Senior Application Security Software Engineer, Pointclickcare
CA$108-120.2k
Healthcare software for smarter care delivery
Job no longer available
Healthcare software for smarter care delivery
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$108-120.2k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help providers delivery exceptional care.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of experience in application security or secure software development
- Hands-on experience with container security (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud security principles (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Proficiency in reviewing code, creating automated test cases (preferably with AI) to augment security scanning tools
- Familiarity with and integrating security into DevSecOps modern software development workflows
- Experience leading threat modeling sessions, and reviewing application architecture designs
- Advanced knowledge of cryptographic principles and secure authentication mechanisms
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
- Experience in performing AppSec training on subjects such as threat modeling and secure application design
What the job involves
- The Application Security team consists of a group of highly skilled engineers who are passionate about safeguarding our company’s applications and platforms
- With a mix of remote and hybrid team members, we embrace flexibility while fostering strong collaboration across projects
- Our team operates at the forefront of application security, offering opportunities to work on innovative solutions, tackling complex challenges, and make a meaningful impact on the company’s security posture
- Joining this team means becoming part of a supportive environment that values growth, learning, and cutting-edge security practices
- As a Senior Application Security Engineer, you will be a key player in the organization’s security posture, leading efforts to secure our applications and development processes
- This role requires a strategic mindset with a hands-on approach to embedding security into all aspects of our software development lifecycle
- You will serve as the primary AppSec contact for multiple engineering teams, drive security initiatives, conduct in-depth security reviews, and develop security frameworks that are consumable by the engineering organization
- This position requires strong expertise in secure coding, vulnerability management, Java development, and CI/CD security automation
- Lead Security Software Engineering & Secure Coding Initiatives: Develop, enhance, and maintain security libraries to be used across development teams
- Perform deep-dive security reviews of application codebases to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities
- Provide technical guidance on implementing secure coding standards in Java and other relevant programming languages
- Programming skills are mandatory for this position
- Threat Modeling & Security Design Reviews: Conduct architecture and design reviews to identify security risks and ensure secure design principles are embedded in applications
- Lead and facilitate threat modeling exercises with development teams to proactively identify and mitigate risks
- Develop reusable security patterns and guidelines for engineering teams
- Mentor & Lead Security Training: Mentor junior and intermediate AppSec engineers, fostering skill development in secure coding, threat modeling, and vulnerability management
- Develop and deliver security training and awareness programs for engineers, ensuring secure coding practices are understood and adopted across teams
- Incident Response & Continuous Improvement: Lead investigations of security incidents and vulnerabilities, performing root cause analysis and implementing long-term remediations
- Monitor and analyze security trends, staying ahead of emerging threats and technologies
- Contribute to security policy development and compliance efforts
Our take
The demand for long-term support for the elderly is growing, putting pressure on the already overstretched age care industry. PointClickCare aims to solve this problem by providing care providers with a suite of cutting-edge software tools.
PointClickCare's software gives caregivers access to immediate, point-of-care data insights into their patients. This is proven to improve patient outcomes, ease care transitions and improve efficiency. Having been founded in 1997, PointClickCare is now one of the biggest names in care tech and its software is used by over 30,000 care facilities.
PointClickCare has made a series of partnerships - such as with pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer, and ChartPath, a leading EHR solution for care practices - alongside acquiring the connected care platform Audacious Inquiry. These partnerships and acquisitions aim to improve its adaptability in the market. The company has demonstrated strong ambition and performance, showcased by its being named the top long-term care software provider by KLAS four times in a row.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Feb 2024
$0.1m
GRANT
Feb 2018
$141.6m
LATE VC
Total funding: $226.2m
Company HQ
Fashion District, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Dave Wessinger
(Co-Founder, CEO, CTO & President.)Dave co-founded PointClickCare in 1997.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 13 more jobs at Pointclickcare