Application Security Engineer

Job Title: AppSec / AI Security Engineer

Employment Type: Full-time/ Permanent

Location: Indore (Work from Office)

About the Role

We're embedding security and AI governance into the core of our software development lifecycle. This role owns the design and implementation of automated security scanning, code provenance, and governance processes to ensure AI-generated code meets the highest security and compliance standards.

If you're a self-driven engineer who enjoys building security automation from the ground up and weaving security seamlessly into development pipelines, this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines — including automated scanning for source code, dependencies, secrets, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) — with enforcement gates on every merge.
• Design and implement code provenance tracking to capture AI-generated code, the AI models used, and reviewer approvals as part of the development pipeline.
• Develop structured code review workflows incorporating specifications, scan results, and code provenance.
• Optimize security scanning tools to reduce false positives and drive developer adoption.
• Investigate and manage security findings using established remediation and documentation processes.
• Contribute to AI governance standards, including secure usage of AI tools and governance of AI-generated code.
• Conduct independent security reviews of internally developed, third-party, and vendor-supplied code to ensure compliance with security standards.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience in Application Security, with proven expertise securing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience implementing automated security scanning and enforcement — not just operating existing tools.
• Strong knowledge of SAST, SCA, secret scanning, DAST, and IaC security scanning.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, with hands-on or working knowledge of AWS and Azure, is preferred.
• Ability to design, build, and own security automation and governance solutions from the ground up.
• Strong judgment in balancing security with developer productivity by minimizing unnecessary alerts.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain security risks in clear, business-friendly language.
• Strong analytical mindset and ability to independently assess security risk across internal and external codebases.

Preferred Qualifications

• ~4+ years of experience in Application Security, Security Engineering, DevSecOps, or a related field.
• Experience with AI-generated code security, LLM security risks, prompt injection, code provenance, or AI governance.
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Semgrep, CodeQL, Snyk, Gitleaks, TruffleHog, Prowler, Trivy, or similar.
• AWS certification (Solutions Architect Associate preferred), or willingness to obtain one within 90 days.
• Security certifications such as OSCP, GWAPT, CSSLP, or equivalent.
• Experience writing custom detection rules or security policies (e.g., custom Semgrep rules).

About Company:

Five Exceptions Software Solutions Private Limited is an offshore software development company run by a 15+ year experience team. We are a software development team with extensive experience in developing amazing products, websites, and mobile apps. The company has expertise in different technology spectrums. We provide a better work environment to grow technically and professionally.

For more info, please visit our website:  https://5exceptions.com

A BIT ABOUT US

Appknox is one of the top Mobile Application security companies recognized by Gartner and G2. A profitable B2B SaaS startup headquartered in Singapore & working from Bengaluru.

The primary goal of Appknox is to help businesses and mobile developers secure their mobile applications with a focus on delivery speed and high-quality security audits.

Appknox has helped secure mobile apps at Fortune 500 companies with major brands spread across regions like India, South-East Asia, Middle-East, US, and expanding rapidly. We have secured 300+ Enterprises globally.

We are a 65+ incredibly passionate team working to make an impact and helping some of the biggest companies globally. We work in a highly collaborative, very fast-paced work environment. If you have what it takes to be part of the team, we are excited and let’s speak further.

The Opportunity

To join the security team engaging with multiple clients, helping them with end to end security audits, also research about new topics and vulnerabilities to be added to the scanner, present it in conferences.

What An Ideal Candidate Would Look Like: 

• Skills - Application Penetration Testing (Web, iOS and Android), experience with IoT testing, source code audits.
• Technology Stack: AWS, GCP, Objective C, Java, Python
• Responsibilities: Engage with clients for scoping call, perform security audits, remediation call with clients to patch the issues, research on new technologies/vulnerabilities

Minimum Requirements

• 2-4+ years of experience in application security and vulnerability research
• Strong foundation in mobile app security - Android or Ios
• Proven track record of discovering and disclosing CVEs in mobile platforms or popular applications (provide - github/bug bounty profiles)
• Strong understanding of exploit mitigations and proven ability to bypass them
• Should be able to architect automated detection logic for new vulnerabilities and integrate them into our security products
• Develop AI-driven agents to automate dynamic analysis
• Should be able to Leverage AI/LLMs to augment Pentesting efforts
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, balancing deep research with practical deliverables

Good to have Requirements

• Understanding of AI/ML security risks

Responsibilities

• Security assessment of web/mobile applications on various platforms
• Focusing on Mobile Application Security Research for new vulnerabilities
• Static and Dynamic Code Analysis
• Develop and interpret security standards and guides
• Automation of exploit development 
• Understand and explain the results with impact on business and compliance status
• Continuously learning and training on latest tools and technique

Work Expectations

Within 1 month

Training on processes, security workflows and develop understanding on internal tools.

