# Application Security Engineer at Opal Security

- Company: Opal Security
- What the company does: Opal is the access control plane for every identity. Our AI understands the CISO. Backed by Battery and Greylock.
- Company website: https://opal.dev/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-05-20
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/opal/d2beff94-0445-4a4b-af58-30ef33eea2c8
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/opal-security-application-security-engineer/

## About the role

Most security engineers spend their careers bolting locks onto doors that were already built. This is not that job.

## What they're looking for

- Have 4+ years in application security or software security engineering
- Actually write production code — findings reports are the floor, not the ceiling
- Know auth cold: OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, session management, token lifecycle
- Are comfortable in AWS and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker)
- Bonus points for familiarity with our stack: Go, TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, Redis, GraphQL
- Have led complex, cross-functional security initiatives from kickoff to completion

Tags: Engineering