# Security Engineer, Application at Serval

- Company: Serval
- What the company does: Serval is the AI-native ESM that automates employee requests, onboarding/offboarding, just-in-time access, and more. Backed by General Catalyst, Sequoia and Redpoint.
- Company website: https://www.serval.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $325K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-23
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/serval/c98b5c56-48fc-4da7-9f3f-577bd1aa7aec
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/serval-security-engineer-application/

## About the role

As Application Security Lead, you'll build and scale the foundations of Serval's product and application security program. You will set the strategy and drive execution for secure software development, vulnerability management, threat modeling, and security architecture across our platform and the agentic systems our customers trust us to run inside their most sensitive environments.

## What they're looking for

- Have 10+ years in cybersecurity with deep expertise in application security, secure software development, and vulnerability management
- Have deep experience building and leading application/product security, secure-SDLC, and vulnerability-management functions
- Have stellar leadership skills and a demonstrated history of driving durable, continuous improvements to programs, processes, and people
- Have strong software engineering fundamentals and can read, write, and review production code, partnering with engineers as a peer rather than a gatekeeper
- Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, can remain calm under pressure, and can effectively influence engineering and product decisions across a diverse gamut of teams, expertise, and seniority
- Have deep expertise in modern application security tooling and primitives (SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets detection, fuzzing, software supply-chain security) and in secure cloud-native and distributed-systems architecture

Tags: Engineering