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PropertyGuru empowers property seekers with more than 2.1 million real estate listings, in-depth insights, and solutions that enable them to make confident property decisions across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.\nPropertyGuru.com.sg was launched in Singapore in 2007 and since then, PropertyGuru Group has made the property journey a transparent one for property seekers in Southeast Asia. In the last 18 years, PropertyGuru has grown into a high-growth PropTech company with a robust portfolio including leading property marketplaces and award-winning mobile apps across its markets in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand as well as the region’s biggest and most respected industry recognition platform - PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards, events and publications across Asia.\nFor more information, please visit: PropertyGuruGroup.com; PropertyGuru Group on LinkedIn.\nRecognised as a Top Employers Certified* organisation, we’re proud to be among the best workplaces in the region-celebrating an inclusive culture of excellence, growth, and well-being.\nAt PropertyGuru, we strive to “Build Southeast Asia’s Trust Platform,” and security sits at the centre of that trust with our customers, agents, and partners across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.\nRole\nWe’re looking for a Lead Application Security Engineer to shape and drive our AppSec strategy across modern, high-scale web, mobile, API, data, and AI-powered products.\nYou’ll operate as a senior individual contributor and technical authority, partnering closely with engineering, product, and platform teams to embed security into every stage of the software development lifecycle. 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