Dlocal

SR Application Security Engineer - Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay & Spain

Job Description



What will I be doing?
  • Implement a software assurance model designed to address security defects early in the delivery pipeline
  • Perform security design reviews for new features and product releases
  • Perform code reviews and advise developers on remediation techniques
  • Design controls to detect and respond to common attacks on our platform
  • Tech talks in high technical level to engineers
  • Triage and respond to external inquiries around security vulnerabilities
  • Facilitate internal training on various security topics to raise awareness and interest

  • What skills will I need to have?
  • Strong proficiency in at least one programming language like Java, goLang, Python and/or NodeJS/TypeScript and also knowledge in any scripting languages
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience working with developers in building a software assurance model
  • Demonstrate the ability to manually fix/mitigate security flaws on web applications and APIs code-level
  • Experience designing secure web services, APIs and microservice architectures
  • Familiarity with threat modeling frameworks in cloud-base environments (OWASP, STRIDE, MITRE, etc)
  • Familiarity with OWASP verification guidelines (ASVS), OWASP Top 10s (web, API, LLM) and NIST special publications
  • Experience with application/development security tools, including but not limited to: Burp Suite, Qualys/WAS (Tenable or similar), Apiiro (Wiz, GHAS, or similar), Github (Gitlab, Bitbucket or similar), ECS/EKS, Github Actions, etc
  • Familiarity with the implementation and maintenance of SAST/DAST/IAST/SCA security sensors in a development pipeline
  • In-depth knowledge of OWASP10, SANS25 and other world-known application security frameworks
  • Understanding of a complete SDLC and how to make it secured (S-SDLC)
  • Familiarity with Cloud platforms (AWS preferably)
  • Ability to lead people to problem resolution when it comes to Security (Integrate teams, especially the Engineering Team)
  • Experience on how to secure LLMs and generative AI applications

  • Will be considered a plus:
  • Certified in any related security development certifications like CSSLP, CASE or others
  • Exposure to PCI-DSS, ISO27001 and/or SOC2 framework or any other relevant security standard will be valued
  • Extensive knowledge of security architectures, both monoliths and microservices, including how they are developed and operate at scale
  • Have had developed a personal or enterprise software/script with focus on security (exploitation of vulnerabilities, hardening automation, API integration for security