Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GameChanger is a technology company focused on helping families experience and elevate youth sports through digital products. The Security Engineer will serve as the primary security partner for software engineering, embedding application security across the SDLC, strengthening DevSecOps practices, securing cloud and mobile deployments, and managing application vulnerabilities and risk.

Responsibilities

• Embed security into every phase of the SDLC
• Champion security requirements for the responsible and secure integration of Gen AI and agentic AI tools within our product stack
• Conduct security-by-design engagements for new features, APIs, platform initiatives, and infrastructure changes
• Perform secure code reviews providing engineers with clear, actionable findings and remediation guidance
• Partner with architecture and platform teams to establish secure API patterns (REST and GraphQL)
• Contribute to and maintain secure coding guidelines, API security standards, and security architectural patterns that serve as the “paved roads” for all engineering teams
• Give useful code review feedback, write documentation that outlasts the ticket, and run the occasional workshop or lunch-and-learn for engineers
• Integrate and maintain security tooling across CI/CD pipelines
• Enforce security quality gates in delivery pipelines
• Harden the CI/CD platform components, including configuration and hardening of GitHub Actions and runner environments
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI for increasing engineering productivity and agentic security workflows
• Work alongside DevOps engineers to ensure cloud infrastructure is defined and deployed securely via IaC (terraform, k8s)
• Implement and validate security controls for containerized workloads
• Support the implementation of application-layer network security controls, such as Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) and CDN security, to protect application endpoints
• Operate the application vulnerability management lifecycle
• Triage and prioritize findings from our sources (including; GHAS, NowSecure, Wiz, BugCrowd, penetration tests) by business impact and exploitability
• Proactively identify systemic risks and facilitate cross-functional initiatives to address root causes
• Track security-specific KPIs (e.g., MTTR, vulnerability density, and security coverage of CI/CD pipelines) and translate them into actionable insights for engineering and business leadership
• Effectively communicate security risk clearly to both engineering and business leaders

Skills

• 3+ years in application security engineering
• Proven experience building and operating internal security developer platforms or tooling that reduces developer friction
• Demonstrated ability to use AI/ML-driven tools to enhance security effectiveness and scalability
• Hands-on experience leading threat modeling engagements and designing paved roads
• Proven track record integrating security tooling into CI/CD pipelines
• Working knowledge of OWASP Top 10s (web, mobile, API, LLM)
• Hands-on experience securing deployments in AWS with container and Kubernetes security, IaC scanning, and policy-as-code approaches
• Demonstrated expertise in security-by-design in TypeScript, Swift, and/or Kotlin
• Track record of implementing secure primitives in mobile ecosystems (iOS/Android)
• Beneficial certifications: AWS Certified Security Specialty, CKS, GWEB, GMOB, or equivalent

Benefits

• Work remotely throughout the US or from the well-furnished, modern office in Manhattan, NY.
• Unlimited vacation policy.
• Paid volunteer opportunities.
• Technology stipend of $4,000 every 2 years after your start.
• WFH stipend of $500 annually.
• Monthly physical, mental, wellness, and learning stipend through Holisticly.
• Monthly lifestyle stipend through Fringe.
• Full health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and coverage for family/dependents.
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans through Vanguard, with an immediate company match.
• Basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability leave.
• Company-paid parental leave of up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• Family-building benefits through Progyny.
• DICK'S Sporting Goods and family-of-brands teammate discount.
• Incentive and equity as part of the total compensation package for eligible roles.

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