Associate Software Developer – Application Security

Beghou brings over three decades of experience helping life sciences companies optimize their commercialization through strategic insight, advanced analytics, and technology. From developing go-to-market strategies and building foundational data analytics infrastructures to leveraging artificial intelligence to improve customer insights and engagement, Beghou helps life sciences companies maximize performance across their portfolios. Beghou also deploys proprietary and third-party technology solutions to help companies forecast performance, design territories, manage customer data, organize, and report on medical and commercial data, and more. Headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, we have 10 global offices.

Our mission is to bring together analytical minds and innovative technology to help life sciences companies navigate the complexity of health care and improve patient outcomes.

We are looking for a motivated Application Security Engineer to join Beghou’s software development team. This role is ideal for candidates who are interested in application security, Python programming, and building secure software systems.

As part of the team, you will learn how to develop and maintain security tools, integrate security checks into CI/CD pipelines, and identify vulnerabilities in web applications. You will work closely with experienced engineers, gain hands-on exposure to industry-standard security tools, and continuously build your knowledge in application security through research and practical implementation.

This role offers a great opportunity to start your career in Application Security, work with real-world systems, and develop both technical and collaborative skills in a supportive environment.

We'll trust you to:
• Build, automate and maintain custom security tools

• Implement security scanning in Github CI/CD

• Implement third party tools

• Continuously expand body of knowledge via research (keep up to date with recent news in Application Security)

• Identify the issues, and provide solutions to mitigate and address these issues

• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation

• Comply with corporate quality policies and procedures

• Ensure all training requirements are completed in a timely manner

You'll need to have:
• Strong understanding of different application security vulnerabilities and how to find them, security tools (specifically related Python libraries and open source tools such as OWASP ZAP), pen testing, understanding severities, and remediation steps.

• Strong programming skills in Python and the ability to learn and work with necessary Python libraries.

• Strong understanding of web application architecture.

• Familiarity with prompt engineering and AI integration.

• Familiarity with code versioning tools such as GIT, and implementing security scanning in CI/CD.

• Experience: 0 - 1 year

Desired Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication skills. Ability to communicate well with technical development teams

• Excellent listening skills to understand the needs

• Excellent critical and creative thinking skills and ability to brainstorm ideas

• Ability to work in a team and collaborate across teams

• Ability to adapt to changing and increasing workload

• Ability to assess and identify bottlenecks and potential failures

• Fluency in English is required (spoken and written)

At Beghou Consulting, you'll join a highly collaborative, values-driven team where technical excellence, analytical rigor, and personal growth converge. Whether you're passionate about AI innovation, building commercialization strategies, or shaping the next generation of data-first solutions in life sciences, this is a place to make an impact!