Senior Application Security Engineer, Etsy
$155-181k
Plus equity and performance bonus
Office located in Brooklyn, NY
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
Job no longer available
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$155-181k
Plus equity and performance bonus
Office located in Brooklyn, NY
1001+ employees
Company mission
To keep human connection at the heart of commerce.
Role
Who you are
- Someone who can focus on the development side of things
- Someone who knows some front end but mainly backend code
- Security adjacent field is helpful but not required
- You’ll be the software engineering expert in a team of security experts. Together, you'll build security-critical features and microservices
- This role requires an interest in research into security best practices and new technologies from the industry. You should have an itch to learn and dig deeper!
- As your knowledge around security expands, you’ll lead engineering-wide security initiatives and develop trust and influence within Etsy Engineering
- You'll be most successful if you have experience developing large scale software in PHP and are familiar with cloud computing environments (GCP or AWS)
What the job involves
- As part of the larger Security and Privacy Engineering org, we help product teams build secure software and develop and maintain security critical parts of our web application
- We do this by partnering at the design stage for larger features, reviewing code, developing threat models, and leading security initiatives
- This role requires experience with software development since you’ll be designing and implementing security critical features
- To that end, you’ll be responsible for adding to our PHP monolith and building in Go for all new features & services
- You’ll use threat models and penetration testing results to drive and prioritize development projects. We will lean on your expertise and give you autonomy to explore your curiosity and build secure software!
- This is a full-time position reporting to the Engineering Manager, Application Security
- The Application security team is responsible for the security of everything that’s developed at Etsy, including Etsy.com, Etsy apps, internal applications (Atlas, go/staff)
- This team works with any team that develops software at Etsy, especially teams with lots of security impact. This team is working on impactful projects like revamping the cryptography library and migrating our locking system
- Work with teams when they’re in the design phase
- Code reviews once it’s written by the teams, Internal pen testing
- Identify security patterns across teams to deploy across the org
- Develop tools and services to make Etsy safer
- Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law
Our take
Created as an alternative to more corporate eCommerce sites, Etsy is a peer-to-peer (P2P) website where users buy and sell handmade crafts, vintage items, art and photography. The online marketplace works similarly to Amazon and eBay, only with an emphasis on unique items rather than mass-produced merchandise.
Since its IPO in 2015, it has managed to hold its own in an increasingly competitive eCommerce industry, including from Amazon's handmade section that launched in 2015. Further, by providing sellers with ownership over pricing and branding, the site is attractive for those wanting to set up a business on an established platform.
However, the seller-side of Etsy is not without problems. A hike in transaction fees and the introduction of mandatory marketing fees for artists with high turnovers created significant discontent amongst sellers. Despite this, Etsy continues to connect artists and consumers, attracting shoppers with its message of extraordinary, handmade and affordable products.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2012
$40m
LATE VC
Aug 2010
$20m
SERIES E
Total funding: $91.7m
Company benefits
- Equity (offers vary by country)
- Performance bonuses
- Paid gender neutral parental leave
- Adoption and family planning
- Back-up care
- Volunteer time off
- Donation matching
- Employee resource groups
- Global virtual events
- Employer paid health benefits
- Fitness benefits
- Wellness programming
- Mental health benefits
- 401K matching/Pension contributions
Company HQ
Downtown Brooklyn, NY
Leadership
Josh Silverman
(CEO)Previously senior executive at eBay, CEO of Shopping.com, CEO of Skype and President of Consumer Products & Services at American Express.
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