Senior Information Security Engineer- Application Security Focus
At Hexens · London, Newham, United Kingdom
- Security
- Full-time
- Senior
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- Posted
- 6 May 2026
- First seen by us
- 15 October 2026
- Last checked
- 29 hours ago
Job description
From Hexens’s job post, as they wrote it.
Hexens.io is looking for a Senior Information Security Engineer with a strong focus on application security to join our team. At Hexens.io, we deliver cutting-edge cybersecurity services with a core emphasis on blockchain technology. We address complex security challenges, protecting applications and infrastructures that handle multimillion-dollar digital assets.
Remote Availability: Work from anywhere! This is a fully remote role with no location restrictions.
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Responsibilities:
* Alongside our off-chain security lead, plan and deliver advanced application security assessments against API services, application front-ends, wallet software, browser plugins, mobile apps, and SDKs.
* Collaborate with leading smart contract auditors and cryptography researchers, leveraging your application security expertise to assess attack surfaces outside their on-chain specializations.
* Work to identify technical vulnerabilities, architectural flaws, and ways to mitigate future risk in the crucial junctions between off-chain and on-chain systems.
* Interact with developers and key stakeholders when identifying and handling security issues.
* Deliver clear and concise reporting on issues and attack paths identified.
Required skillset:
* At least 5 years experience, or equivalent technical expertise, delivering offensive security services, with a primary focus on application security.
* Expert-level web application and API security experience, with proficiency assessing apps with modern web frameworks, and identifying advanced client-side, back-end, and business logic attacks.
* Experience assessing mobile applications (Android/iOS), browser extensions, and desktop applications.
* Practical experience finding complex vulnerabilities and attack paths in Golang, Rust, TS/JS, Python, Java, or C-based codebases during white/grey-box appsec assessments.
* Working knowledge of cloud, CI/CD, container, CDN, and network security concepts, and how they apply to application security.
* Knowledge or willingness to learn web3 security concepts and how they apply to web3-centric applications.
* Decent scripting and automation skills.
* Assisting with scoping requirements for application security work.
* Strong client-facing and soft skills.
Big plus if any of the following apply:
* Significant web2 bug bounty/vulnerability disclosure history.
* Prior experience as a smart contract auditor or onchain-focused security researcher.
* Prior experience developing or integrating DeFi protocols, smart contracts, wallet services, or other web3 services.
* Advanced relevant security certifications (OSWE, Burp Suite Certified Professional, etc.)
Benefits:
* Work alongside industry-leading specialists
* Opportunity to work with the most exciting and prominent companies in the industry
* Highly competitive salary
* Great work environment
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