Application Security Engineer - Vice President

iCapitalLisbon, PortugalJob.bopublished 08/24/2026
Must-have:PythonGraphQLCloudCI/CDAISecuritySeniorLeadRemote
Nice-to-have:Ruby

About the role:

We are looking for a technically strong Senior Application Security practitioner ready to take on real ownership. You will work directly with the Head of AppSec, contributing to the Secure Design practice and helping drive shift-left security across the organization.

What You'll Do

Help build and mature the Secure Design and Threat Modeling program by defining methodology, review standards, and sign-off criteria across the organization

Drive shift-left security initiatives, embedding security earlier in the development lifecycle through design reviews, developer enablement, and security gating in CI/CD

Own API security as a discipline

Support offensive security initiatives

Build and maintain security automation in Python, tooling that scales AppSec capacity

Work directly with developers on SAST and SCA remediation, scan optimization, and reducing friction in the security feedback loop

Contribute to AI-assisted security pipelines; define escalation paths, SLAs, and accountability structures for vulnerability management

What We're Looking For

Hands-on experience across secure design, threat modeling, API security, and offensive security

Offensive security capability with penetration testing experience and solid understanding of real-world attack and API exploitation patterns

Deep familiarity with OWASP Top 10 in practice

API security depth, experience assessing REST and GraphQL APIs

Python proficiency, comfortable building automation tools that others will depend on

Experience in shift-left programs: security in CI/CD, developer enablement, design review processes

Understanding of web application and API security

Comfortable reading code across languages and engaging with engineering teams at technical depth

Familiarity with cloud-native environments and attack surface management

Demonstrated ability to influence across engineering and product and operate at architecture level

Relevant certifications are a plus: OSCP, OSWE, GWEB, CSSLP, CISSP, CEH

Exposure to AI-assisted security tooling or LLM security is a differentiator

Experience as a developer and fluency in Ruby, Python, and Scala are a plus

We believe the best ideas and innovation happen when we are together. Employees in this role will work in the office four days, with the flexibility to work remotely one day (Friday). 

Benefits

iCapital offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes a total compensation program consisting of competitive salary, annual performance bonus, and equity for all full-time employees; healthcare with 100% employer-paid health and dental insurance; and generous paid time off (PTO).

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