Lead Application Security Engineer

Apollo.io is the leading go-to-market solution for revenue teams, trusted by over 500,000 companies and millions of users globally, from rapidly growing startups to some of the world’s largest enterprises. Apollo.io provides sales and marketing teams with easy access to verified contact data for over 270 million B2B contacts, along with tools to engage and convert these contacts in one unified platform. By helping revenue professionals find the most accurate contact information and automating the outreach process, Apollo.io turns prospects into customers. Apollo raised a series D in 2023 and is backed by top-tier investors, including Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and more, and counts the former President and COO of Hubspot, JD Sherman, among its board members. Apollo.io is growing rapidly, with 900% revenue growth since 2021, and is looking for world-class talent to keep building with us.

About the role:

The Lead Application Security Engineer will be responsible for building the AppSec program at Apollo, interacting with engineering to create a secure SDLC and implementing tools, education and processes to reduce risk of security issues in the tech stack.

Daily Adventures & Responsibilities:

• Own all aspects of the secure SDLC
• Select or build tooling to help developers build secure code
• Provide overall security architectural advice to Engineering and IT
• Manage issues sourced from penetration tests and bug bounty programs
• Manage security champions program
• Help Product, Engineering and IT incorporate security requirements into new products from inception
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of Security Risk Models for new projects and existing systems

What We’re Looking For:

• 7+ years of development with some security experience in the AppSec domain.
• Strong Linux knowledge
• Strong software development skills
• Knowledge of common AppSec issues and tooling
• Ability to influence others
• Experience with cloud services, ideally GCP Experience with vulnerability management, or pentesting is a plus

What You’ll Love About Apollo

Besides the great compensation package and culture that thrives in openness and excellence, we invest tremendous effort into developing our remote employees’ careers. The team embraces that we have a sole purpose: to help customers maximize their full revenue potential on the Apollo platform. This mindset opens us up to a lot of creative approaches to making customers successful at scale. You’ll be a significant part of a lean, remote team, empowered to really own your role as a proactive educator. We’re very collaborative at Apollo, so you’ll be able to lean on your teammates, even in adjacent departments, to help you achieve lofty goals. You’ll be supported and encouraged to experiment and take educated risks that lead to big wins. And, you’ll have a whole team remotely by your side to help you do it!