Who We Are: 

Twitter is what’s happening and what people are talking about right now. For us, life’s not about a job, it’s about purpose. We believe real change starts with conversation. Here, your voice matters. Come as you are and together we’ll do what is right (not what’s easy) to serve the public conversation. 

What You'll Do:

The Product Security and Architecture team works across Twitter to build security into everything that we do. You’ll work directly with internal and external stakeholders to define security requirements, build security into designs, provide guidance on new and existing technologies, and promote security culture. 

As a Staff Security Engineer you will:

- Mentor and help develop other members of the organization.

- Model and identify potential risks in designs, configuration, code, or deployed systems along with designing and implementing mitigation options.

- Identify and navigate the trade-offs necessary between security and engineering velocity.

- Drive infrastructure directions and solutions in collaboration with other teams.

- Use data to drive identification of risk areas and solutions.

- Analyze the security of systems via testing.

You care about security and building a secure environment for the people using Twitter everyday. You are curious, and have experience with the tools of the trade, comfortable digging into the details, and eager to help others protect our systems.

Qualification:

6+ years of experience in application security, with experience across SDLC activities such as threat modeling, secure code review, vulnerability management, and penetration testing.


- Comprehension in multiple programming languages such as Go, Python, Javascript, and Java.

- Subject matter expertise in applied key management, certificate management, and applied cryptography
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- Broad knowledge of web and application attack vectors, exploits, and mitigations that work at scale.

- Expertise with browser security controls and web application security standards and best practices.

- Understanding of security challenges in service architectures or large distributed systems.

Company Description

Twitter is what’s happening and what people are talking about right now. For us, life's not about a job, it's about purpose. We believe real change starts with a conversation. Here, your voice matters. Come as you are and together we'll do what's right (not what's easy) to serve the public conversation.

Additional Information: A few other things we value:

Challenge - We solve some of the industry’s hardest problems. Come to be challenged, learn, and thrive as an engineer.

Diversity - Diversity makes us a better organization and team. We value diverse backgrounds, ideas, and experiences.

Work, Life, Balance - We work hard, but we believe with hard work should come balance.

We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Twitter. Twitter is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran, genetic information, marital status or any other legally protected status.

San Francisco applicants: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records