Lead Application Security Engineer at Thumbtack

Drive application security advancements at Thumbtack as a Lead Application Security Engineer. Optimize secure practices while ensuring innovation accelerates through embedded security.
In this pivotal role within Thumbtack’s Security Engineering team, your mission will focus on constructing secure foundations in rapidly evolving AI technologies. You will oversee security direction, lead initiatives from theory to execution, and embed security seamlessly into developers’ workflows. Your expertise will help navigate security landscapes while mentoring fellow engineers to elevate security standards company-wide.
Key Responsibilities:
• Own and craft technical direction for application security
• Lead and implement key cross-functional security initiatives
• Design secure architecture and tooling for engineering teams
• Collaborate with product leaders on risk-based security prioritization
• Conduct security reviews and support incident response
Requirements:
• 8...