Application Security Engineer II (Contract - 5 months)

About Bugcrowd

Founded in 2012, Bugcrowd is the preemptive security platform that unifies exposure discovery and assessment, offensive testing, and intelligence shaped by AI and human insight to help organizations avoid, discover, and validate real-world risk. Bugcrowd helps security teams move faster by identifying the exposures that matter most so they can act first and stay ahead of attackers. Based in San Francisco and New Hampshire, Bugcrowd is supported by General Catalyst, Rally Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, and others.

Job Summary

At Bugcrowd, we handle application security assessment at an epic scale. As an Application Security Engineer (ASE) you will curate and manage the incoming security vulnerability submissions to some of the world’s biggest companies’ bug bounty programs.

• Broad Exposure: A tenure at Bugcrowd often means you have worked on not only one company’s security program but potentially on hundreds.
• Cutting-Edge Learning: As an ASE at Bugcrowd you will be exposed to top security researchers and their testing methodologies. Our ASEs become technically fluent in complex XSS, SQLi, XXE, IDOR, SSTI, SSRF, and many other vulnerability types.
• Diverse Targets: We routinely run security programs for cars, IoT devices, embedded systems, mobile applications, and more.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage the ongoing triage and validation services of Bugcrowd managed programs under the direction of the Director of Technical Operations.
• Curate incoming vulnerability submission data for validity, accuracy, and severity.
• Communicate directly with Bugcrowd’s clients and external researchers when additional details or clarification are required.
• Handle Incident Response by escalating and communicating high-severity vulnerabilities to clients.
• Apply strong knowledge of OWASP Top Ten vulnerabilities to triage decisions.
• Leverage scripting/development skills to assist with tooling and automation that improve the triage and validation workflow.

Education, Experience, Skills & Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent previous security consulting experience.
• Published and demonstrated passion for security assessment research.
• High proficiency with Burp Suite (or other interception proxies) and working experience with industry-standard tooling (e.g., nmap, sqlmap, Kali Linux tools).
• Working knowledge of a scripting/development language.
• Ability to execute individual projects while collaborating effectively with the broader team.
• Track record of completing tasks reliably and on time.
• Strong organization, influencing, and communication skills.

Working Conditions

• Environment: Remote, work-from-home 100% of the time.
• Physical Requirements: Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time and carry/move laptop equipment as needed throughout the workday.