Within 3 months

Actively contributing in exploit development and automation of it with the team.

Within 6 months

Expected to achieve Subject Matter Expert status on our core security products. We expect you to validate your findings against real-world conditions, with a strong emphasis on translating internal discoveries into actionable bug bounty submissions and earned CVEs to benchmark your impact against the external security community.

Within 1 Year

By the end of your first year, you will be expected to produce and submit a piece of novel, peer-reviewed security research. This deliverable must be of a quality suitable for top-tier industry conferences.

Personality traits we really admire

• A confident and dynamic working persona, which can bring fun to the team, and a sense of humour, is an added advantage.
• Great attitude to ask questions, learn and suggest process improvements.
• Has attention to details and helps identify edge cases.
• Highly motivated and coming up with fresh ideas and perspectives to help us move towards our goals faster.
• Follow timelines and absolute commitment to deadlines.

Interview Process - would be team specific

• Round 1- CTF round 
• Round 2 -Profile Evaluation; HR
• Round 3 -Technical Interview with security team members
• Round 4 -Technical Interview with the Hiring Manager
• Round 5 -Technical round with CTO
• Round 6 -HR Round

Compensation

• As per Industry Standards

Why Join Us

• Freedom & Responsibility: If you are a person who enjoys challenging work & pushing your boundaries, then this is the right place for you. We appreciate new ideas & ownership as well as flexibility with working hours.
• Great Salary & Equity: We keep up with the market standards & provide pay packages considering updated standards. Also as Appknox continues to grow, you’ll have a great opportunity to earn more & grow with us. Moreover, we also provide equity options for our top performers.
• Holistic Growth: We foster a culture of continuous learning and take a much more holistic approach to train and develop our assets: the employees. We shall also support you all on that journey of yours.
• Transparency: Being a part of a start-up is an amazing experience, one of the reasons being open communication & transparency at multiple levels. Working with Appknox will give you the opportunity to experience it all first-hand.

Cybersecurity Engineer – AI Training Project

About the Opportunity

We’re looking for experienced Cybersecurity Engineers to contribute technical expertise to a customer project focused on improving the capabilities of next-generation AI systems.

In this role, you’ll use your real-world experience in cybersecurity, software engineering, vulnerability assessment, and secure development to create high-quality technical inputs that help AI systems better understand, debug, secure, and reason about complex software.

What You’ll Do

• Analyze, debug, and resolve software bugs, vulnerabilities, and security issues across complex codebases.
• Review source code and identify potential security weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and attack vectors.
• Perform security assessments, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and codebase audits.
• Develop and modify software using languages such as Python, Java, Rust, Go, C++, or TypeScript.
• Implement new features and fix existing functionality while maintaining strong security and engineering standards.
• Refactor legacy code to improve security, maintainability, reliability, and performance.
• Work on backend systems and help optimize applications for scalability, performance, and security.
• Analyze real-world security scenarios and translate your expertise into high-quality technical examples and problem-solving tasks.
• Document technical findings, vulnerabilities, debugging approaches, and recommended solutions.
• Provide domain expertise that helps improve how AI systems reason about software engineering and cybersecurity problems.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong professional experience in Cybersecurity / Application Security / Product Security / DevSecOps / Penetration Testing / Vulnerability Management.
• Strong programming experience in one or more of:
• Python
• Java
• Rust
• Go
• C++
• TypeScript
• Proven experience with debugging, troubleshooting, and fixing complex software issues.
• Hands-on experience with penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, security auditing, or application security.
• Understanding of secure software development practices and modern security threats.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, software architecture, and code quality.
• Ability to review unfamiliar codebases and quickly understand how systems work.
• Strong written communication and the ability to explain complex technical findings clearly.

Nice to Have

• Experience with OWASP, API security, cloud security, DevSecOps, or threat modeling.
• Experience performing security assessments on production applications or enterprise systems.
• Experience with tools such as Burp Suite, Metasploit, Nmap, Wireshark, SAST/DAST tools, or vulnerability scanners.
• Contributions to open-source security or software projects.
• Experience working with AI/ML systems, LLMs, data annotation, or AI training projects.
• Relevant security certifications such as OSCP, OSWE, CEH, CISSP, Security+, or equivalent practical experience.

