Product Security Engineer

Modern Health is a mental health benefits platform for employers, providing access to various mental health resources. The Product Security Engineer will maintain user security and privacy, analyze vulnerabilities, and collaborate with engineering teams to integrate security practices throughout the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze security vulnerabilities in web and mobile applications, determine risk levels, and drive remediations in collaboration with engineering teams
• Research and report on potential product threats, emerging vulnerabilities, and mitigation techniques relevant to the evolving health tech landscape
• Partner with Engineering and Product stakeholders to integrate security at every stage of the SDLC, championing secure development practices and agile delivery
• Develop and advocate for cost-effective solutions to address complex application and product security challenges
• Implement the adoption of product security standards and best practices across the organization, influencing engineering and architecture decisions
• Routinely test, audit, and assess the security posture of application and cloud infrastructure configurations
• Guide engineering teams in applying secure coding standards, providing resources and actionable feedback to foster a culture of security
• Deploy, optimize, and manage security tooling such as SAST, DAST, Hashicorp Vault, and other industry-leading application security solutions
• Participate in collaborative threat modeling initiatives for new features and evolving services, ensuring proactive risk identification and reduction
• Conduct secure code reviews on services and applications built with modern frameworks and technologies
• Assist in planning and executing targeted penetration tests on new features, identifying and reporting vulnerabilities before production release
• Collaborate on IT security initiatives, partnering with infrastructure and operations teams to review security controls for device management, endpoint protection, access management, and overall IT hygiene
• Engage with Cloud Security efforts by partnering with DevOps and Infrastructure teams to assess, improve, and monitor cloud architecture, security policies, and cloud-native controls to ensure secure deployment and operations of applications and services

Requirements:

• Deeply familiar with secure software development practices, security-focused architecture, and infrastructure that aligns with product objectives and business needs
• Support the adoption of application and product security best practices across engineering teams and contribute to business-wide security initiatives
• Hands-on experience with vulnerability management, secure code review, threat modeling, and industry-standard tools for application and product security
• Hands-on experience with at least one scripting language (Python and/or Bash preferred)
• Thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments, working closely with developers, product managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to secure web and mobile applications
• Able to assess, prioritize, and execute on projects independently
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• 2-4 years of experience in product/application security or 1-3 years in security-focused software engineering
• Experience integrating security into agile product delivery
• Experience working at a high growth startup
• Experience working on SaaS software
• Experience working in Health Tech
• Software engineering experience