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 the world’s largest enterprises and most recognizable brands.

About the Position

Foursquare is looking for a Security Engineer to join our team located in or near one of our office hubs - New York City, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco.

As part of the Security Team, your work will be instrumental in safeguarding our customer and user data and will directly contribute to Foursquare’s business success.  You'll help to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities, participate in design and implementation of best practices for our applications and AWS infrastructure, and build or integrate tools to provide awareness of security-related events and controls.

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 remote access systems for employees, to authorization rules on our production fleet, to forward-thinking policy initiatives. Our infrastructure and feature engineering teams will be active and supportive partners, but the Security Team organizes and leads these efforts across the entire organization. We are trusted to stay one step ahead of malicious actors in a rapidly-changing threat landscape.

In this role, you’ll

• Build security tooling and automation to integrate security earlier in the software development lifecycle, ensuring both preventative and detective measures are in place to manage threats
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align security controls with industry-standard compliance requirements (e.g. ISO, NIST, SOC2)
• Provide security expertise across our entire tech stack in the form of design reviews and threat modeling
• Respond to security events, including isolating, mitigating, and investigating active threats
• Establish and promote security recommendations and best practices, as well as perform research and provide security insight.

What you’ll need

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field (such as other Engineering disciplines)
• 2+ years of experience in security engineering or DevSecOps, with a focus on AWS and infrastructure security
• Proficient in building tools and automation in Python, including testing, documentation, and deployment
• Experience with deploying in Kubernetes (EKS preferred); experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) is a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• 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
• 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

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 $88,000 - $147,250, 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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