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# Staff Application Security Engineer

- **Company:** Aurora Innovation, Inc.
- **Location:** Mountain View, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $189,000.0 - $303,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Build Automation, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Software Debugging, Programming Tools, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Software Security, Golang
- **Published:** November 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/7_83EF7EDEE84605FBB80BDE5078677B2C

## About the Role

You'll use AI thoughtfully to scale your attention while applying your own engineering judgment.In this role you willPartner with engineering teams on fixes and secure design improvements, contributing code directly.Investigate findings and their practical impact, bringing clear evidence and possible solutions when engaging the responsible teams.Help build and maintain the application security program and its tooling, using AI to scale investigation while validating results.Build automation and integrate preventative controls into the software development lifecycle to reduce recurring risks and friction.Required qualifications8+ years of experience in security , applications security engineering, or product security roles Substantial experience building and maintaining production software, with strong programming, debugging, and system design skills.Ability to investigate unfamiliar codebases, understand system behavior, and reason about potential misuse.Experience delivering technical
work across teams in a large or complex engineering organization.Demonstrated ability to threat model systems, explain technical risks, and tradeoffs clearly and collaborate with engineers on practical solutions.Experience building developer tooling, automation, or software development lifecycle integrations.Practical experience using AI to support technical work, with the judgment to validate its output and explain the underlying reasoning.Experience with languages in our stack: C, C++, Go, Python, JavaScript, and web frameworks.Desirable qualificationsHands-on experience building or maintaining both cloud and embedded systems, ideally with deep technical knowledge of each.Experience developing software for safety-critical products or their supporting infrastructure, particularly autonomous vehicle technology.Application or product security experience, including in-depth code audits, secure design reviews, threat modeling, or vulnerability investigation.Experience building and maintaining
production AI-assisted security tooling or automation.For roles based in San Francisco, CA, Mountain View, CA, and Seattle, WA: The salary range for this position is $189,000 - $303,000 per year.

## Description

Who we areAurora's mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge.
For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.What we are looking forAurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all.We're looking for a Staff Application Security Engineer with a strong software engineering background to help build and maintain an AI-native application security program for our driverless truck product and supporting infrastructure.
This is a builder-first role for someone who enjoys understanding complex systems and working alongside engineers to improve them.
You'll collaborate on fixes and design-level improvements, build automation, and make security a low-friction part of the software development lifecycle.