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Lead Security Engineer (Penetration Testing)

Build and scale application security practices for AI-powered products

As a Lead Security Engineer, you will secure HighLevel's products, platforms, and AI-powered capabilities by building and scaling application security practices. You will work closely with engineering, product, infrastructure, and AI teams to embed security into every stage of the software development lifecycle. This includes providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, influencing secure architecture decisions, and helping define the ...

Why This Role?

Help define the future of security across a global engineering organization serving over 1 million businesses

Key Responsibilities

  • Build and scale application security practices for products and AI-powered capabilities
  • Drive security initiatives for AI-enabled products in collaboration with engineering and product teams
  • Embed security into every stage of the software development lifecycle with infrastructure and AI teams
  • Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers on secure architecture decisions
  • Influence secure design choices and help define organizational security strategy

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in application security and AI security
  • Hands-on technical leadership in building and scaling security practices
  • Experience working with engineering, product, infrastructure, and AI teams
  • Ability to provide technical leadership and mentor engineers
  • Experience influencing secure architecture decisions in software development lifecycle

Required Skills

securityapplication-securityai-securityleadershipmentoringarchitectureengineeringApplication SecurityAI SecuritySecurity LeadershipThreat ModelingSecure SDLC

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Working Hours Overlap:
Flexible — work your own hours
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View Original Description from Lever Postings

Original description from Lever Postings

About Us HighLevel is an AI powered, all-in-one white-label sales & marketing platform that empowers agencies, entrepreneurs, and businesses to elevate their digital presence and drive growth. We are proud to support a global and growing community of over 1 million businesses, comprised of agencies, consultants, and businesses of all sizes and industries. HighLevel empowers users  with all the tools needed to capture, nurture, and close new leads into repeat customers. As of mid 2025, HighLevel processes over 4 billion API hits and handles more than 2.5 billion message events every day. Our platform manages over 470 terabytes of data distributed across five databases, operates with a network of over 250 microservices, and supports over 1 million hostnames.   Our People With over 1,500 team members across 15+ countries, we operate in a global, remote-first environment. We are building more than software; we are building a global community rooted in creativity, collaboration, and impact. We take pride in cultivating a culture where innovation thrives, ideas are celebrated, and people come first, no matter where they call home.   Our Impact As of mid 2025, our platform powers over 1.5 billion messages, helps generate over 200 million leads, and facilitates over 20 million conversations for the more than 1 million businesses we serve each month. Behind those numbers are real people growing their companies, connecting with customers, and making their mark - and we get to help make that happen.   About the Role We are looking for a Lead Security Engineer– Application Security & AI Security with 8+ years of experience to help secure HighLevel’s products, platforms, and AI-powered capabilities. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on building and scaling Application Security practices while driving security initiatives for AI-enabled products.You will work closely with Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and AI teams to embed security into every stage of the software development lifecycle. You’ll provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, influence secure architecture decisions, and help define the future of security across our engineering organization.   Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel or Blog Posts

Salary Context

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HighLevel has 23 other active roles on LokerDollar and has been hiring here since May 6, 2026 — across Engineering, Marketing, Design, Product, IT & Systems Administration.

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Company
HighLevel
Salary
Job Type
full time
Location
Remote · Dallas, USA
Category
Seniority
lead
PostedVerified
Aug 4, 2026

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