Application Security Engineer

About Nebius

Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.

Built by engineers, for engineers. From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI.

The Role

The Security Engineering Team within the Platform Security organization is responsible for the strategic selection, implementation, management, and optimization of cybersecurity tools and technologies that improve security capabilities of the organization's platform. This team is instrumental in fortifying the security posture, proactively identifying and responding to security threats, ensuring the resilience and protection of critical data, systems, and services.

We are looking for an Application Security Engineer who will ensure the security of our software by identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities, implementing best security practices, and collaborating with development teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in secure coding, vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Build and maintain ASPM tools and their rules.
• Identify, analyze, and remediate application security vulnerabilities using tools like ASPM.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate security best practices into the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Conduct manual and automated penetration testing of applications.
• Develop and maintain secure coding guidelines for development teams.
• Facilitate threat modeling and risk assessments on new and existing applications.
• Stay updated on the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigation techniques.
• Serve as an application security subject matter expert to other teams.

We Expect You To Have

• 4+ years of experience in application security.
• Strong knowledge of common application security risks (e.g. OWASP Top 10) and how to mitigate them.
• Experience with secure coding practices in languages such as Python, Go, Java, or JavaScript.
• Proficiency in a common programming language (such as Go or Python) with a willingness to learn Go, if necessary.