Senior Security Engineer (Application Security)

Tekion is hiring a Senior Security Engineer (Application Security) in Bangalore HQ.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field; equivalent experience considered.

• 6–9 years of experience in application security, product security, DevSecOps, or security engineering.

• Strong understanding of information security fundamentals and ability to communicate them clearly to engineering and product teams.

• Hands-on experience with secure coding, DevSecOps, and security automation.

• Familiarity with application architecture, threat modeling, CI/CD pipelines, IaC, serverless, and IAM.

• Experience integrating security controls into developer workflows.

• Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language such as Python, Bash, Java, JavaScript, or Go.

• Strong collaboration skills and a pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with OWASP Top 10, OWASP ASVS, API security, and modern software assurance practices.

• Experience reviewing code and supporting remediation across modern application stacks.

• Penetration testing experience is optional and good to have; ability to interpret findings is required.

• Industry recognized and accepted relevant certifications are a plus.

Benefits & perks

• Competitive compensation

• Generous stock options

• Medical insurance coverage

• Opportunity to influence secure engineering practices across a modern product organization

• Ownership of impactful security initiatives at scale

• Innovative, collaborative, and fast-paced culture

Current Tekion Employees: Please apply via the Internal Job Board in Ashby

Note: Tekion recently transitioned to a new recruiting tool and we appreciate your patience and feedback as we adjust to our new system!

Tekion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, victim of violence or having a family member who is a victim of violence, the intersectionality of two or more protected categories, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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About Tekion

Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through