Slack

SaaS

Sr.SecuritySoftwareEngineer,VulnerabilityManagement

$173–260k United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Sr. Security Software Engineer, Vulnerability Management at Slack. Skills: Vulnerability Management, Python, Security Engineering, Systemic Approach. Build vulnerability management systems. Maintain vulnerability management tooling”

What You'll Achieve.

Automate and scale vulnerability management; Embed security automation deeper into development lifecycle; Provide low friction, high-impact security

Industry & Context.

SaaS
Problems you'll solve

Identify systemic gaps; Identify ambiguous problems; Propose solutions; Drive solutions to completion

Eligibility Requirements

U. S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card holder), No visa sponsorship

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

U. S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card holder), 6+ years of industry software engineering experience, meaningful portion of that spent in security engineering, platform engineering, or infrastructure-adjacent domains, Deep proficiency in Python, track record of writing production-grade, tested, maintainable code in complex systems, Demonstrated experience owning and delivering end-to-end engineering projects, Solid understanding of vulnerability management concepts, Experience building or maintaining integrations with security tooling, Comfort working with CI/CD pipelines, Comfort working with version control workflows, Comfort working with modern software delivery practices, Experience working across teams, communicating technical concepts clearly to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders, judgment in the face of ambiguity, track record of asking the right questions before building rather than after

Nice to Have

Hands-on experience with vulnerability management tooling such as Wiz, Tenable/Nessus, Twistlock, or similar products, experience particularly in cloud or containerized environments, Familiarity with compliance frameworks relevant to government or regulated environments, FedRAMP, DoD IL5/IL6, Experience working with large-scale vulnerability aggregation systems, homegrown data pipelines that normalize findings across multiple scanners, Background in building automated remediation workflows, automated PR generation for dependency vulnerabilities, patch orchestration across diverse package ecosystems, Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerized workloads at scale, Contributions to the security or software community through open-source projects, published research, conference talks

What You'll Do.

Build vulnerability management systems

Maintain vulnerability management tooling

Detect security vulnerabilities

Track security vulnerabilities

Remediate security vulnerabilities

Drive technical strategy for automation

Scale vulnerability management

Raise bar for team software building

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work closely with security engineers; Work closely with product teams; Work closely with infrastructure partners; Partner with cross-functional stakeholders; Partner with infrastructure teams; Partner with platform engineering teams; Partner with product security teams

Communication Scope

Communicating technical concepts clearly

Process & Methodology

Deliver end-to-end engineering projects

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