Platform Security Engineer

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We are looking for a Platform Security Engineer.


Your main tasks will be:

  • Improve and maintain perimeter and network-layer defenses (WAF, Rate Limiting, Anti-bot ,DDoS mitigation)

  • Secure product APIs against abuse and anomalous traffic

  • Strengthen authentication, authorization, and access control at the product level, including IDOR-class issues

  • Run the Vulnerability Management process: identification, prioritization, and remediation tracking

  • Coordinate external pentests and drive remediation of findings

  • Lead Incident Response for product security incidents

  • Build detection and response processes together with the monitoring team

  • Contribute to Fraud & Trust and Safety initiatives with relevant teams

  • Protect customer data at the product level (access control, encryption, masking)

  • Run the Security Champions program to train product teams on secure development

  • Manage the Bug Bounty program


We expect from you:

  • 5+ years in information security, including 3+ years in product security

  • Hands-on experience operating a WAF (Wallarm / Akamai / Cloudflare)

  • API security (OWASP API Security Top 10, API gateway experience)

  • Experience with anti-bot solutions (fingerprinting, behavioral detection)

  • Practical understanding of DDoS mitigation (L3–L7)

  • Experience running a Vulnerability Management process (CVSS, prioritization, remediation SLAs)

  • Experience coordinating pentest projects and working with pentest reports

  • Understanding of OAuth/OIDC, session management, JWT

  • Practical SQL and Elasticsearch skills for querying logs and data during investigations, monitoring, and reporting

Why join SDG?

  • Fully remote work

  • 28 vacation days + 7 wellness days

  • Paid professional development

  • Health compensation program

  • Employee referral bonuses up to $5,000

  • Home office/co-working reimbursement

  • Internal recognition and rewards program

SDG unites 1,200+ professionals working remotely across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and beyond, and is certified as a Great Place to Work®.

Published on: 7/9/2026

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Social Discovery Group (SDG) is the third-largest social discovery company in the world, uniting over 60 brands with 500 million users. We solve the problems of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection by transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal.

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