Overview

We are seeking a full-stack software engineer who can create an engaging culture of security as part of our Systems Engineering team. The ideal candidate is someone with hands-on experience discovering and addressing common web application security vulnerabilities, is familiar with common industry security practices, and can work across the entire DevOps stack.

Primary responsibilities

  • Perform vulnerability testing, risk analyses and security assessments
  • Implementing new application and network-level features focused on improving security and privacy
  • Developing internal tools for monitoring, alerting, and prevention of suspicious activity and abuse
  • Investigate intrusion incidents, conduct forensic investigations, and participate in incident response
  • Evaluate new technologies and processes that enhance security capabilities
  • Collaborate with team members across the company on security-based projects.

Desired Skills

  • Good communication skills
  • Ability to work on a geographically dispersed team
  • Experience with common security tools (eg. Metasploit, OWASP ZAP, etc.)
  • Initiative on solving problems and completing tasks in a reasonable time frame
  • Experience with a programming language (Python, Ruby, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, etc)

As a plus

  • Familiarity with Amazon Web Services / Google Cloud Platform
  • Experience building and deploying Ruby on Rails applications in production
  • Passion for online media and journalism
  • Good coding skills and enthusiasm for creating tools to do your job for you

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 hours and generous parental leave. 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 group of 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.

About Vox Media

Vox Media is a technology-driven media company. We're solving the problem of developing high-value digital journalism, storytelling, and brand advertising at scale—and empowering the most talented web voices and their audiences with Chorus, our modern media platform. We develop the highest quality content, conversations, and applications for a monthly audience of over 150 million passionate people around the world.

Vox Media is one of the fastest growing online publisher with eight distinct media brands: The Verge (Technology and Culture), vox.com (News), SB Nation (Sports), Polygon (Gaming), Eater (Food and Nightlife), Racked (Shopping, Beauty, and Fashion), Curbed (Real Estate and Home), and Re/code (Technology Business). Ranked one of the top fastest growing by comscore, Vox Media Inc. also holds claim to the fastest-growing large sports property (SB Nation), fastest-growing large news site (vox.com) and the fastest-growing beauty/fashion/style property (Racked).