Valence

Application Security Engineer

Valence$120K — $150K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in application security and product/platform securing
  • Proficiency in OWASP Top 10, threat modeling, and code reviews
  • Experienced with AI tooling in daily operations
  • Solid understanding of infrastructure security in AWS
  • Familiarity with Python and TypeScript programming languages
  • Knowledge of SOC processes and incident response
  • Understanding of compliance frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001

Responsibilities

  • Review code, architecture, and designs pre-release for security vulnerabilities
  • Guide engineering features and designs toward security best practices
  • Conduct hands-on manual pentesting for relevant code changes
  • Build and maintain security tools to ensure scalability
  • Advise DevOps teams on security best practices for infrastructure
  • Engage with clients to address security queries and needs
  • Coordinate with multiple domains to integrate security across the organization

Benefits

  • Ownership of significant projects influencing company outcomes
  • Gain exposure working with the executive team and strategic decision-making
  • Direct influence on product direction through real-time feedback
  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI technologies
  • Establish reputation as a leader in AI implementation across industries
  • Meaningful equity in a fast-scaling venture-backed company
  • A supportive culture for top talent focused on growth and achievement
  • Comprehensive health coverage available from day one
  • Generous PTO and supportive work-from-home benefits
Full Job Description
The Role

We are seeking a seasoned Application Security Engineer to help us secure our products and platform that serve our Fortune 500 customers. In this pivotal role, you will be working in close partnership with our engineering teams, ensuring that everything they build holds up to our security standards. While your primary focus will be application security, you are joining a small, elite team, and as such you will also work cross-domain, including working with MDM, or talking with customers directly.

What You'll Do
  • Stay ahead of engineering: review code, architecture, design, anything that's being considered for release
  • Guide features and designs toward security
  • Provide hands-on manual pentesting on relevant code changes
  • Build and maintain security tooling to ensure security scales with organisation
  • Advise the DevOps team on infrastructure security best practices
  • Help out with client-facing security needs, such as client calls


What We're Looking For
  • Proven experience securing products & platforms, collaborating with development teams
  • Strong expertise in application security: OWASP Top 10, threat modeling, code reviews, architecture design
  • Proficiency with AI tooling, as part of your day-to-day activities
  • Solid understanding of AI itself, including AI threats, adversarial testing
  • Familiarity with AWS and infrastructure security overall
  • Be comfortable writing and reviewing Python and TypeScript, with other coding experience a plus
  • Experience with incident response and SOC processes
  • Knowledge of compliance frameworks: SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST
  • Experience with enterprise security processes, such as security questionnaires and client calls
  • We don't expect candidates to have deep expertise in every area; strength in application security with curiosity and adaptability across adjacent domains is key


What You'll Get
  • Ownership & Rapid Growth
  • Outsized missions from day one, with direct responsibility for company-defining projects
  • Work alongside the executive team with transparency into strategy and decision-making
  • Influence on direction through real-time customer feedback and market insights


  • AI-First Operator
  • Work directly with cutting-edge AI models and next-generation platforms
  • Build expertise in enterprise AI implementation across Fortune 500 companies and multiple industries
  • Establish yourself as a recognized leader among peers in shaping how AI transforms work at a global scale


  • Compensation
  • Competitive salary including base + bonuses
  • Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision) from day one
  • Generous PTO, company-wide R&R shutdowns, and paid parental leave
  • Retirement plan support for US and global employees
  • A WFH stipend, phone stipend and support to work in a We Work or other space as preferred.


  • Equity
  • Meaningful ownership in a venture-backed company at a growth inflection point
  • Financial upside that comes from scaling fast
  • Top-up grants as we scale and you deliver exceptional performance - your compensation grows alongside your impact


  • Top-Performing Culture
  • A culture built for top talent: intensity to win, growth without limits, and a team that solves hard problems and celebrates big wins together


Location and Work Environment

We're looking for a candidate that can fully support our team in ET time zone (e.g. Toronto, NYC). While we're open to candidates from other areas, they need to be generally available during Eastern Time working hours. have valid travel documents without work authorization restrictions in the US.

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About Valence

Valence is a specialty chemical company that produces a range of products used in the oil and gas industry. The company's products include drilling fluids, completion fluids, and production chemicals. Valence also provides custom chemical blending services. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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