Application Security Engineer
Full-time application security engineers from India and the Philippines who give you 100% overlap with your US workday, from $3,000/mo all-in.
Exordiom places full-time application security engineers from India and the Philippines who catch vulnerabilities in your code before release. They review pull requests, wire SAST, DAST and dependency scanning into CI, and coach developers on fixes, across your full US workday. Seats start at $3,000 per month, with vetted profiles inside 48 hours.
Get application security engineer profilesQuick facts
| Role | Application security engineer (AppSec) |
|---|---|
| SOC code | 15-1212 Information Security Analysts (closest BLS category) |
| US median pay | $129,180 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025) |
| Exordiom starting price | From $3,000 a month for one full-time seat |
| Time to profiles | 48 hours |
| Time to first hire | As little as 10 days (full team in 2 to 3 weeks) |
| Talent markets | India and the Philippines |
| Working hours | Your full US workday, US hours only |
Role highlights
What does an application security engineer own day to day?
They own secure code review, scanner triage, threat models and mergeable patches.
Which tools should an AppSec engineer know?
OWASP ASVS, Semgrep or CodeQL, Burp Suite, Dependabot or Trivy, and one backend language.
How much experience suits most product teams?
Look for an ex-developer with several years in AppSec.
Where do Exordiom's AppSec candidates come from?
They come from India and the Philippines, where PayPal, Druva and Manulife are hiring AppSec as of Oct 28, 2026.
Will my application security engineer work my full US workday?
Yes. US hours only, a full workday on your US schedule, in your Slack and standups.
How much does it cost to hire an application security engineer offshore?
BLS has no AppSec code, so we use the closest: SOC 15-1212, Information Security Analysts.
| Option | Cost |
|---|---|
| US median wage, BLS OEWS SOC 15-1212 (May 2025) | $129,180 a year, about $10,765 a month before benefits |
| US AppSec engineer, average base (PayScale, 23 profiles, Sep 2026) | $97,684 a year |
| Exordiom application security engineer | From $3,000 a month, about $18.75 an hour across 160 hours |
Exordiom runs as a month-to-month subscription. You aren't billed until your engineer starts, and every seat comes with a 10-day no-cost replacement.
Who is hiring application security engineers in India and the Philippines?
Companies with open application security roles in India and the Philippines, October 2026:
Teams like Netlify hire security engineers through Exordiom. Netlify integrated Exordiom security engineers into core functions. See the Netlify case study
How does hiring an application security engineer with Exordiom work?
- 1
Share your spec.
List your languages, CI tooling, compliance goals and seniority.
- 2
Review profiles in 48 hours.
Each has passed an AI interview modeled on your spec, plus live human rounds.
- 3
Meet and choose.
Your team runs one closing interview, then you decide.
- 4
Start on your full US workday.
Exordiom handles the offer, payroll, compliance, laptop and Hypercare check-ins.
Application security engineer guide: what they own, the skills to test, interview questions and India vs Philippines
Core responsibilities
- Review pull requests that touch login, sessions, payments and access to customer data
- Run and tune SAST, DAST, secrets and dependency scanners in CI so builds flag real issues with few false positives
- Threat model new features with product and engineering before any code is written
- Triage bug bounty and pentest reports, reproduce each one and track each fix through to closure
- Publish secure coding guidance and paved-road libraries for auth, input validation and crypto
- Work the vulnerability backlog against agreed fix deadlines for each severity level
- Supply evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and customer security questionnaires
Skills worth testing
| Skill | Strong signal |
|---|---|
| Secure code review | Spots IDOR, SQL injection and broken access control in a real diff and writes the patch |
| Scanner engineering | Writes custom Semgrep or CodeQL rules and cuts the noisy alerts your team has learned to ignore |
| Web and API testing | Uses Burp Suite to chain bugs across OAuth flows and REST or GraphQL endpoints |
| Software supply chain | Pins dependencies, reads an SBOM and plans a risky library upgrade without panic |
| Developer enablement | Runs short secure coding sessions and writes fix guides engineers follow |
| Risk triage | Ranks findings by exploitability and business impact, with CVSS as one input |
Interview questions and how Exordiom vets
- Here is a pull request that adds a file upload endpoint. What would you flag first?
- Your scanner reports hundreds of findings on a legacy service. How do you decide what gets fixed?
- How would you prevent an IDOR in a multi-tenant REST API, both in code and in tests?
- Walk us through a threat model for a new password reset flow.
- A critical CVE lands in a library every service uses. What happens over the next day?
- How do you get developers to fix issues without slowing releases?
Red flags: treating scanner output as the final finding list, being unable to read code in the team's main language, blocking releases over low-severity issues, and handing over reports with no patch or test.
Exordiom only approaches engineers who already have jobs, so there is no bench of idle candidates. Every shortlisted candidate passes an AI interview built from your requirements, plus human rounds that grade character, acumen, grit and experience. Once your engineer starts, we run Hypercare check-ins with you and your engineer separately at week 1, week 2 and then every four weeks from week 6.
India vs Philippines for application security engineers
As of Oct 28, 2026, PayPal is hiring API security engineers in Bengaluru, Druva and Zeta list product security roles in Pune and Hyderabad, HighRadius wants a product security leader in Hyderabad, and InMobi, Anyscale and Meesho are recruiting in Bengaluru. In the Philippines, Manulife is hiring application security engineers for secure development, threat modeling and penetration testing in Quezon City and Makati. In both markets your application security engineer works your full US workday.
FAQ
What does an application security engineer do?
An application security engineer finds and fixes flaws in your code through review, CI scanning, threat modeling and developer coaching.
How much does it cost to hire an application security engineer through Exordiom?
One full-time seat starts at $3,000 per month, about $18.75 an hour, on a monthly subscription. Billing begins only after your engineer starts.
How quickly can Exordiom place an application security engineer?
Expect vetted profiles within 48 hours and a first hire in as little as 10 days.
Will my application security engineer work my hours?
Yes. Exordiom gives you 100% overlap with your US workday: your application security engineer works US hours only, not the 3 to 5 hours of overlap typical offshore teams share (Full Scale, Trango Tech, checked Oct 27, 2026).
Is an application security engineer different from an AI security engineer?
Yes. AppSec secures the code and APIs your team ships, while an AI security engineer covers LLM risks such as prompt injection.
Hire an application security engineer who works your full US workday
Share your stack and security goals. AppSec profiles arrive within 48 hours.
Talk to an Exordiom expertSources: BLS OEWS, Information Security Analysts (SOC 15-1212), May 2025 median wage, checked Oct 27, 2026 · PayScale, application security engineer salary, updated Sep 2, 2026, checked Oct 27, 2026 · Full Scale, offshore time zone overlap, checked Oct 27, 2026 · Trango Tech, offshore overlap hours, checked Oct 27, 2026 · Monthly figure is the BLS median divided by 12. Exordiom price and timelines: exordiom.com, October 2026.
