Senior Application Security Engineer, Yext
$145.3-297.5k
Digital media technology services
Open for applications
Digital media technology services
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$145.3-297.5k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To transform the enterprise with AI search.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field of study
- 5 - 7 years of relevant work experience in Development or Security Engineering teams
- Experience in software development, ability to guide and mentor a technical engineering team in coding and scripting best practices
- Good understanding of modern application security frameworks and offensive security toolkits
- Self-motivated team player that is energetic, with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
- Strong leadership and negotiation skills with technical groups
- Experience presenting to development and architecture teams on security recommendations
- Strong problem-solving, critical thinking and analytical skills
What the job involves
- Yext is seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer reporting into the Security Office
- This role will serve as a technical subject matter expert in various key areas of the product and software platform for the Application Security team such as Threat modeling, Secure code review, penetration testing and other post-deployment security monitoring
- This role will enable the product and engineering teams to make the right security & privacy decisions by performing reviews, assessments and other offensive exercises and recommending best practices
- This role will also help assist the Application Security leader drive the culture and awareness within Yext around Security practices and compliance initiatives
- Design and implement security practices and standards across product and application environments
- Threat Modeling systems and applications and performing security reviews
- Perform detailed penetration tests of web and mobile infrastructure
- Identifying security risks and developing mitigation strategies
- Develop tooling and automation to facilitate continual testing and increase coverage of penetration tests and other security assessments
- Develop system design and software best practices for engineering teams
- Provide guidance for secure coding practices and proactive controls based on OWASP Top 10 and CIS Controls
- Contribute to creation of security training and delivery to internal teams
- Assist in the analysis and response to bug bounty programs
Our take
Yext seeks to bridge the gap between the online and physical worlds for clients, including FedEx and Citibank, by providing a means of updating company information like store hours, across a multitude of secondary sites.
Yext's view is that the way people use the internet is moving more and more towards people wanting to get answers to questions with as little friction as possible. The company is building a suite of technological solutions to help companies serve up answers to people's questions more easily.
Yext has remained focused on updates and advancements to progress its features, such as the 2023 launch of its conversational AI - Yext Chat - fueling the company's emphasis on building and managing its customer and employee search experiences.
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Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2016
$0.5m
LATE VC
Jun 2014
$50.3m
SERIES F
Total funding: $118.3m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive Benefits Programme
- Work From Anywhere
- Stay Informed
- Invested in Your Wellbeing
- Go Beyond Work-Life Balance
- Upward Mobility
Company values
- Curious
- Self-starting
- Collaborative people
Company HQ
Chelsea, New York, NY
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Leadership
Brian Distelburger
(Co-Founder)Has served the company in a variety of Executive roles, including President & COO and CRO. Former Director at Traffix and COO at Consumer Digital.
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