# Senior Application Security Engineer at Starburst

- Company: Starburst
- What the company does: Backed by Index and a16z.
- Company website: http://starburstdata.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Boston, MA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-25
- Apply by: 2026-10-09
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/starburst/jobs/5399485008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/starburst-senior-application-security-engineer/

## About the role

As our Senior Application Security Engineer, you'll be the technical owner of application and product security at Starburst — one person with outsized impact, backed by automation and AI rather than a large team. This is deep, hands-on engineering work: you'll build secure-by-default patterns into how our engineers design and ship, embed security controls earlier in the development lifecycle, and create the automation that lets you cover a large engineering organization.

## What they're looking for

- Own and mature the Application Security program , moving it from established practice to measurable, automated, and scaled across a large engineering organization
- Build autonomous red-teaming and threat hunting against our own products, using AI and automation to continuously probe for weaknesses instead of relying on point-in-time testing
- Own application and supply chain security tooling (SAST, SCA, DAST, container scanning), plus third-party penetration testing and the Vulnerability Disclosure Program
- Be the security voice with customers and leadership , working directly with enterprise customers on posture and assurance, and reporting on product security in executive, customer, and audit conversations
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or equivalent practical experience
- 5-7 years of experience in application security, product security, software engineering with a security focus, or a related technical role

Tags: Engineering