Junior Security Engineer

📋 Job Overview

1Password is growing. We’ve surpassed $400M in ARR and we’re continuing to accelerate, earning a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four years in a row and teaming up with iconic partners like Oracle Red Bull Racing. We are excited to welcome a Junior Engineer to join our Application Security team at 1Password. Application Security helps enable 1Password to build and deliver secure products with confidence. We’re responsible for 1Password’s Secure Software Development Lifecycle and related security activities like design review and architecture guidance, threat modelling, software supply chain security, and a suite of automated security tooling. As part of the Application Security team, this Junior Engineer will focus primarily on building and maintaining new or existing security tooling, including static analysis, dynamic analysis, code scanning (sage) and emerging agentic AI solutions.

🏢 About 1Password

At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Unified Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 180,000 businesses, from Fortune 100 leaders to the world’s most innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work.

🎯 The Role

This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US. As part of the Application Security team, this Junior Engineer will focus primarily on building and maintaining new or existing security tooling, including static analysis, dynamic analysis, code scanning (sage) and emerging agentic AI solutions.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Work within a small team of Application Security Engineers focused on minimizing security risk across our SSDLC
• Work with cross functional partners across Security, Product Engineering, Marketing, CX and more on the security parameters of new features across 1Password’s product suite
• Design, build, integrate and scale new agentic AI capabilities to enable secure product development activities
• Enhance and maintain existing security tools in a variety of areas including static analysis, dynamic analysis, code scanning, and more.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive dashboards and reporting metrics around our security risk program, tailored to different audiences (technical, non-technical, compliance, senior leadership, etc.)

📌 Required Qualifications

• You have 0-2+ years of experience in software development
• You have a passion and curiosity for security engineering, including but not limited to topics of secure coding, pentesting, vulnerability analysis, security design and architecture
• You have strong experience, demonstrated through project work or real world experience, leveraging agentic AI capabilities to accelerate security workflows, automate repetitive tasks, or enhance detection and remediation efforts
• You have experience with internal tool development and engineering enablement
• You have a strong foundational understanding of software development principles, and are comfortable reading and writing code
• You work well in a team environment with positive communications amongst a variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders
• You’re adaptable and resilient, thriving in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Experience with Rust and/or Golang, or a demonstrated ability to pick up new languages quickly.
• Experience conducting security code reviews, design architecture guidance, threat modelling
• Practical or hands-on experience with web application security topics, including but not limited to topics in OWASP Top 10.

🎁 Benefits

USA-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $100,000 USD and $140,000 USD, plus immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs. Canada-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $85,000 CAD and $119,000 CAD, plus immediate participation in 1Password’s generous benefits program (health, dental, RRSP and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs. At 1Password, we approach each individual's compensation with a promise of fair market value and internal equity commensurate with experience and specific skill set.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US.