Senior Security Engineer
- Location
- Seattle, WA · Hybrid
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Lead / Staff
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Listed
- Today
Skills & highlights for this role
- Security engineering
- Web application security
- Python
- React
- Django Rest Framework
- Manual source code review
- Application security tools in CI/CD pipeline
- Secure software development lifecycle
- Architectural remediation of security vulnerabilities
Also useful
- SSO (OAuth, SAML)
- Speaking at meetups or conferences
- Running a bug bounty program
About The Role
We're looking for a hands-on senior security engineer to play a key role in building Rippling's Security program. Rippling's product's scope provides a unique set of security challenges, but our management is especially supportive of security and compliance as a central function of the business. As an early member of Rippling's security team, you'll have a meaningful impact on the security program's priorities and direction.
What You'll Do
- Build guardrails and controls to eliminate full classes of vulnerabilities within the Rippling application
- Build security tooling and automations to help scale the Security team's practices
- Threat-model application designs and solutions and provide security assessments.
- Audit source code and perform code review for critical application changes
- Mentor software engineering teams in security best practices
- Provide hands-on remediation guidance to development teams
- Review & establish software development practices that make security an essential part of the development process
- Develop / Integrate security into the Software Development Life Cycle
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in a security engineering role
- Experience leading architectural changes or complex cross team efforts to mitigate security vulnerabilities
- Deep understanding of securing web applications
- Fluency in Python, React, and Django Rest Framework
- Experience with manual source code review, and embedding security to code in production environments.
- Experience with deploying application security tools in the CI/CD pipeline
- Experience with securing software development lifecycle including building programs that eliminate full classes of vulnerabilities
Bonus Points
- Good understanding of SSO, including OAUTH, SAML
- Experience with speaking at meetups or conferences
- Experience running a bug bounty program
Additional Information
Rippling highly values in-office collaboration. Employees living within 30 miles of an office are expected to work onsite three days a week with those living 30-49.9 miles away expected to be in the office one day a week. Employees living over 50 miles away are required to relocate within 30 miles of an office. To enhance team cohesiveness, new employees are asked to work onsite three days a week for their first six months.
Pay and benefits
This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.
A variety of factors are considered when determining someone's compensation-including a candidate's professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.
About The Team
We are a diverse team of skilled security engineers that are passionate about pushing the boundaries of security practices. We look to collaborate with our Engineering partners to find the right solution for our interesting challenges. Our team thrives on re-imagining approaches to traditional security to secure our vast ecosystem.
About Rippling
Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.
Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365-all within 90 seconds.
Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world's top investors-including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock-and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.
We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @ Rippling.com addresses.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Rippling is an equal opportunity employer.
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process.
To request a reasonable accommodation, please email.
From Rippling's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 12, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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