Engagement

• Role: Cybersecurity Engineer
• Work: Remote(Contract)
• Experience: Mid-level to Senior
• Programming: Required
• Cybersecurity expertise: Required

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to apply your existing cybersecurity expertise to an emerging area of technology. Your practical experience debugging software, identifying vulnerabilities, securing applications, and solving complex engineering problems will directly contribute to improving the capabilities of next-generation AI systems.

If you enjoy breaking down complex technical problems, finding vulnerabilities, fixing software, and thinking deeply about how systems work, this project could be a strong fit.

At Shipthis, we are building a better future for freight forwarders by evolving traditional operations into fully digital, efficient, and scalable systems. We’re a fast-growing product company where every individual has the opportunity to take ownership, move fast, and create real impact. If you enjoy solving complex problems, shaping products from the ground up, and influencing technical direction, Shipthis is the place for you.

Learn more at www.shipthis.co

Role Overview

We are looking for an associate-level SecOps Engineer to support security operations, compliance, endpoint management, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps engineering. The role will work closely with the CTO/CISO and engineering team. Security and compliance are core responsibilities; when those priorities are lighter, the engineer will focus on CI/CD, infrastructure automation, reliability, monitoring, performance, and cloud cost optimization.

What You’ll be Doing

Security Operations

• Monitor infrastructure, application, and security alerts and assist with incident investigation.
• Review access controls, privileged accounts, service accounts, permissions, and periodic access reviews.
• Support infrastructure hardening, logging, monitoring, backup, recovery, and other security controls.
• Track security issues and corrective actions through closure.

Vulnerability Management

• Run and review application and infrastructure vulnerability scans.
• Maintain a vulnerability register and coordinate remediation with engineering teams.
• Support VAPT and penetration-testing exercises and validate closure of findings.
• Monitor dependencies, containers, operating systems, and cloud infrastructure for known vulnerabilities and patching needs.

Compliance & Governance

• Support ongoing ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, customer-security, and internal-policy requirements.
• Maintain audit evidence, control registers, security policies, procedures, risk items, and remediation records.
• Assist with internal/external audits, vendor assessments, customer security questionnaires, and asset inventories.
• Maintain evidence for access reviews, vulnerability management, incidents, onboarding/offboarding, backups, and infrastructure changes.

MDM & Endpoint Security

• Administer the company MDM platform and enroll/manage company laptops, desktops, and mobile devices.
• Maintain device inventory and monitor endpoint compliance.
• Enforce approved controls such as disk encryption, screen locks, password requirements, patching, and endpoint protection.
• Support employee device onboarding/offboarding, approved application deployment, lost/stolen-device procedures, and remote wipe where authorized.
• Maintain endpoint security and MDM evidence required for audits and troubleshoot enrollment or policy issues.

DevOps, CI/CD & Cloud

• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, build times, caching, and rollback processes.
• Support production and non-production cloud infrastructure, networking, DNS, TLS certificates, IAM, and secrets.
• Automate repetitive deployment, infrastructure, security, and compliance tasks.
• Improve monitoring, logging, alerting, reliability, resource utilization, and cloud costs.
• Troubleshoot pipeline, deployment, and infrastructure issues and participate in root-cause analysis.

Required Fundamentals

• Basic knowledge of Linux, networking, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, TLS, Git, Docker, cloud computing, APIs, and web applications.
• Understanding of IAM, MFA, least privilege, vulnerabilities/CVEs, encryption, logging, patching, and secrets management.
• Strong troubleshooting, ownership, attention to detail, and willingness to learn.

Desired Qualifications

• 1–2 years of experience with strong fundamentals are welcome.
• Basic scripting knowledge in Python, Bash, or similar.
• Interest in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, automation, and troubleshooting.
• Exposure to AWS/GCP/Azure, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Cloudflare, OWASP, vulnerability scanners, MDM, ISO 27001, or SOC 2 is a plus, not mandatory.

We Welcome Candidates:

• Who can join immediately
• Female candidates returning to work after a career break are strongly encouraged.

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to fostering diversity and inclusivity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

Job Synopsys

Location: Bangalore

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Experience: 1-2 years

Industry: Software Product