Staff Application / Product Security Engineer

About Bumble Inc.

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 Application / Product Security Engineer to lead the transformation of complex security requirements into intuitive, scalable, and developer-friendly solutions. In this role, you’ll sit at the intersection of Engineering, Product, and Compliance—designing frameworks and automation that make secure-by-design development seamless. You’ll empower engineers through innovative tooling, AI-driven enablement, and culture-shifting leadership that turns security into a core enabler of innovation.

Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo. The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through Kind Connections. Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date) and friendship (BFF). BFF is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections and community based on shared interests. Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products.

What You’ll Do as a Staff Application / Product Security Engineer

• 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

AI Fluency & Inclusion at Bumble Inc.

AI is important to us. We’re excited by people who are curious and experimental, and who think thoughtfully about how AI can amplify their impact and outcomes. We encourage you to use AI responsibly as you prepare your application. Bumble Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, colour, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent people to apply.

AI in Bumble Inc. Hiring

At Bumble, we may use AI tools to support parts of our recruitment process – such as helping us record, transcribe, and summarize conversations, and supporting job alignment by comparing resumes and job descriptions to highlight skills and potential roles that may be a good match. All hiring decisions are made by people; AI is used only to support our team’s efficiency and improve the candidate experience. Participation in AI-supported interviews and conversations is completely voluntary.

Location & Benefits

This role is based in Austin, TX, and requires a hybrid work style (2–3 days/week in-office, Monday – Wednesday). We are unable to offer Visa transfers or Visa sponsorship of any kind at this time.

Global benefits include: Maven Fertility ($10,000 lifetime benefit), family & compassionate paid leave, 26 weeks parental leave for primary caregivers (and secondary caregivers after 1 year), unlimited paid time off, a company-wide week off, and Focus Fridays (no meeting, no deadline, no email, no Slack rule).

Key skills/competency

• Application Security
• Product Security
• Threat Modeling
• SDLC Integration
• Cloud Security
• AI Security
• Security Automation
• Developer Enablement
• Cross-functional Leadership
• Kubernetes