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Application Security Engineer

Job in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listing for: Beyondfinance
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-13
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cybersecurity, Systems Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 140000 - 170000 USD Yearly USD 140000.00 170000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Change lives for the better on a collaborative, uplifting, and future‑focused team.

At Beyond Finance, we’ve made it our mission to help everyday Americans escape the endless cycle of crippling debt and step into a brighter financial future. Through compassionate, individualized care, a culture focused on compliance and ethics, supportive user‑centric technology, and customized financial solutions, we’ve helped over 1 million clients on their path to a brighter future.

While we’re proud of what we’ve already accomplished, we’re searching for new collaborators to help us get to the next level! If you’re looking to join a forward‑thinking, rapidly growing organization with helping people as its number one goal, we want to hear from you.

As our Application Security Engineer
, you will be the primary owner and driver of our application security program. You’ll work hands‑on with engineering teams to embed secure development practices, improve tooling and automation, and guide security considerations for new features, architectures, and services.

This is a high‑impact role where you’ll shape the future of App Sec at a company that values security as a core part of product quality.

What You’ll DoApplication Security Ownership
  • Lead and evolve the company’s application security strategy, roadmap, and day‑to‑day operations.
  • Serve as the primary App Sec partner for numerous dev teams working on Ruby on Rails web apps, React Native mobile apps, and various other projects including Python and Go.
  • Provide security guidance during design, development, and code review for new features and projects.
  • Drive adoption of secure coding practices and threat‑modeling across engineering teams.
Tooling & Automation
  • Manage and optimize existing App Sec tooling, including:
  • Git Hub Advanced Security (SAST, SCA, Secret Scanning)
  • Invicti (DAST)
  • Hadrian (ASM)
  • Improve automation and integration of security tools into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Identify and implement additional tools or processes to strengthen the security posture.
  • Build and maintain secure development standards, playbooks, and training materials.
  • Partner with engineering teams during sprint planning and feature design to proactively address risks.
  • Conduct security reviews, code assessments, and vulnerability triage with development teams.
Cloud & Dev Ops Collaboration
  • Work with Dev Ops to ensure secure AWS infrastructure deployments and configurations.
  • Contribute to hardening efforts across ECS, IAM, networking, and supporting cloud services.
  • Assist in designing and maintaining secure CI/CD workflows.
Incident & Vulnerability Management
  • Lead or support investigation and remediation of application‑level vulnerabilities.
  • Monitor, prioritize, and track findings from SAST/DAST/ASM tools.
  • Collaborate with engineering to ensure timely and effective remediation.
What We’re Looking For Required Skills & Experience
  • 3–7+ years of experience in Application Security, Product Security, or related engineering roles.
  • Strong understanding of secure coding practices, common vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10), and modern SDLC.
  • Experience working with cloud‑native applications, ideally in AWS.
  • Understanding of SSL certificates & cryptographic key management.
  • Hands‑on experience with SAST, DAST, WAFs, and/or mobile application security tools.
  • Ability to partner effectively with developers and influence secure design decisions.
  • Familiarity with Git Hub‑based workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
Nice to Have
  • Development experience with Ruby on Rails or similar dynamic languages.
  • Knowledge of AWS ECS/EKS, container security, secrets management and infrastructure‑as‑code (Cloud Formation, Terraform).
  • Experience building or maturing an App Sec program from early stages.
  • SOAR Automation & Scripting experience.
  • Experience working in a PCI compliant environment working with annual reporting needs.
Why Join Us
  • High ownership role where you define the App Sec roadmap.
  • Modern engineering environment with strong leadership support for security.
  • Opportunity to influence architecture, tooling, and culture across the entire development organization.
  • Competitive compensation, benefits, and growth opportunities.
Base Salary Range

$140,000 - $170,000 USD

Benefits
  • Considerable employer contributions for health, dental, and vision programs.
  • Generous PTO, paid holidays, and paid parental leave.
  • 401(k) matching program.

Beyond Finance does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third‑party recruiting agencies in response to job positions. No fee will be paid to their parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to Beyond Finance employees or the Beyond Finance HR team. No placement fee will be paid to any third party unless such a request has been made by the Beyond HR team.

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