Application Security Engineer

About Us

Riskified empowers businesses to unleash ecommerce growth by taking risk off the table. Many of the world’s biggest brands and publicly traded companies selling online rely on Riskified for guaranteed protection against chargebacks, to fight fraud and policy abuse at scale, and to improve customer retention. Developed and managed by the largest team of ecommerce risk analysts, data scientists and researchers, Riskified’s AI-powered fraud and risk intelligence platform analyzes the individual behind each interaction to provide real-time decisions and robust identity-based insights. Riskified is proud to work with incredible companies in virtually all industries including Acer, Gucci, Lorna Jane, GoPro, and many more.

We thrive in a collaborative work setting, alongside great people, to build and enhance products that matter. Abundant opportunities to create and contribute provide us with a sense of purpose that extends beyond ourselves, leaving a lasting impact. These sentiments capture why we choose Riskified every day. 

About the Role

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The Application Security team at Riskified ensures the security of Riskified's products. In this role, you will evaluate Riskified's products and processes, conduct security assessments and penetration tests, and identify and mitigate security risks throughout the SDLC. You will collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and other members of the security team to ensure robust security practices are integrated into every phase of development

What You'll Be Doing

• Initiate and improve processes, security tools, and documentation that will support application security requirements
• Identify security gaps in existing and proposed services and products
• Conduct penetration testing and code reviews to identify and address potential vulnerabilities and security risks
• Work closely with development teams to prioritize and resolve application security issues and implement security best practices, frameworks, etc.
• Assist in identifying and responding to security issues in Riskified’s environment

Qualifications

• 3+ years of application security hands-on experience
• Experience conducting penetration testing
• Experience performing security reviews, code reviews and customizing application security solutions
• Strong understanding of common security attacks and their remediation
• Experience with programming languages: Ruby, Scala, Python, JavaScript, etc. (Advantage)
• Ability to work well with developers and product management
• Experience working in high-scale SaaS environment (Advantage)
• Knowledge of microservice architecture, web technologies and APIs (Advantage) 
• Ability to explain complex security problems
• Excellent problem-solving skills

Life at Riskified

We are a fast-growing and dynamic tech company with 750+ team members globally. We value collaboration and innovative thinking.

We’re looking for bright, driven, and passionate people to grow with us.

Some of our Lisbon Benefits & Perks:

• Hybrid mode of work
• Flexible schedule
• Recharge weekends
• Healthcare & dental benefits
• Fully-stocked kitchens
• Commuter benefits
• Benefits package per month—per your choice, e.g., work-from-home equipment, gym membership, wellbeing activities, and more.
• Wellness program
• Celebrations and activities
• Team events
• Happy hours
• Awesome Riskified gifts and swags
• Volunteer programs
• Personal development
• Global onboarding
• Role-based technical skills training
• Full access to Udemy

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Riskified is deeply committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all individuals. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.