# Senior Security Engineer, Application Security at Kikoff

- Company: Kikoff
- What the company does: Kikoff's credit building app is the the fastest way to build credit safely, with plans from $5/month. Backed by Lightspeed.
- Company website: https://kikoff.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-29
- Apply by: 2026-11-13
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kikoff/jobs/4424595009?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kikoff-senior-security-engineer-application-security/

## About the role

Kikoff exists to help millions of people build credit. That only works if the products they use are safe. This role helps shape the Application Security pillar at Kikoff: how code gets written, reviewed, shipped, and defended across our web, mobile, and API surfaces. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 6+ years in security engineering with deep, hands-on application security experience: secure code review, threat modeling, vulnerability triage, and remediation at scale
- You write production code. Fluency in at least one of Ruby, Python, Go, or TypeScript, and comfort reading all of them
- You have designed and shipped authentication and authorization systems, not just reviewed them. OAuth/OIDC, session management, MFA, account recovery
- Hands-on with modern AppSec tooling and the judgment to know when it is wrong: SAST, SCA, DAST, secrets scanning, CI/CD integration
- Experience securing REST/GraphQL APIs and native mobile applications
- You have run or built a pentest or bug bounty program

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kikoff-senior-security-engineer-application-security/