AppsFlyer’s Security team is seeking a Security Architect to drive cross-PR&D security alignment, lead complex security design reviews, and shape the security architecture of our strategic cross-technology initiatives. This role serves as the senior technical security authority across our R&D ecosystem- partnering with product, platform, and infrastructure teams to embed security into every layer of our Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) and to guide AppsFlyer toward a robust, modern, and secure architecture. The ideal candidate is highly professional, demonstrates a ‘can-do’ attitude, and brings the seniority and presence to engage R&D architects and senior stakeholders as a peer. You will need strong technical depth, excellent communication skills, and the ability to translate complex security considerations into clear business and engineering decisions across a diverse range of stakeholders. What you'll do: <ul> <li>Drive cross-PR&D alignment of the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC), establishing consistent standards, controls, and practices across all engineering groups.</li> <li>Lead complex security design reviews for new technologies, systems, services, and strategic cross-tech initiatives.</li> <li>Define and own the security architecture for high-impact cross-team initiatives, ensuring security is embedded from the earliest design stages.</li> <li>Serve as the security counterpart to PR&D architects- representing security in architecture forums, design discussions, and strategic technology decisions.</li> <li>Partner with DevOps, Infrastructure, Platform, and R&D teams to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and shared platform services.</li> <li>Perform threat modeling and architectural risk assessments to identify and mitigate weaknesses before they reach production.</li> <li>Develop and maintain security guidelines, reference architectures, and best practices that scale across the organization.</li> <li>Evaluate and recommend security tools and technologies to continuously strengthen AppsFlyer’s security posture.</li> <li>Stay current on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and architectural patterns, translating them into actionable improvements to our security strategy.</li> </ul> What you have: <ul> <li>7+ years of experience in security architecture, cloud/infrastructure security, application security, or DevSecOps roles.</li> <li>Proven experience leading security design reviews and architecture work across multiple R&D teams or domains.</li> <li>Strong understanding of SSDLC practices and how to scale them across a large engineering organization.</li> <li>Deep knowledge of cloud-native architecture and services (AWS, GCP).</li> <li>Hands-on experience securing CI/CD pipelines, containers, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Kubernetes).</li> <li>Deep knowledge of network and identity security concepts, such as zero trust, IAM, and secrets management.</li> <li>Proven experience working with product and R&D teams performing architecture.</li> <li>Experience working in a SaaS product company at scale.</li> <li>Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical risks into clear business impact and to influence senior R&D stakeholders.</li> <li>A proactive mindset, strong problem-solving ability, and a passion for designing secure, scalable systems.</li> <li>Strong collaboration skills and the ability to drive change across cross-functional teams.</li> </ul> Bonus Points:</stro

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