# Staff Application Security Engineer at Aurora

- Company: Aurora
- What the company does: Step inside the world of self-driving freight, powered by the Aurora Driver. Delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. Backed by Greylock, Index and Lightspeed.
- Company website: https://aurora.tech/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Mountain View, CA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $189K to $303K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-19
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/aurora-operations-inc/de07a165-d527-4e60-a450-150337dbd155
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/aurora-staff-application-security-engineer/

## About the role

Partner with engineering teams on fixes and secure design improvements, contributing code directly. Investigate findings and their practical impact, bringing clear evidence and possible solutions when engaging the responsible teams.

## What they're looking for

- Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all
- 8+ years of experience in security , applications security engineering, or product security roles
- Substantial experience building and maintaining production software, with strong programming, debugging, and system design skills
- Ability to investigate unfamiliar codebases, understand system behavior, and reason about potential misuse
- Experience delivering technical work across teams in a large or complex engineering organization
- Demonstrated ability to threat model systems, explain technical risks, and tradeoffs clearly and collaborate with engineers on practical solutions

Tags: Enterprise IT & Security