Senior Security Engineer

About JWay Group, Inc.

JWay Group, Inc. is dedicated to delivering innovative and high-quality business solutions to our clients. We foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and client satisfaction. Join our team and be a part of a company that values excellence and professional growth.

About Our Client

Our client is Asia's leading local cyber incident response firm, dedicated to delivering world-class digital emergency response services to businesses in the region. They help businesses strengthen their cyber resilience and secure their digital operations by supporting them with incident response delivered by local experts and cyber insurance underwritten by their Lloyd’s of London coverholder.

Job Overview

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Security Engineer who thrives on daily hands-on projects and is excited by the opportunity to grow into leading a tight-knit, diverse security engineering team. You will be building class-leading architecture and security products, envisioning what cyber risk protection can look like in the APAC region.

This role suits someone who is passionate about building security products from the ground up with the most appropriate technologies available today. You will have extensive experience in modern security engineering, preferably at a security product-focused company. Initially, you will develop forward-thinking solutions to protect against external threats to a company’s digital assets. You will lead attack-surface technology with the goal of providing real-time, continuous insights for SMEs in APAC regarding their security posture and likelihood of threats.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and respond to emerging security threats quickly and effectively.
• Curate significant data sources via modules, turning these into proactive alerts for potential critical and high-risk issues.
• Collaborate with incident responders to develop real-time threat analysis understandable to non-technical business owners and employees.
• Synthesize security product and business problems into engineered solutions using the most appropriate language, modules, and tooling.
• Engage in problem-solving first through planning and dialogue before moving to code and infrastructure setup.

Qualifications and Experience

Experience:

• At least 5 years working as part of a security team and/or security product team as an engineer, shipping production-ready code and solutions.
• Experience leading the development of, or significantly contributing to, security products/tools used daily either by customers or internal teams.

Skills:

• Extremely proficient in Python.
• Additional experience and proficiency in Node/Javascript is welcomed.
• Experience with containerized deployment platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Run, Amazon ECS, Azure, K8s) is a plus.
• Experience using and maintaining CI/CD pipeline infrastructure; minimal-maintenance such as Github actions is a plus.

Soft Skills:

• Natural curiosity and passion for learning new things.
• Ability to manage time effectively, ensuring balance and avoiding overwork.
• Passion for efficiency and collaboration, with a history of establishing great relationships with engineering peers.
• Business fluent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Conversational fluency and higher in any Asian language is a plus but not required.

Technical Qualifications

• At least 5 years working as a security engineer, ideally with a product focus (excluding years of study or hobby project time).
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.

Work Conditions

Type: Full-time and Remote position (within Philippines)

Join our client and leverage your security engineering expertise to build innovative solutions that enhance cyber resilience for businesses across the APAC region. Apply today to become a crucial part of their visionary team.