Senior Security Engineer

Senior Security Engineer

Liftoff is a leading AI-powered performance marketing platform for the mobile app economy. Our end-to-end technology stack helps app marketers acquire and retain high-value users, while enabling publishers to maximize revenue across programmatic and direct demand.

About Liftoff

Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Monetize, Intelligence, and Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, ecommerce, and entertainment. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence.

About Liftoff Security Team

The Liftoff security team is dedicated to protecting Liftoff’s customers, users, and employees. Our team architects Liftoff’s security posture, designs and builds infrastructure and security improvements, consults with other teams as they develop and launch new products and features, and proactively plans for the unknown. Our work spans the entire company and technology stack, from infrastructure to web and mobile applications, as well as IT systems. We collaborate with key stakeholders to balance business needs while minimizing security risks. Our approach to security is deeply rooted in software engineering principles, emphasizing automation and the development of well-designed security tools.

Responsibilities

• Establish secure software development standards and integrate security-minded thinking into the development process.
• Create frictionless paths for engineering teams to securely build and deploy software.
• Perform security assessments of systems and services to ensure compliance with security best practices.
• Partner with key stakeholders across the organization to build a culture of security-minded builders.
• Assess vendors to ensure their internal security controls meet Liftoff’s security requirements and their products enable secure employee usage.
• Triage incoming threat events and vulnerabilities and ensure timely remediation and resolution of the issues.
• Conduct post-incident reviews, document findings, and implement necessary remediations.
• Develop tooling and automation to detect and mitigate active security threats within our systems.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering or software engineering.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful security initiatives.
• Comfortable reading, writing, and maintaining code in multiple languages.
• Strong understanding of application security best practice