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Senior Product Security Engineer
at GitHub
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Remote - Canada
We looking for an experienced product security engineer to join our team that can help us to strategically push forward the state of product security throughout GitHub. The product security team is dedicated to identifying the most important application and product security risks and use our passion for building things to mitigate or eliminate those risks. To get specific, here are some things our team works on:
●Application security paved paths - We are passionate about projects where we can add defense in depth or secure by default security patterns. Examples include:
●Continually looking for modern web security standards we can leverage such as content security policy, SameSite cookies, etc.
●Evaluating GitHub's needs as it scales and developing libraries and solutions that help it do so safely
●Application security architecture - We collaborate with engineers throughout GitHub to develop solutions to security obstacles that strike the best balance between security, usability, and convenience.
●Finding new and more efficient ways to get involved earlier in the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
●Helping to design and implement cryptographic controls for all corners of GitHub
Responsibilities
●Participate in security architecture discussions with other engineering teams throughout GitHub
●Stay current with emerging security standards and help to identify when and where they should be adopted at GitHub
●Participate in the team窶冱 technical/architectural decision making
●Write robust, maintainable backend code
●Review code and lead group discussions about the projects we窶决e working on
●Develop systematic solutions to problems instead of focusing on one-off fixes
●Mentor other engineers, both formally and informally
Qualifications
Note: if you are this close to the qualifications described in this posting, please don't let it discourage you from applying. We'd love to hear from you.
●A passion for application security related problems
●Experience building software systems, and an understanding of how to scale them
●Experience and passion for secure-by-default architecture
●Knowledge of web application vulnerabilities and mitigations
●Known for being a great communicator and collaborator
●Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
●Practical software development skills with Ruby on Rails or Go
●Working knowledge of applied cryptography
●Working knowledge of modern web security standards
●Experience mitigating account security risks
●Experience using Git and GitHub
Who We Are
GitHub is the developer company. Over 40 million people use GitHub to build amazing things together across 100 million repositories. We make it easier for developers to be developers: to work together, to solve challenging problems, to create the world窶冱 most important technologies. We foster a collaborative community that can come together窶蚤s individuals and in teams窶杯o create the future of software and make a difference in the world.
Our Principles
●Customer Obsessed
●Trust by Default
●Ship to Learn
●Own the Outcome
●Growth Mindset
●Global Product, Global Team
●Anything is Possible
●Practice Kindness
Why You Should Join
At GitHub, we constantly strive to create an environment that allows our employees (Hubbers) to do the best work of their lives. We窶况e designed one of the coolest workspaces in San Francisco (HQ), where over half of our Hubbers work, snack, and create daily. The other half of our Hubbers work remotely in 18 countries across the globe.
We are also committed to keeping Hubbers healthy, motivated, focused and creative. We窶况e designed our top-notch benefits program with these goals in mind. In a nutshell, we窶况e built a place where we truly love working, we think you will too.
GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don窶冲 discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there窶冱 any way we can make the interview process better for you; we窶决e happy to accommodate!
*Please note that benefits vary by country, if you have any questions, please don窶冲 hesitate to ask your Recruiter!
Who We Are:
GitHub is the developer company. We make it easier for developers to be developers: to work together, to solve challenging problems, and to create the world窶冱 most important technologies. We foster a collaborative community that can come together窶蚤s individuals and in teams窶杯o create the future of software and make a difference in the world.
Leadership Principles:
Customer Obsessed - Trust by Default - Ship to Learn - Own the Outcome - Growth Mindset - Global Product, Global Team - Anything is Possible - Practice Kindness
Why You Should Join:
At GitHub, we constantly strive to create an environment that allows our employees (Hubbers) to do the best work of their lives. We've designed one of the coolest workspaces in San Francisco (HQ), where many Hubbers work, snack, and create daily. The rest of our Hubbers work remotely around the globe. Check out an updated list of where we can hire here: https://github.com/about/careers/remote
We are also committed to keeping Hubbers healthy, motivated, focused and creative. We've designed our top-notch benefits program with these goals in mind. In a nutshell, we've built a place where we truly love working, we think you will too.
GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!
Please note that benefits vary by country. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask your Talent Partner.
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