[Hiring] Product Security Engineer @WorkOS

Role Description

The Security team at WorkOS is responsible for keeping the data and identities of hundreds of millions of users secure. Security is fundamental to our products, and customer trust is the foundation of our success. We are a highly collaborative group with a strong engineering mindset. Our security program is shaped by hands-on experience attacking and defending systems, and applying lessons from across the industry. We embrace the latest advancements in practices and tooling that make modern security teams effective. We are comfortable in code and collaborate often with engineering to create products that are secure by default.

Responsibilities

• Lead secure design efforts.
• Partner with engineering teams on secure design and code reviews. Identify and prioritize risks early in the product lifecycle.
• Build secure by default systems.
• Develop paved paths that systemically reduce risk and make secure development the easiest path for engineers.
• Perform offensive security testing.
• Conduct penetration tests and code audits on new and existing products from an adversarial lens.
• Improve our security tooling.
• Integrate and improve our static analysis, supply chain security, and vulnerability management capabilities across engineering pipelines.
• Operate our responsible disclosure program.
• Run and improve our program by furthering automation, validating submissions, and coordinating remediation.
• Improve our products.
• Write and ship code to remediate vulnerabilities in production systems and improve the security posture of WorkOS products.
• Work directly with customers.
• Help build our customers' trust by directly engaging with their security-related questions and concerns.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a security engineering or security-focused software engineering role.
• Ability to execute across a wide range of security functions such as security assessments, penetration testing, responsible disclosure, security tooling integration, etc.
• Familiarity with and experience using common industry tooling.
• Proven ability to identify vulnerabilities in software, demonstrated through CVEs, bug bounty, blog posts, or prior work experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly in partnering with engineering teams.
• Comfortable reading and writing code, and able to effectively leverage AI during the process.
• Bonus: Experience in the authentication and identity domain.
• Bonus: Experience writing production level code, especially developing security features.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage for you and your family, including medical, dental, and vision.
• Parental leave, paid-time off and fully remote working arrangements.
• 401k matching.
• Competitive Equity.
• FSA, ST/LT Disability, Voluntary Life.
• Carrot fertility benefits.
• 20 days paid vacation + 10 holidays + unlimited sick leave.
• 12 weeks fully paid parental leave.
• Fitness: Monthly stipend for gyms, yoga classes, race registrations or whatever keeps you active.
• Wellness: Monthly stipend for a massage, meditations class, therapy, or activities that enhance your well-being.
• Commuter benefits for hybrid employees in SF/NYC.
• Unlimited token usage!