Security Engineer, Foursquare
$88-147.3k
+ RSUs
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Location data platform
Open for applications
Location data platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$88-147.3k
+ RSUs
More information about location
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create technology that constructs meaningful bridges between digital spaces and physical places.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field (such as other Engineering disciplines)
- 2+ years of experience in security engineering or DevSecOps, with a focus on AWS and infrastructure security
- Proficient in building tools and automation in Python, including testing, documentation, and deployment
- Experience with deploying in Kubernetes (EKS preferred); experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) is a plus
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Your own unique talents! If you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, we encourage and welcome you to still apply!
What the job involves
- As part of the Security Team, your work will be instrumental in safeguarding our customer and user data and will directly contribute to Foursquare’s business success
- You'll help to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities, participate in design and implementation of best practices for our applications and AWS infrastructure, and build or integrate tools to provide awareness of security-related events and controls
- Build security tooling and automation to integrate security earlier in the software development lifecycle, ensuring both preventative and detective measures are in place to manage threats
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align security controls with industry-standard compliance requirements (e.g. ISO, NIST, SOC2)
- Provide security expertise across our entire tech stack in the form of design reviews and threat modeling
- Respond to security events, including isolating, mitigating, and investigating active threats
- Establish and promote security recommendations and best practices, as well as perform research and provide security insight
Our take
Foursquare was originally built as an app to make use of mobile phone GPS to 'check in' at certain locations. Over time, it has transformed from a user location check-in app into a large location platform that provides analytics to several business and consumer products.
Foursquare operates in a crowded market, but by continually innovating, it has managed to successfully fend off competitors. However, with the likes of Google Maps and Facebook Places in the same industry, it will be continually needing to set itself apart. Foursquare shows its appeal, though: major players including Twitter, Uber, Apple Maps, and Airbnb, to name a few, use the platform.
The company has an ambitious goal of bringing "Foursquare Everywhere", with part of its strategy to grow by acquisitions. For example, it acquired Unfolded, a geospatial analytics firm, to help enhance its analysis of location data. Foursquare has also made a deal with social media giant TikTok to provide insight into users' in-store activity to monitor the effectiveness of ads on the video platform, and partnered with Constellation Network to provide insights into restaurant and retail business traffic trends.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
40% female employees
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
May 2019
$150m
SERIES G
Oct 2018
$33m
LATE VC
Total funding: $394.4m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Learning and development programs from individual contributors to managers
- Individual, professional coaching for all full-time employees
- Flexible time off - rest and recharge when you need it!
- Comprehensive and competitive health, vision, dental, life insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Family planning programs via Carrot and Maven
- Employee Resource Groups to help you stay connected
Company values
- Embrace Growth
- Champion our differences
- Lead with trust
- Build connection
- Invent the future
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
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Leadership
Dennis Crowley
(Co-Chair)Having studied at New York University, Dennis co-created the big game projects PacManhattan and ConQuest before founding Dodgeball, which he managed after its acquisition by Google in 2005. In 2009, he co-founded Foursquare with Naveen Selvadurai.
People progressing
Marc worked as General Counsel for firms including Undertone, Viatel, and Time Inc. before joining Foursquare in 2016. Since October 2023, he has been Chief Legal and Compliance Officer.
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