Application Security Architect

Job Description

• Research, identify, evaluate and implement the best solutions for security in Wix’s production environment
• Research, identify, evaluate and implement the best solutions for the platform code and services used by our developers
• Work closely with development and system teams on all SDLC levels, performing security design reviews, threat modeling and penetration tests, while acting as a security mentor for developers
• Investigate abnormal activity in production
• Build creative tools and services to detect and solve cross-security issues
  
  

Qualifications

• An Application Security Architect with 5+ years of hands-on experience in offensive application security
• Passionate about cutting-edge technologies
• Have in-depth knowledge of web application vulnerabilities, their exploitation in the real world, and browser security mechanisms
• Have a great understanding of authentication and authorization protocols, and application security methodologies
• Excited by the idea of taking on lots of responsibility, you can work independently and be flexible
• Open-minded self-learner who can see the big picture, analyze complex systems, identify potential failure points and find opportunities for big security wins
  
  

You’ll get bonus points if:

• You’ve published security research
• You’ve participated in bug bounty programs
• You're familiar with Node/Java/Scala programming languages, or know your way around Docker containers and Kubernetes
• Knowing your way around AWS and GCP environments, or cloud and microservice architectures
  
  

Additional Information

Wix’s Application Security. We’re a group of highly motivated Security Engineers that form a part of the huge R&D group at Wix. Our job is to allow Wix developers and users to achieve their goals without risk, which often means we have to find or invent completely unique solutions.

Our work is extremely challenging due to the huge scale, agility, and high-end technical diversity of the company, and we play an essential role in every area of Wix: design, innovation, SDLC, architecture, infra, dedicated tool/solution development.

In terms of technology, we have the ultimate playground, and although we work closely together, there’s always space for independence, innovation and creativity for every team member.