About the role

  • Application Security Specialist at CoLab focused on identifying vulnerabilities in software before production. Collaborating with development teams while using security tools and conducting testing.

Responsibilities

  • Review and risk rate upcoming features based on potential security impact. Work closely with devs on high risk projects.
  • Conduct manual and exploratory security testing on features before they ship.
  • Actively participate in team standups for 2–3 development teams, building trust and offering guidance when needed.
  • Break things. Your job is to think like an attacker and uncover issues devs may not see.
  • Manage and support internal security tools (e.g., SemGrep, Datadog, Retool, etc.) and help teams use them responsibly.
  • Continuously improve our security review process, tooling, and internal documentation.
  • Shadow senior security team members and pursue self-guided learning to level up your skills.

Requirements

  • Strong drive to learn, improve, and become an expert in application security.
  • Some experience in software development, QA or penetration testing (even co-op or personal projects).
  • Familiarity with modern web applications and security fundamentals.
  • Clear communication skills
  • Willingness to work toward a certification like OSCP or OSWA (we’ll support you).

Benefits

  • Unlimited vacation
  • Extended health coverage
  • 5% RRSP matching

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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