Role: Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
Location: San Jose, CA [Onsite]
Duration: Long term
Role Overview
Support the Search Engineering team by managing vulnerability lifecycles, ensuring secure architectural practices, and overseeing automated fix validations.
Key Responsibilities
Threat Modeling & Asset Profiling
Document trust boundaries, data flows, and architectural entry points for high-priority services; maintain up-to-date threat profiles in centralized repositories.
Vulnerability Triage & Policy Management
Review and filter scanner findings, classify severity, and evaluate exception requests against security policies.
Reproduction & PoC Validation
Construct minimal test environments/harnesses to validate reported findings and confirm viable vulnerabilities vs. false positives.
Automated / Agentic Fixer Oversight & QA
Supervise and validate code patches generated by automated remediation agents, executing tests and inspecting diffs for regressions.
Product Team Coordination & Closure
Route validated patches to code owners and shepherd fixes through code review to production deployment.
Must-Have Skills
· Understanding architectural trust boundaries, attack surfaces, data flows, and threat modeling frameworks (e.g., STRIDE, PASTA).
· Working knowledge of common vulnerability classifications (CWE, CVE, OWASP Top 10) and SLA mapping.
· Proficiency in reading and writing code in at least two core languages (C++, Go, Java, Python) and building test harnesses/PoCs.
· Strong code review skills (identifying regressions, hallucinations) and knowledge of secure coding standards.
Nice-to-Have / Advanced Skills
· Experience with threat model reviews for large distributed / microservice architectures.
· Experience managing vulnerability queues, automated scanning tools, and compliance with exception reviews.
· Practical experience with fuzzing, unit test frameworks, sandbox execution, and cross-boundary debugging.
· Experience prompt-tuning automated code generation tools, differential testing, and patch validation.
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Since our inception in 2013, Alchemy has been dedicated to reshaping organizational performance through innovative IT services. With a vision to empower businesses seeking a transformative edge, we’ve positioned ourselves at the forefront of digitization and software modernization.
Our name reflects our mission: to transmute technology into gold-standard solutions for our esteemed clients. We proudly serve a diverse range of sectors, including IT and ITES, BFSI, Telecom and Media, Automotive, Manufacturing, Energy, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Retail, Healthcare, and more.
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