AppSec Engineer

Job Description

PayPay Card Corporation is seeking an AppSec Engineer to join their Product Security team. This role focuses on maintaining the security of PayPay Card's services by collaborating with development teams and Security Champions. The AppSec Engineer will play a crucial role in driving application and infrastructure security changes within the product division, which is responsible for the development and operations of the PayPay Card application.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of software security best practices and experience applying these principles to systems at scale, following the DevOps methodology. They will be responsible for supporting development teams through discovery, knowledge sharing, and the automation of security configuration, testing, verification, and monitoring.

Responsibilities include:

• Working closely with Security Champions and teams on implementation of security best practices
• Supporting development teams throughout Secure SDLC (design and architecture review, code reviews, manual security assessments)
• Introducing systemic improvements to software security at PayPay Card (automation, processes, guidelines, secure libraries)
• Maintaining up to date knowledge of security best practices
• Assist threat modeling of existing and upcoming products and systems.
• Training and mentoring of PayPay Card staff on security best practices and its practical application.
• Maintaining automated systems to assist teams with assessing current security status.
• Working in a fast paced environment where projects and prioritization may change frequently but maintaining a secure product is a requirement for all team members.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of product security experience
• Experience leading projects tasked with improving product security and/or DevOps security.
• Strong teamwork skills and the ability to collaborate with others in a diverse environment.
• Enjoy taking up a challenge and driving it to conclusion.
• Have excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficiency in either English or Japanese is required.

PayPay Card offers:

• Full-time employment
• Hybrid workstyle (remote and office)
• Full Flex Time (no core time)
• Social Insurance
• 401K
• Annual leave and personal leave