Team Lead, Application Security

Forward Financing
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 175,000 - 200,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication"]

Lead Forward’s application and product security program as it scales AI-driven software. You’ll manage a team of senior engineers, modernize the pentest and remediation workflow, and evolve security testing for both net-new AI agents and existing products. Partner with engineering to address vulnerability management, build exposure controls, and ensure AI-built work is security-reviewed before promotion.

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Forward Financing
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Team Lead, Application Security

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Job Summary

Lead Forward’s application and product security program as it scales AI-driven software. You’ll manage a team of senior engineers, modernize the pentest and remediation workflow, and evolve security testing for both net-new AI agents and existing products. Partner with engineering to address vulnerability management, build exposure controls, and ensure AI-built work is security-reviewed before promotion.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead application and product security across Forward-built, third-party, and AI-built software.
  • •Evolve the pentest program to continuously test and remediate both existing software and AI agents.
  • •Own remediation workflows and vulnerability management with engineering, including pre- vs. post-production gap analysis.
  • •Partner to build controls that limit external exposure, including network allowlists, egress proxy, and proxy-level DLP.
  • •Grow and develop the team, setting quality and coverage standards for offensive testing and maintaining security services in the app stack.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 175,000 - 200,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Typically 7+ years in application security, offensive security, or product security, including team leadership.
  • •Hands-on experience with pentesting and code review across web applications, APIs, and cloud infrastructure (AWS).
  • •Experience building or scaling a security testing program, including scoping, tooling, cadence, and remediation SLAs.
  • •Understanding of AI/LLM attack surface such as prompt injection and insecure agent tool use.
  • •Experience with modern programming languages such as Ruby, Python, or Go, plus secure SDLC practices.
Experience:Fintech
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Communication
Certifications:OSCPOSWE
Tech Stack:AWSRubyPythonGoAILLMSDLC

Company Brief

Forward Financing
Forward Financing is a Boston-based fintech lender that provides fast, flexible revenue-based working capital to small businesses nationwide, using proprietary underwriting and capital markets facilities to deliver timely funding solutions.
Industry: Lending
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: Boston, United States
Founded: 2012
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