Full-Stack Engineer, Security
Vox Media is one of the fastest growing media companies today, combining the best content, technology, and distribution capabilities to connect with an audience of 170 million people each month who rely on us for a modern, intelligent take on the world. Simply put, we create smart media brands for smart audiences.
We got our start innovating in sports media with SB Nation, the largest and fastest-growing network of fan-centric online sports communities. We now have eight brands including Polygon, The Verge, https://www.vox.com, Curbed, Racked, Eater, and Re/code.
We are seeking an outstanding software engineer to take ownership of application security at Vox Media. You are someone with hands-on experience discovering and addressing common web application security vulnerabilities; or a resourceful senior engineer who is eager to learn more about and focus solely on security.
Primary responsibilities:
Identifying security vulnerabilities across Vox Media via code review and penetration testing. Writing code to directly address smaller vulnerabilities; working with other engineers to address larger ones. Documenting and advising project teams on security best practices.
Implementing new features focused on improving the security and privacy of our editorial staff and their readers.
Developing internal tools for monitoring, alerting, and prevention of suspicious activity and abuse – both at the application and network level.
Managing incident response and bug-bounty programs. Responding to CVEs and other alerts.
Additionally, you:
Are a self-starter who can take a challenging task and run with it
Care deeply about the quality of your work
Communicate well
Have a solid grounding in object-oriented programming and fundamental computer science concepts such as concurrency, complexity theory, and algorithms & data structures
Ideally, you also have:
Built and deployed into production a non-trivial Ruby on Rails application
Worked on small development teams and with remote team members
Experience using a variety of programming languages and frameworks
Passion for online media and journalism
Love or strong tolerance for animated GIFs and bad puns
For more on the things we’re building and problems we’re solving, and what it’s like to work on the Vox product team, see our product team blog;Press Reset, the documentary about the making of Polygon; and Chorus, our modern media platform.
About working at Vox Media: this is a permanent, full-time position with excellent benefits—including flexible hoursand generous parentalleave. Candidates can be based out of either of our main offices—in New York City or Washington, DC—or may work remote from anywhere within the major US timezones (Eastern, Mountain, Central, Pacific). You’ll be joining a groupof focused, hard-working, creative people who are passionate about doing work that’s challenging and fun—all while maintaining a healthy work/life balance.
We encourage candidates of all experience levels to apply. If the above doesn’t describe you perfectly, please get in touch anyway and tell us why you want to work with us.
Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and everyone is encouraged to apply. Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law.
