Application Security Engineer

About Starburst

Starburst delivers enterprise intelligence at scale by giving organizations secure, governed access to all their data, wherever it lives. Built for distributed data environments, Starburst helps enterprises power AI and analytics without the cost and complexity of traditional data consolidation. With open standards including Trino and Apache Iceberg, Starburst enables trusted access to complete enterprise context while helping organizations avoid vendor lock-in. Leading global enterprises trust Starburst to fuel AI, analytics, and enterprise intelligence. Learn more at starburst.ai .

About the Role:

As a Security Engineer focused on Application and Product Security, you will play a key role in improving the security posture of our applications, services, and development ecosystem. You will work closely with engineering teams to integrate security into the software development lifecycle, build secure-by-default patterns, and ensure that products are resilient against modern threats. This role combines hands-on technical work, security engineering, and collaboration with developers to guide secure design and remediation. You will help implement security controls, perform assessments, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our security program.

As an Application Security Engineer at Starburst you will:

• Integrate application security best practices into the development lifecycle by partnering with engineering teams and enabling automated security checks within CI/CD pipelines.

• Support and maintain Application Security based tooling—including SAST, DAST, SCA, and secrets scanning—and help developers interpret and remediate findings.

• Conduct secure code reviews, threat modeling sessions, and application architecture assessments to identify risks and propose mitigation strategies.

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Department: Engineering