Senior Application Security Engineer

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WaveFinancial services
You can work remotely from anywhere (between UTC -5 and +4) with reliable internet access., UTC -5 and +4Full-TimeSenior
SalaryA salary of up to $185,800 USD (or local equivalent), plus a generous equity
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Job Details

Languages
Fluent English.
Experience
Minimum of 7-8 years of professional experience with a minimum of 3-5 years of it spent in a security-related role
Required Skills
Python

Requirements

  • Have 7-8 years of professional experience, including 3-5 years in a security-related role.
  • Have strong experience with Python.
  • Have experience with cloud technologies.
  • Be fluent in English.
  • Have opinions on securing agentic AI systems and be ready to put them into practice.
  • Have experimented with LLM-based security tooling and understand its promise and failure modes.
  • Be interested in building AI governance frameworks for regulated financial services.
  • Be interested in security-focused source code review and penetration testing.
  • Have experience remediating non-conformities.
  • Experience with ISO-27001 or PCI-DSS certifications is beneficial.

Responsibilities

  • Design agentic SIEM/SecOps pipelines to evaluate and tune AI-driven triage, alerting, and response automation.
  • Secure MCP integrations against prompt injection, tool misuse, and credential exposure.
  • Tune and maintain code security review agents for Wave's codebase, threat model, and regulatory environment.
  • Develop internal AI governance standards for acceptable use, data handling, and audit requirements for LLM-powered tools.
  • Centralize application-level login and permissions enforcement, including privileged access management.
  • Rework secrets management using ephemeral secrets and tighter access scopes.
  • Review public-facing APIs for security.
  • Own security projects from planning through delivery and advise engineering teams through security guidance and design reviews.
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