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You also advocate for secure coding practices and are skilled at mentoring teams to write resilient, secure applications.\n\nLinux/System Security: You are well versed in AWS infrastructure security but also are passionate about scalability, reliability and operational rigor. Beyond that, you know that root does not mean root and are passionate about container security, POSIX Capabilities, SECCOMP and have a favorite flavor of LSM. In your spare time, you love playing around with OSQuery and eBPF.\n\nProduct Security (nice-to-have): Not a requirement, but a real plus: experience building secure web applications and APIs, with a working grasp of the OWASP Top 10 and common vulnerabilities such as XSS, CSRF, and SQL injection. 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We encourage all candidates who share a passion for growing the world’s knowledge, even those who may not strictly meet all the preferred requirements, to apply, as we know that a diverse range of perspectives can have a significant impact on our products and our culture.\nAdditional Information:\nSuccessful candidates must have availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's “coordination hours \" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time).\nWe are accepting applications on an ongoing basis.\nQuora offers a wide range of benefits including medical/dental/vision coverage, equity refreshers, remote work reimbursement, paid time off, employee assistance programs, and more. 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