Security Architect

What you'll do

• Drive cross-PR&D alignment of the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC), establishing consistent standards, controls, and practices across all engineering groups
• Lead complex security design reviews for new technologies, systems, services, and strategic cross-tech initiatives
• Define and own the security architecture for high-impact cross-team initiatives, ensuring security is embedded from the earliest design stages
• Serve as the security counterpart to PR&D architects - representing security in architecture forums, design discussions, and strategic technology decisions
• Partner with DevOps, Infrastructure, Platform, and R&D teams to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and shared platform services
• Perform threat modeling and architectural risk assessments to identify and mitigate weaknesses before they reach production
• Develop and maintain security guidelines, reference architectures, and best practices that scale across the organization
• Evaluate and recommend security tools and technologies to continuously strengthen AppsFlyer’s security posture
• Stay current on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and architectural patterns, translating them into actionable improvements to the security strategy

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in security architecture, cloud/infrastructure security, application security, or DevSecOps roles
• Proven experience leading security design reviews and architecture work across multiple R&D teams or domains
• Strong understanding of SSDLC practices and how to scale them across a large engineering organization
• Deep knowledge of cloud-native architecture and services (AWS, GCP)
• Hands-on experience securing CI/CD pipelines, containers, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Kubernetes)
• Deep knowledge of network and identity security concepts, such as zero trust, IAM, and secrets management
• Proven experience working with product and R&D teams performing architecture
• Experience working in a SaaS product company at scale
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical risks into clear business impact and to influence senior R&D stakeholders
• A proactive mindset, strong problem-solving ability, and a passion for designing secure, scalable systems
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to drive change across cross-functional teams

Tech stack