About Us
Canary Technologies is changing the game for hotels with modern software powered by Canary's hospitality-specific AI platform.
Canary is utilized by 20,000+ hoteliers in 100+ countries to equip hoteliers with the technology they need to work smarter and wow their guests. Major hotel brands such as Wyndham, Marriott, IHG, Four Seasons, Rosewood, and Best Western trust Canary to deliver results.
Canary was named a 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ company, a Most Innovative Company by Fast Company and a HotelTechReport Best Place to Work — and is backed by top Silicon Valley investors like Y Combinator, F-Prime, Brighton Park Capital and Insight Partners.
Join us in shaping the future of hospitality!
About the Role
Our team is growing and we're hiring a Senior Application Security Engineer to join our engineering team and enable our next phase of growth. Canary's engineering team is fully remote!
This role focuses on embedding security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC), partnering with developers to make secure design the default. You will own the strategy for application security tooling, automation, and developer enablement while collaborating closely with SREs, infra, and data engineers to keep our platform both secure and scalable.
Responsibilities
Define and enforce best practices for secure coding, dependency management, and design reviews across engineering teams
Integrate and manage SAST, DAST, and SCA tools within CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions)
Partner with developers on new features and systems to identify risks early in the lifecycle
Implement best practices for secrets handling, API authentication/authorization, and data protection
Build security guidelines, training, and reusable libraries/patterns so that teams can ship secure code faster
Triage and prioritize findings from bug bounties, penetration tests, and automated scans, ensuring timely resolution
Act as the bridge between application developers and platform engineers to align app security with infra and compliance requirements
Implement monitoring, alerting, and remediation for security incidents across our platform
Scan and remediate vulnerabilities in container images, OS packages, dependencies, and IaC templates
Design and maintain least-privilege IAM roles, secrets management, and authentication flows
Automate evidence gathering and control enforcement for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and others
Qualifications
6+ years in security engineering, DevSecOps, or related roles, including experience at scale
Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
Strong experience integrating security into modern SDLC pipelines
Hands-on with AppSec tooling (Snyk, OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, SonarQube, Checkmarx, etc.)
Solid understanding of web app security (OWASP Top 10, API security, auth flows, input validation)
Familiarity with AWS/Kubernetes security
Strong programming skills (Python, Go, or JavaScript) to build tools, write secure code, and contribute to developer libraries
Proven track record in partnering with product and engineering teams to drive security adoption without slowing down velocity
Strong AWS security skills (IAM, KMS, Security Hub, GuardDuty, WAF)
Experience with Kubernetes security (RBAC, OPA/Gatekeeper, network policies)
Hands-on with Terraform, Helm, and GitOps practices
Familiarity with security tooling (Trivy, Falco, Snyk, Aqua)
Knowledge of networking, encryption, and cloud-native security best practices
