Senior Application Security Engineer
Hippo Insurance · San Jose, CA | Morristown, NJ · IT
About this role
Hippo Insurance is hiring a senior-level Application Security Engineer based in San Jose, CA | Morristown, NJ. The posting calls out experience with Kubernetes, LLMs, CI/CD, Distributed Systems. Compensation is listed at $151,000–$226,250 per year.
- Role
- Application Security Engineer
- Function
- security
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- San Jose, CA | Morristown, NJ
- Department
- IT
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Job description
from Hippo Insurance careersTitle: Senior Application Security Engineer
Location: San Jose, CA / Morristown, NJ (hybrid)
Reports To: Sr. Manager, Cybersecurity
About Hippo
Hippo was built on a promise: make homeownership effortless. Nearly a decade later, that mission still drives us. We use technology and data to help our customers stay ahead of problems and protect what matters most.
Today, that same tech-native approach powers our work beyond homeowners. Hippo operates as a diversified carrier platform, partnering with MGAs to deliver tailored program solutions that help them grow and deliver better customer experiences. Behind that work is a team that values ownership, curiosity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
If you're energized by building what's next, we'd love to meet you.
About the Role
The Senior Application Security Engineer is a senior individual contributor responsible for driving application security outcomes across Hippo’s engineering organization. This role serves as a trusted subject matter expert in application security, providing deep technical guidance and influencing secure design decisions across multiple teams, products, and services.
This position is application-security–first, with intentional overlap into cloud and platform security where application code, identity, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure intersect. While the role does not own infrastructure, security programs, or formal departmental priorities, it is accountable for identifying application-centric risks and guiding high-impact security decisions through expertise, partnership, and advisory influence.