Product Security Engineer

At SmartBear, we believe building great software starts with quality—and we’re helping our customers make that happen every day. Our solutions across the SLDC, including Swagger in APIs, BugSnag in Observability, and Zephyr in Testing, all infused with SmartBear AI, bring visibility and automation to software development, making it easier for teams to deliver high-quality software faster. SmartBear is trusted by over 16 million developers, testers, and software engineers at 32,000+ organizations – including innovators like Adobe, JetBlue, FedEx, and Microsoft.

Product Security Engineer

• This position will be an advocate for security throughout the product and engineering processes defining security expectations, verifying security controls, and providing training and awareness.
• You will have the opportunity to work with product and engineering leaders to identify security weaknesses and security features that can will help protect customers and drive customer adoption of SmartBear products
• You will work with a variety of languages including Go, Java, Node.js, React JS, Ruby, Python, and many more leveraging the latest tools designed and built in the cloud.

Team Intro

The Product Security team covers over 25 existing products with more on the horizon.  The collection of products range from home grown to acquired products creating complex and challenging processes allowing for expanded growth and learning opportunities every day.  

About the role

As a Product Security Engineer at SmartBear, you will: 

• Join a collaborative Product Security team while being embedded in engineering and product groups to develop deep understanding of product priorities, architecture, and delivery timelines to drive security at the right stages of the SDLC.
• Partner closely with engineering teams, architects, and product leaders to validate the security posture of new and existing features prior to production deployment.
• Participate in Security Reviews including threat modeling exercises, code review support, and penetration testing under guidance from senior team members.
• Help triage and validate reported vulnerabilities, working with engineering teams to understand impact and remediation approaches.
• Contribute to secure development lifecycle activities by learning security best practices and helping drive adoption through documentation and enablement.
• Communicate findings clearly, document security issues, and support verification of remediation efforts.

We are looking for you if you have:

• 1–3 years of experience in software engineering, cybersecurity, or application security.
• Familiarity with core application security concepts (OWASP Top 10, secure coding principles).
• Interest or exposure to SaaS products, cloud environments, or modern development pipelines.
• Basic ability to read and understand code in one or more languages (Java, Python, JavaScript, etc.).
• Awareness of common security testing tools or vulnerability management processes.
• Strong curiosity, collaborative mindset, and desire to grow into a senior Product Security role.

Why you should join the SmartBear crew:

• You can grow your career at every level.
• We invest in your success as well as the spaces where our teams come together to work, collaborate, and have fun.
• We love celebrating our SmartBears; we even encourage our crew to take their birthdays off.
• We are guided by a People and Culture organization - an important distinction for us. We think about our team holistically – the whole person.
• We celebrate our differences in experiences, viewpoints, and identities because we know it leads to better outcomes

Did you know?

• Our main goal at SmartBear is to make our technology-driven world a better place.
• SmartBear is committed to ethical corporate practices and social responsibility, promoting good in all the communities we serve.
• SmartBear is headquartered in Somerville, MA with offices across the world including Galway Ireland, Bath, UK, Wroclaw, Poland, Ahmedabad and Bangalore India.
• We’ve won major industry (product and company) awards including B2B Innovators Award, Content Marketing Association, IntellyX Digital Innovator and Built-in Best Places to Work.

SmartBear is committed to creating an inclusive workplace for employees where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and make employment decisions based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, gender, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status under applicable laws. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that reflects a diversity of thought and experience as well as our values of being smart, open, driven, accountable, and curious.

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