Senior Application Security Engineer

job summary: Position Overview Our client is seeking an engineering-first Staff Application Security Engineer focused entirely on identifying and reducing production risk across live systems. This role is highly hands-on and centers on analyzing complex, distributed architectures, uncovering exploitable paths, and driving code-level fixes directly in production systems alongside backend teams. location: San Jose, California job type: Permanent salary: $275,000 - 350,000 per year work hours