Application Security Engineer

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Nintendo
Full time
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USA
11/09/2026
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Redmond, WA

Responsibilities

Perform security assessments, threat modeling, architecture reviews, and secure code reviews for enterprise applications, APIs, and cloud services.
Evaluate authentication, authorization, data protection, secrets management, and other application controls, and partner with developers on remediation.
Develop secure design patterns and provide secure coding guidance throughout the software development lifecycle.
Assess AI-enabled applications involving LLMs, RAG, agents, connected tools, and MCP integrations for security risks.
Define AI security review criteria, technical guardrails, identity and access controls, logging, and detection and response practices.
Build security testing into developer workflows, including static and dynamic testing, dependency analysis, secrets detection, and API testing.
Develop scripts, tools, and integrations for vulnerability analysis, remediation tracking, and repeatable security processes.
Maintain and troubleshoot security solutions while aligning work with compliance requirements and internal controls.

Requirements

At least five years of related experience in application security, security engineering, software engineering, or a related technical security discipline.
Experience with application assessments, threat modeling, architecture reviews, secure code reviews, common application vulnerabilities, and security defenses.
Understanding of web applications, APIs, cloud services, authentication, authorization, secrets management, and data protection, with the ability to read application code.
Experience with security testing tools, automated security checks, AWS, API penetration testing, microservices, and Kubernetes in multi-team enterprise environments.
Foundational understanding of generative AI, LLM-enabled applications, and related security risks, or the ability to develop that knowledge quickly.
Familiarity with AI risk and governance frameworks and AI threats such as prompt injection, data leakage, model or supply chain compromise, and misuse of autonomous agents is preferred.
Practical AI security experience and experience with Python or another scripting language are preferred.
Strong communication skills for translating technical risks into clear recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits.
401(k) and paid time off.
Potential semi-annual discretionary performance bonus.
Hybrid work arrangement in Redmond, Washington with regular onsite work; fully remote work is not available.

Salary: $108k - $174k/yr

Nintendo

Nintendo develops and publishes video games and designs dedicated gaming hardware for consumers, best known for the Nintendo Switch platform and franchises like Mario and The Legend of Zelda. In the U.S., it operates as a public company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, with roots dating to 1...

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