Application Security Engineer

We build tech with art at the heart.

Artest is a product-focused tech company based in Yerevan. We design products, build software systems, and grow a strong quality culture — with art at the heart of everything we do.
We believe every professional should feel seen, inspired, and trusted. At Artest, we’ve created a space where ideas come to life through collaboration, passion, and precision.

❗️ Important – On-Site Role❗️

This is an on-site position for our office in Armenia, Yerevan.

Remote or hybrid arrangements are NOT available. Candidates must already be in the location or be willing to relocate. The relocation support will be provided if needed.

We invite a Senior Application Security Engineer to join our team on-site.

✅ Responsibilities:
✔️ Demonstrated ability to collaborate with other teams to achieve complex objectives.
✔️ Responsible for security architecture design from cloud infrastructure to application through the implementation of "secure by design" principles.
✔️ Collaborate with product managers, architects, and developers on the implementation of the security controls platform ecosystem and products.
✔️ Proof security implementations within infrastructure and application deployment manifests and the CI/CD pipelines.
✔️ Define required policies, controls, and capabilities for the protection of products and environments.
✔️ Build and validate declarative threat models automation.
✔️ Participate in engineering teams’ product planning cycles and committees.
✔️ Oversee the product security aspects for migration of products and services from Data Center to public cloud, e.g., AWS.
✔️ Serve as a trusted cyber security advisor to product and application teams.

✅ Minimum Requirements:
✔️ Experience integrating security scanning/tooling into the development pipeline.
✔️ Experience in analysing and securing microservices and applications developed using JavaScript and Typescript.
✔️ Experience with CI/CD pipelines (such as Gitlab, Jenkins) and infrastructure-as-a-code models (such as Terraform, Helm, or CloudFormation).
✔️ Hands-on development experience in Python/shell scripting.
✔️ Strong understanding of supply chain security, software integrity, and secure software delivery.
✔️ Experience with Docker and mesh technologies (such as ISTIO).
✔️ Experience with architecture and security reviews, threat modelling, and application risk is highly desired.
✔️ Experience working with Agile methodologies.
✔️ Knowledge of privacy laws and regulations, such as GDPR desired.
✔️ Familiarity with industry regulations, frameworks, and practices. For example, PCI, ISO 27001, NIST, etc.

✅ PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
✔️ In-depth experience with architecting secure services on Kubernetes.
✔️ Extensive experience with architecting secure services on AWS or on-prem data centers.
✔️ Security-related professional certifications e.g., CISSP, CISM, CCSK, CCSP, CEH, are highly desirable.

✅ We offer excellent benefits, including but not limited to:
💻 Learning and development opportunities and interesting, challenging tasks. 
✈️ Relocation package (tickets, staying in a hotel for up to 2 weeks, and visa relocation support for our employees and their family members). 
📚 Opportunity to develop language skills, with partial compensation for the cost of English/Spanish language classes (for localization purposes). 
🏥 Private medical coverage. 
🏝 Time for proper rest, with 20 non-business days per year and an additional 6 paid sick days. 
📈 Competitive remuneration level with annual review. 
🤝 Team building activities.