Application Security Engineer

Sofia Stars is an operational services company based in Sofia. We offer a range of solutions for online businesses, including R&D, Marketing, Customer Support, KYC, Risk, and Anti-Fraud services. With 300+ bright stars on our team, we deliver secure, reliable solutions with a touch of quality that shines. When you join us, you’ll be part of a place where ideas light up, and growth isn’t just a promise—it’s a journey.

We invite a Senior Application Security Engineer to join our team.

🌎 Global Remote Mobility: Available for Senior roles in selected jurisdictions.

✅ Responsibilities:
✔️ Demonstrated ability to collaborate with other teams to achieve complex objectives.
✔️ Responsible for security architecture design from cloud infrastructure to application through the implementation of "secure by design" principles.
✔️ Collaborate with product managers, architects, and developers on the implementation of the security controls platform ecosystem and products.
✔️ Proof security implementations within infrastructure and application deployment manifests and the CI/CD pipelines.
✔️ Define required policies, controls, and capabilities for the protection of products and environments.
✔️ Build and validate declarative threat models automation.
✔️ Participate in engineering teams’ product planning cycles and committees.
✔️ Oversee the product security aspects for migration of products and services from Data Center to public cloud, e.g., AWS.
✔️ Serve as a trusted cyber security advisor to product and application teams.

✅ Minimum Requirements:
✔️ Experience integrating security scanning/tooling into the development pipeline.
✔️ Experience in analysing and securing microservices and applications developed using JavaScript and Typescript.
✔️ Experience with CI/CD pipelines (such as Gitlab, Jenkins) and infrastructure-as-a-code models (such as Terraform, Helm, or CloudFormation).
✔️ Hands-on development experience in Python/shell scripting.
✔️ Strong understanding of supply chain security, software integrity, and secure software delivery.
✔️ Experience with Docker and mesh technologies (such as ISTIO).
✔️ Experience with architecture and security reviews, threat modelling, and application risk is highly desired.
✔️ Experience working with Agile methodologies.
✔️ Knowledge of privacy laws and regulations, such as GDPR desired.
✔️ Familiarity with industry regulations, frameworks, and practices. For example, PCI, ISO 27001, NIST, etc.

✅ PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
✔️ In-depth experience with architecting secure services on Kubernetes.
✔️ Extensive experience with architecting secure services on AWS or on-prem data centers.
✔️ Security-related professional certifications e.g., CISSP, CISM, CCSK, CCSP, CEH, are highly desirable.

✅ We offer excellent benefits, including but not limited to:
🏖️ Up to 25 vacation days;
🤒 6 Undocumented Sick Leave Days;
💷 Monthly food vouchers (102 EUR);
🏥 Private Medical Insurance;
🏋🏼 Multisport Card;
🎁 Birthday, Wedding and Newborn gifts;
🍔 Breakfast, Friday lunches, fruits, and snacks in the office;
🎭 Monthly company activities and team-building events;
🚀 Career growth opportunities.

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