Lead Application Security Engineer

Posted:
11/15/2024, 1:40:02 AM

Location(s):
London, England, United Kingdom ⋅ England, United Kingdom

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
IT & Security ⋅ Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Inclusion at Bumble Inc. 

Bumble Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, colour, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent people to apply. We're happy to make any reasonable adjustments that will help you feel more confident throughout the process, please don't hesitate to let us know how we can help.
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At Bumble the security of our customers is a top priority. As an application security engineer at Bumble, you should be mission-focused on protecting our customers’ data by securing our company’s applications and products. 

As a tech leader, you are equipped with deep technical skills, have strong ownership and are highly autonomous. You will be able to proactively identify the issues, perform thorough research and take the lead to drive the solution. You will be able to build a strong network within the company and be able to leverage the support of your colleagues, foster a collaborative and empathetic environment.

In this role, you will work closely with our engineering and leadership teams to identify and remediate vulnerabilities, establish strategic security best practices, provide security consulting and review services to up level the security maturity levels of our application and products. You will be able to navigate through high levels of ambiguities and be able to make independent judgement to help stakeholders thoroughly understand the security risks and make well informed decisions.

You will architect, build, and support the security of Bumble's applications and products, protecting millions of users’ ability to form meaningful connections. With an attacker’s mindset, you will proactively identify potential attack vectors, while applying an engineering mindset to problem-solving—crafting creative solutions that reduce friction and enhance security through context-aware and automation-driven approaches. You thrive on prototyping, experimentation, and mentoring others to develop their technical security skills.
About Us

Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble, Badoo, Fruitz and Official. The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through kind connections. Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date), friendship (Bumble BFF) and professional networking (Bumble Bizz). Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products. Fruitz, founded in 2017, encourages open and honest communication of dating intentions through playful fruit metaphors. Official is an app for couples that promotes open and honest communication between partners and was founded in 2020.