Principal Security Engineer, GitLab
Application Security
Offers Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
One DevOps platform
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One DevOps platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
Offers Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make it so that everyone can contribute. When everyone can contribute, users become contributors and we greatly increase the rate of innovation.
Role
Who you are
- Ability to use GitLab effectively
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or equivalent practical education (including technical bootcamp training programs) and experience
- 8+ years professional experience in Application Security or Vulnerability Research
- Expert level understanding of computer code and how to detect and remediate classes of security defects, race condition based logic vulnerabilities etc
- Programming experience in one or more coding languages, with a preference for Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Go, TypeScript languages and being familiar with GraphQL APIs. Professional developer code quality is not required but being able to build code and understand it for developing PoC exploits and performing security review or fix validation work is a requirement
- Expert level knowledge of application security concepts such as OWASP Top 10 bug types, the STRIDE model, CVSS scoring, and Threat Modeling assessments
- Experience with application security practices including code review, threat modeling, static and dynamic analysis (SAST, DAST), and attack surface analysis or performing Application Penetration Testing or Vulnerability Research / Bug Bounty Hunting
- Strong knowledge of security challenges, risks and threads related to CI/CD Pipeline security, supply chain security and API security
- Ability to discover and identify fixes for SQLi, XSS, CSRF, SSRF, authentication and authorization flaws, and other web-based security vulnerabilities is strongly preferred
- Ability to provide subject matter expertise on software architecture design and system security
- Flexible, effective, and inclusive communication skills that create clarity; you will collaborate with technical and nontechnical audiences across multiple teams on security bug types and how to mitigate or remediate security issues. Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment
- Demonstrated critical and creative thinking, while also being an effective member of a team, with a flexible and constructive approach to problem solving that helps you navigate ambiguity and drive results
- Demonstrated ability to influence security decisions at executive and senior leadership levels
- Experience coaching and supporting the development of more junior engineers
What the job involves
- The Application Security + Response (ASR) subdepartment works with GitLab engineers and product teams to anticipate and prevent the introduction of vulnerabilities during design and development, ensuring delivery of high quality software GitLab customers can trust
- We also identify, assess, and respond to security vulnerabilities discovered in GitLab products and services that are reported through Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure practices
- The Principal Application Security Engineer reports to the Senior Director of Application Security + Response and drives complex, strategic security engineering solutions
- Drive the resolution of systemic vulnerability classes and mitigations across the GitLab platform and perform difficult and highly complex application security reviews and threat modeling
- Perform vulnerability research by exploring the full impact of security issues, demonstrating proof-of-concept exploitation in a controlled environment
- Demonstrate technical security leadership, defining and establishing secure development practices, Paved Roads and security standards that will support Product and Engineering teams to deliver secured features at a high velocity
- Provide technical leadership in security crisis situations and major incident response
- Contribute to long-term security architecture and strategic product design through technical expertise
Our take
GitLab is an open-source collaboration platform for developers. It enables teams to build code quickly from anywhere without compromising on security or quality. GitLab already has an estimated 30M+ users from all over the world.
According to a 2021 GitLab report, 60% of developers can release code 2x faster with DevOps platforms that bring teams together and accelerate processes. It stands out by catering to programmers of all experiences. Gitlab's version control system helps streamline the process of creating, maintaining, and deploying code, whoever you are.
GitLab was in the right place to capitalize on the recent trend toward rapid digital transformation and remote working. This trend is expected to continue to grow, and with it, GitLab's popularity. With its successful 2021 IPO and the patronage of major brands such as Nasdaq and Jaguar Land Rover, GitLab is expected to solidify its position as the go-to platform for development teams.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Sep 2019
$268m
SERIES E
Dec 2018
$20m
SERIES D
Total funding: $434.8m
Company benefits
- We offer benefits to manage your health, wealth, and well-being regardless of location
- Flexibility in schedule to be there for life’s important moments
- Equity compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan offered
- Generous Paid Time Off
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sid Sijbrandij
(CEO)Studied Physics at the University of Twente. Interned at P&G and IBM. Was Lead Architect at the Netherlands' Ministry of Justice from 2009 to 2012. Founded app store Comcoaster in 2008, and then co-founded GitLab in 2012.
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