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Our focus is on capturing civilizational levels of ultra-low-cost renewable energy for applications including computing and affordable renewable fuels delivered to shore.\nThe company is a public benefit corporation headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and backed by leading venture capitalists, philanthropic investors, university endowments, and private investment offices. We operate as an idea meritocracy in which the best ideas change the company’s direction on a regular basis.\nOur staff have worked at organizations such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, Boeing, Tesla, Apple, Virgin Orbit, Astra, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, New Relic, Bridgewater, Raytheon, Disney Imagineering, and the US Army and Air Force, as well as research universities, startups, and small companies across a range of industries.\nAbout the Job\nOur core technology is the node, a device that produces energy in the ocean’s harshest conditions for years at a time without human maintenance or intervention.\nAs a Lead Application Security Engineer, you will play a key role in advancing Panthalassa’s application security capabilities, partnering closely with the Director of Information Security and software engineering teams. 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Candidates should possess broad application security and software engineering skills, and be able to quickly come up to speed with languages and frameworks with which they have not previously worked. \nCandidates should have strong interpersonal skills and be able to thrive in a creative, scrappy, and collaborative environment in which the best ideas change the company’s direction on a regular basis.\nResponsibilities\nAssist the Head of Information Security with building out the AppSec function at Panthalassa.\nConduct code and service architecture reviews to provide security guidance.\nLead engineers in threat modelling applications and services.\nWork with the Head of Information Security to define culturally useful software security metrics.\nAssist in interviewing and onboarding of other Security personnel.\nAssist with incident response and handling now while we grow, and provide escalation support for incidents later as we have grown.\nIntegrate, maintain, and automate security scanning tools (SAST, DAST, SCA, and secrets management) directly into our CI/CD pipelines.\nBuild and integrate agentic security tools for Panthalassa needs. \nConduct hands-on threat modeling and architectural design reviews for new features and applications before code is written.\nPerform manual and automated secure code reviews as well as targeted penetration testing on web and mobile applications.\nHelp manage the company’s external Vulnerability Disclosure or Bug Bounty programs and translate regulatory compliance requirements into practical engineering tasks.\nRequired Qualifications\n6+ years of experience with Application Security processes.\n2+ years of experience as a Team Lead or Manager of an Application Security team.\nBoth broad in general and deep in places Application Security foundational knowledge.\nExperience with using AI systems and agents for security outcomes in a professional capacity.\nDeep understanding of the OWASP Top 10, CWE Top 25, and secure design patterns.\nHands-on experience with industry-standard security tools (e.g. Snyk, GitHub Advanced Security, Burp Suite, Fortify).\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or equivalent practical experience.\nDesired Qualifications\nExperience with software development work related to mechanical engineering environments.\nFamiliarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern infrastructure tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).\nThe above qualifications are desired, not required. 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