Staff Application / Product Security Engineer
Location: Austin, TX — Hybrid (2–3 days/week in-office)
Team: Information Security
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At Bumble, we’re building secure, AI-powered systems that make trust and safety intrinsic to every product experience. We’re looking for a Staff Product Security Engineer to lead the transformation of complex security requirements into intuitive, scalable, and developer-friendly solutions.
What You’ll Do
- Research, design, and deliver scalable security tools, frameworks, and automation that streamline secure development.
- Build developer-centric security experiences and self-service capabilities within engineering workflows.
- Leverage AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP) to create intelligent, context-aware security guidance and automation.
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering to embed security into design reviews, sprints, and roadmaps.
- Provide expertise across cloud-native, containerized, and service-oriented architectures (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes).
- Partner with leaders across Engineering and Product to align security with developer velocity and experience.
- Build and grow Bumble’s Security Champions program to amplify security culture across global teams.
Qualifications / Must-Haves
- 10+ years of experience in Application or Product Security.
- Proven expertise in secure software development, threat modeling, and SDLC integration.
- Hands-on experience building or integrating developer-facing security tools.
- Strong understanding of cloud and container security (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes).
- Demonstrated ability to influence engineering practices and drive security adoption.
- Excellent communication skills and cross-functional leadership.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with AI security tooling, context-aware automation, or MCP-based architectures.
- Familiarity with workflow automation platforms (n8n, Make.com, Zapier, etc.).
- Experience building agentic AI systems that work collaboratively.
- Understanding of AI privacy and governance in developer workflows.
- Strong coding background and pragmatic build-vs-buy decision-making.
Why Join Bumble
- Build security solutions developers genuinely love to use.
- Lead AI-assisted security innovation at global scale.
- Collaborate in a high-trust, forward-thinking engineering culture.
- Shape how Bumble builds and secures software for the next generation.
Global Benefits
- Maven Fertility: We offer a $10,000 lifetime benefit opportunity to all employees and their partners around the world.
- Family & compassionate paid leave: Family leave to support you and your loved ones when needed.
- 26 weeks parental leave: Paid leave for the primary caregiver.
- Unlimited paid time off: Take the time you need when you need it.
- Company-wide week off: We have a company-wide week off once a year.
- Focus Fridays: Every Friday is a no meeting, no deadline, no email and no Slack rule.
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About Us
Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo. Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating and friendship. We strongly encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.
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