Application Security Consultant (founding team) Job at Xbow, Mission, KS

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  • Xbow
  • Mission, KS

Job Description

Application Security Consultant founding Customer Success team
Locations : US Remote
About XBOW

At XBOW, were redefining the future of cybersecurity by building the world's first autonomous pentester, powered by AI. Today, the gold standard for securing software systems is human pentesters, but with the rise of artificial intelligence, were stepping up to scale offensive security to meet the ever-growing demand.

AI is transforming the landscape of both cybersecurity and cyberattacks. While millions of people without security expertise are creating software, bad actors are using AI to launch more effective attacks. XBOW fights back with AI-driven superpowers, enabling security teams to stay one step ahead. Our autonomous AI solves 75% of web app security benchmarks with zero human interventionand at superhuman speed.

What makes XBOW truly unique? Like human experts, it forges creative attacks, adapts its learnings, and continuously works to find vulnerabilities faster than anyone ever could. Were not only simulating threatswere also finding and responsibly disclosing real-world vulnerabilities, ensuring organizations can fix issues before theyre exploited. XBOW isnt just a tool; its a transformative force in the secure development lifecycle.

Backed by Sequoia Capital and a team that includes the creators of GitHub Copilot and GitHub Advanced Security, XBOW is not just keeping up with the timeswere shaping the future of cybersecurity. Our mission is simple: to defeat the bad actors before they strike, using AI to revolutionize how we approach offensive security.

Were building something that must be built, and were the team to do it. Join us in shaping the next frontier of autonomous security.

Your Role: Application Security Consultant Founding Services Team

Were seeking a highly skilled Application Security Consultant to join our founding Services team as a key technical partner. You will work alongside Strategic Program Managers and Customer Success Managers to ensure customers realize the full value of XBOW through actionable, expert insights.

In this role, youll collaborate with a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including developers, AppSec engineers, and security leadersboth within customer organizations and internally.

What Youll Do
  • Leverage your understanding of XBOWs attack methodologies to surface meaningful insights, especially where deep security expertise empowers customers to make confident, informed decisions

  • Translate discovered exploits into business context and risk impact, guiding customers toward the most effective remediation strategies for their specific environments

  • Communicate confidently across a range of personas, from developers and AppSec engineers to CISOsadapting your style to meet their needs and priorities

  • Influence product direction by identifying gaps between customer needs and current capabilities, working directly with our research and engineering teams to evolve how security insights are delivered at scale

  • Build lasting customer relationships through technical depth and responsivenessearning trust, driving satisfaction, and contributing to retention and expansion, even when you're not the primary account owner

Who You Are
  • You have deep experience in application security, with a strong grasp of modern web technologies, common vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10), and secure development practices

  • You're skilled at translating technical findings into business impact and risk narratives that resonate with both engineers and executives

  • You communicate with clarity and empathy, able to adjust your tone and depth whether you're speaking to a CISO, an AppSec lead, or a front-end developer

  • Youre customer-obsessed: responsive, pragmatic, and always thinking about how to deliver maximum value

  • You thrive in ambiguity and enjoy building from the ground up, whether thats a new process, a customer engagement model, or feedback loop with Product

  • Youre a team player who enjoys cross-functional collaboration and knows how to earn trust quickly

  • Youre comfortable digging into a codebase, analyzing attack paths, and making confident recommendations without needing a detailed script

Requirements:
  • Hands on experience in application security, offensive security, or a related technical security role

  • Strong understanding of modern web architectures, authentication/authorization models, and common vulnerability classes (e.g., OWASP Top 10, business logic flaws)

  • Proven ability to interpret and contextualize security findings, prioritizing based on real-world risk and business impact

  • Hands-on experience collaborating with engineering and security teams to drive remediation and improve application posture

  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to tailor technical depth and tone to suit developers, security engineers, and executive stakeholders

  • Comfortable analyzing source code, reviewing logs, and investigating exploitability without relying on prescriptive checklists

  • Experience working directly with customers or clients in a consultative, advisory, or customer success capacity

  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and contribute to early-stage team building and process development

  • Prior red teaming, pentesting, bug bounty, or exploit development experience is a strong bonus

What We Offer
  • Compensation & Equity: Competitive salary and a meaningful equity packageyoull be a true owner in what were building

  • Customer Impact: Help hundreds of customers succeed with AI-driven security at scale

  • Career Growth: Shape how we deliver customer success in a high-volume, high-leverage environment.

  • Mission-Driven Team: Join a company thats not just following the AI wavewere defining what the future of security looks like

What Else You Should Know

Location: Remote in the US (all team members are remote but we meet regularly and youre supported to travel to collaborate with colleagues in person)

Contract: Full-time.

Hiring Process:

  • 30-min introductory chat.

  • Interview with our Head of Product & Customer Success (~60mins)

  • Interview with our Head of Security

  • Take home working session relevant to the role

  • Presentation of working session artifacts

  • Final conversation with our CEO and founder, Oege de Moor

Were looking for someone who brings empathy, urgency, and clarity to the self-serve customer journey. If youre excited to support our mission and help shape the future of scaled customer success at XBOW, wed love to talk.

Even if you dont meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We value curiosity, resilience, and people who are excited to build the future of security with us.

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Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, Remote work, Work from home,

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