Security Engineer

About Foursquare 

Foursquare is the leading independent location technology and data cloud platform, dedicated to building meaningful bridges between digital spaces and physical places. Our proprietary technology unlocks the most accurate, trustworthy location data in the world, empowering businesses to answer key questions, uncover hidden insights, improve customer experiences, and achieve better business outcomes. A pioneer of the geo-location space, Foursquare’s location tech stack is being utilized by our mobile apps CityGuide and Swarm, as well as the world’s largest enterprises and most recognizable brands, like Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung, Spotify, Uber, Airbnb and others.

Foursquare’s flexible building blocks include technology to maximize marketing impact and drive incremental real-world engagement (Attribution, Audience, Proximity, SDK); data to deeply understand points of interest and real-world behavior patterns (Places and Visits), and tools to conduct advanced analysis, data enrichment, unification and visualization (Studio).

About the Position

Foursquare is looking for a Security Engineer to join our team! While we would prefer candidates based in or around our office hubs in New York City, Chicago, Seattle, or San Francisco, we're also open to considering remote applicants for this role.

About the team:

The Security team works with infrastructure and feature engineering teams to identify and mitigate risks to the business. We propose, design, plan and implement strategic and tactical security improvements — from developing and deploying new Security tooling to performing architecture reviews and threat modeling. We are trusted to stay one step ahead of malicious actors in a rapidly-changing threat landscape.

About the role:

As part of the Security Team, you'll lead efforts and implement solutions to keep our users' and customers' data private and our systems secure and you'll be involved in all functional areas of Security: engineering; advisory and consulting; and detection, alerting, and response. You will collaborate with key stakeholders to harden a complex multi-account AWS environment, as well as an expansive set of corporate systems. Your work will have a significant impact on the security of the entire organization.

In this role, you’ll 

• Provide security expertise across our entire tech stack in the form of design reviews and threat modeling
• Build security tooling and automation using Infrastructure as Code and serverless frameworks
• Develop alerting and threat detection capabilities in both corporate and production environments
• Respond to security events, including isolating, mitigating, and investigating active threats
• Advocate for the security culture of the organization, including collaborating with stakeholders across Infrastructure and Engineering teams

What you’ll need 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field (such as other Engineering disciplines)
• 3+ years of experience in security engineering
• 1+ years of experience in securing complex, multi-account AWS environments
• Thorough understanding of secure development best practices, including OWASP Top 10
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Proficient in Python, experience with Kubernetes and Terraform a plus
• Your own unique talents! If you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, we encourage and welcome you to still apply!

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible PTO - rest and recharge when you need it!
• Industry Leading Healthcare - comprehensive and competitive health, vision, dental, life insurance
• Savings and Investments - 401(k) with company match
• Equipment Setup - you will receive all necessary hardware for your job function
• Professional Development - annual learning stipend for your career development goals
• Family Planning and Fertility Programs - programs via Carrot 
• Employee Resource Groups - to help you stay connected
• Hybrid Work Schedule for in-person collaboration on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays beginning April 1, 2024. For roles considered remote, this will not apply.

At Foursquare, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry and market standards.  Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, and specific office location.

The annual total cash compensation range is $104,000 - $175,750, however actual salaries can vary based on a candidate’s qualifications, skills and competencies, as well as location. 

Salary is just one component of Foursquare’s total compensation package, which includes restricted stock units, multiple health insurance options, and a wide range of benefits!

Things to know…

Foursquare is proud to foster an inclusive environment that is free from discrimination. We strongly believe in order to build the best products, we need a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. This leads to a more delightful experience for our users and team members. We value listening to every voice and we encourage everyone to come be a part of building a company and products we love.

Foursquare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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