and validation services of Bugcrowd managed programs.
• Curate incoming submission data for validity, accuracy, and severity.
• Communicate directly with Bugcrowd’s clients or researchers when additional information is required.
• Handle Incident Response – escalating and communicating about the highest severity bugs to clients.
• Strong knowledge of OWASP Top Ten type vulnerabilities.
• Strong skill set in one scripting/development language to assist with tooling for improving the triage/validation process.

Benefits

• Remote, work-from-home 100% of the time.

Company Description

Bugcrowd is the preemptive security platform that unifies exposure discovery and assessment, offensive testing, and intelligence shaped by AI and human insight to help organizations avoid, discover, and validate real-world risk.

• Founded in 2012.
• Based in San Francisco and New Hampshire.
• Supported by General Catalyst, Rally Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, and others.