Senior Software Engineer (Security & Privacy) @ Jobgether (partner company) — Vaga Remota

Accountabilities:

Design, develop, and implement security and privacy-focused features within large-scale web applications
Contribute to the protection of platform integrity by building defenses against abuse, bots, and malicious activity
Collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure secure architectural and implementation decisions
Review, develop, and deploy security-related enhancements across core platform systems
Conduct security and privacy reviews, including internal and external assessments of systems and features
Support incident response efforts related to application security and privacy issues
Identify, analyze, and remediate technical debt in security-critical components
Improve system reliability, testing practices, observability, and operational excellence
Participate in code reviews and promote secure coding practices across teams
Break down complex technical challenges into actionable engineering tasks and deliverables

5+ years of experience as a software engineer, ideally with exposure to security or privacy engineering
Strong experience in modern web application development (backend and frontend)
Proficiency in PHP and JavaScript is beneficial, with ability and willingness to learn new technologies quickly
Experience building or contributing to secure software systems or privacy-focused features
Understanding of secure design principles, threat modeling, and vulnerability mitigation techniques
Experience with code reviews, system reliability practices, and production system support
Ability to design technical solutions, write design documentation, and support implementation planning
Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain security risks to non-technical stakeholders
Experience working in distributed, remote, and cross-functional engineering teams
Nice to have: experience with anti-abuse systems, MediaWiki, open-source contributions, or large-scale backend systems