Application Security Engineer

Role summary

We are seeking an Application Security Engineer to join our Cyber Team in Payoneer. As an Application Security Engineer, you will be responsible for overall Application Security standards, guidelines, and requirements for different groups in Payoneer. Your expertise in secure architecture, design, and SSDLC will play a crucial role in ensuring the security of our products and the protection of our sensitive financial data. This is a strategic position that offers an opportunity to shape and drive the security initiatives of our cutting-edge fintech solutions.

Glilot
Hybrid
Full-time

What you’ll do:

• Review and approve secure architecture designs for new features and use-cases for Payoneer customers, partners, integrators or in-house solutions, considering best practices, regulatory requirements and business objectives, as well as many AI initiatives and use-cases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (mainly R&D and DevOps/DevSecOps) to define security requirements and design robust security controls for systems, both on-prem and in the cloud.
• Define CI/CD processes and gates, such as SAST, SCA, Secret scanning and image/containers scanning during CI and Runtime.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise to internal teams in selecting and integrating in-house solutions or third-party vendors.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest security technologies, threats, and trends, and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on application security, providing guidance and mentorship to other teams in the company.
• Optimizing AppSec processes and workflows through AI-powered tooling and automation.
• Assist in creating or researching for security solutions – solving security challenges, both on-prem, in the cloud and in the AI domain.

Who you are:

• 4+ years of experience in cybersecurity, including at least 2 years of experience in Application Security \ Product Security.
• In-depth understanding of CI/CD workflows and methodology (Azure DevOps and Github is an advantage).
• Familiarity with AI/agentic architectures and the MCP, with hands-on experience building custom skills and agents for security use cases.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Multi-task skills: ability to work on multiple projects in parallel, providing application security support for different teams and initiatives in the company.

Advantages:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• Experience/familiarity (hands-on) with security tools integrated into our CI/CD and production environments such as SonarQube, Snyk, Wiz and others.
• Strong knowledge with AWS, Azure and GCP as well as their associated security services and features.
• Strong knowledge and experience with Kubernetes platform and services.
• knowledge with Microsoft enterprise ecosystem, including Active Directory/Azure Entra ID, Office 365 APIs, Azure Cloud services.
• Familiarity with GitHub and GitHub Actions, including experience working with CI/CD pipelines and source code management workflows.
• Ability to read and review code, particularly in .NET, Node.js, and Python.
• Additional skills related to Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) and Application Security (AppSec) further enhance the candidate's value. These skills may include risk assessments, threat modeling, vulnerability assessments or penetration testing.
• Experience in fintech or financial services industry.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements and compliance standards in the financial industry, such as PCI DSS, PSD2 and GDPR.

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