Lead Software Engineer - Security Champion

Job Description

Your Impact: Fortify is the industry-leading provider of Application Security solutions that empower organizations to develop secure software. Fortify offers a comprehensive portfolio of application security solutions with the flexibility of testing on-premise and on-demand to cover the entire software development lifecycle. Over 80% of security breaches exploit application vulnerabilities, and at Fortify, you will be at the forefront of one of the fastest-growing segments in the security market. Fortify is ranked market leader in Application Security by Gartner. Join our experts and help us expand our security team! What the roles offer: You drive the expansion of Fortify Aviator by creating more test cases for Fortify Aviator. A test case for Fortify Aviator is a Fortify SAST scan result, with added knowledge of whether this result is a true or false positive, why that is, and what should be done to remediate it. Fortify Scan results may be provided directly from the testing process. In other cases, youll scout for open-source code and scan this with Fortify. Regardless, you will need to do the auditing of the results. In those cases where relevant test code cant be found in the wild, youll need to write small test cases yourself (synthetic code) in a wide variety of languages. Youll work with the Fortify Aviator prompt engineers and help them to make Fortify Aviator predict your test cases correctly. Youll also work with product management, tool engineers, and Fortify SAST researchers. What you need to Succeed: Bachelor's or Masters degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent. At least 8+ years of experience in software development as a Security Champion Youre an expert in application security (OWASP Top-10, CWE, secure coding practices, etc.). Youve previously worked as a security champion, security auditor, or penetration tester. You have experience with at least one SAST tool, and dealing with false positives coming from such a tool. You know at least one programming language well. With Fortify supporting 33+ programming languages, its even more important that you are willing and able to learn the essentials of any programming language in an on-demand way. Strong communication and analytical skills Work Independently, and deliver on expectations Desired Knowledge and Skills: Fortify SAST experience Data science or AI experience Python experience.