SpaceXAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. We operate with a flat organizational structure, expecting all employees to be hands‑on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. We are seeking a skilled and innovative Application Security Engineer to join 𝕏 Money, where you will protect the security and integrity of our payments and financial products throughout the software development lifecycle, with a particular focus on code security, CI/CD pipelines, and systems that move and hold customer funds.
Application Security Engineer (X Money) en xAI
Palo Alto, CA; Austin, TX; New York, NY; Washington, DC
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USD 100,000 - 258,000
Requirements
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field
- 3-5 years of experience in application security, with a strong focus on code security practices
- Experience in payments, money transmission, digital wallets, or related financial platforms
- Deep understanding of secure coding practices, application security frameworks, and common vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10)
- Proficiency in Python or Rust and experience with secure coding practices in these languages
- Experience securing CI/CD pipelines and implementing DevSecOps practices
- Familiarity with software supply chain security and SBOM generation tools
- Experience with security testing tools (e.g., Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP) and static/dynamic code analysis
- Experience securing payments, wallets, ledgers, or other high-value transaction systems, including controls against fraud, abuse, and integrity issues
- Experience designing and implementing agentic and LLM-based solutions for security problems
- Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex security issues to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Hands-on experience securing applications on AWS; familiarity with other cloud platforms is a plus
- Relevant security certifications (e.g., BSCP, OSCP, OSWE)
- Experience managing bug bounty programs
- Background in data privacy and compliance relevant to financial products and cloud-native applications
- Experience with GitOps and infrastructure-as-code security
- Experience building custom security tooling to enhance and automate security processes
- Contributions to open-source security projects or tools
Responsibilities
- Conduct in-depth code reviews and static analysis to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities in financial applications
- Design and implement secure coding guidelines and best practices for development teams
- Collaborate closely with development teams to integrate security practices throughout the CI/CD pipeline
- Perform threat modeling and risk assessments for payments, wallets, ledgers, and related product surfaces, and develop mitigation strategies for fraud, abuse, and unauthorized movement of funds or credits
- Manage vulnerability tracking and remediation efforts, providing guidance to development teams
- Manage the bug bounty program, including intake, triage, researcher communication, and coordinated disclosure
- Support incident response activities related to application security
- Stay current on emerging threats against financial and cloud-native systems, and continuously strengthen our controls
- Evaluate and secure software supply chains, including producing and maintaining Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs)
- Design and implement agentic and LLM-based solutions that help detect, investigate, or prevent security problems
Technologies
PythonRustAWSBurp SuiteOWASP ZAPStatic analysis toolsDynamic analysis toolsSBOM generation toolsDevSecOps practicesGitOpsInfrastructure-as-code securityAgentic and LLM-based solutionsCloud-native systems
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