Upstox is one of India's leading Fin-Tech companies with a mission to simplify trading & investing to make it easily accessible to the masses. From new investors to seasoned traders, we aim to enable everyone to invest across multiple categories with our state-of-the-art trade & investment platform and commission-free pricing. We offer numerous asset categories to invest in, like Stocks, Digital Gold, IPOs, Mutual Funds, and more. By focusing on our customers’ needs and equipping them with personalized yet powerful tools, we witnessed a steep growth of 800% in our customer base from 25 Thousand in 2017 to 2 Lakh in 2019. With 1500% growth in 2020, currently, over 4 million customers trust us with their investment decisions, thus setting us on the course to become an industry leader in the country.
The company was founded in 2009 by Ravi Kumar and Shrinivas Viswanath, and in 2016 Kavitha Subramanian joined as the third co-founder. Backed by Ratan Tata, we raised $4 million in Series A funding (2016) led by Kalaari Capital. In 2019, US-based investment firm Tiger Global Management invested $25 million in a Series B funding round.
Role: SDE II - Application Security
Responsibilities:
1) Design, develop, and maintain tools and web applications to automate security tasks and enhance security measures across the organization.
2) Develop and integrate security automation tools and processes into the CI/CD pipeline to ensure continuous security testing and compliance.
3) Create threat models to identify risks and implement controls to mitigate those risks.
4) Conduct security architecture and design reviews to identify and resolve issues in applications and infrastructure.
5) Develop and maintain security testing plans.
6) Review source code to identify potential security vulnerabilities.
7) Perform vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and prioritize the identified vulnerabilities.
8) Develop proof of concept (PoC) exploits for vulnerabilities and collaborate with the engineering team to address them.
9) Solve complex vulnerabilities, such as business logic flaws, and communicate solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
10) Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders and business partners.
Required skills and experience:
1) 3 to 6 years of experience in Application Security with hands-on technical skills.
2) Strong understanding of web application security threats, exploits, and prevention techniques (SQL Injection, XSS, CSRF, etc.).
3) Proficiency in programming languages like Python, Go, or NodeJs, with experience in building security tools.
4) Experience with Kubernetes (K8s), cloud security, WAF, Bot manager, and securing web/mobile applications.
5) Implemented cryptographic controls to protect sensitive data and integrated SAST controls in CI/CD pipelines.
6) Familiar with Red team exercises, threat hunting, and OSINT practices.
7) Experience in mobile security testing, with knowledge of Selenium and Appium being an advantage.
8) Ability to estimate effort, meet deadlines, and communicate effectively.
9) Proven ability to influence others without direct authority.
10) Experience in Financial Services or Fintech is a plus, with a hands-on, problem-solving attitude.
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