Location: Lehi, UT, US
Employment Type: Full-time
Team: IT
Are you obsessed with data, partner success, taking action, and changing the
game? If you have a whole lot of hustle and a touch of nerd, come work with
Pattern! We want you to use your skills to push one of the fastest-growing
companies in the US to the top of the list.
Pattern is the leader in global e-commerce and marketplace acceleration,
headquartered in Utah's Silicon Slopes tech hub—with offices in Asia,
Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. Hundreds of global brands — including
Bosch, Nestlé, Stance, TUMI, and Panasonic — rely on the company’s e-commerce
acceleration platform to grow their online sales on direct-to-consumer
websites, online marketplaces, and other digital channels in more than 60
countries, all while managing fulfillment and logistics. With last year's
revenue exceeding $1 Billion, Pattern has been named one of the fastest
growing tech companies in North America by Deloitte and one of best-led
companies by Inc. We place employee experience at the center of our business
model and have been recognized as one of Newsweek’s Global Most Loved
Workplaces®.
As an Application Security Architect, you will be responsible for designing
and evolving application security strategies across Pattern’s modern
microservice architectures, development pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
You will provide leadership to secure our software development lifecycle,
advise software engineers on best practices, enforce secure coding practices,
and integrate security into our innovation process.
This is your chance to help shape a program that will continue to grow and
have a large impact for years to come. This is a full-time role based in Lehi,
Utah.
What is a day in the lift of a Application Security Architect
- Program Leadership: Design, implement, and manage a comprehensive application security (AppSec) program that aligns with Pattern’s global cybersecurity strategy.
- Strategy & Architecture: Define secure architecture standards for modern applications, leveraging industry frameworks and best practices to mitigate threats throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Security Integration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security into development pipelines, automate security processes, and ensure application vulnerabilities are identified and remediated.
- Metrics & Reporting: Develop, measure, and continuously improve internal security metrics to assess the effectiveness of security controls and guide strategic decisions.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Effectively communicate technical concepts and security strategies to technical teams, executive leadership, and other stakeholders.
- Incident Response & Remediation: Provide expert guidance during security incidents related to applications and advise on appropriate remediation measures.
What will I need to thrive in this role?
- 7-8 years experience in architecting, implementing, and scaling application security programs in cloud and microservice environments.
- Deep understanding of secure coding practices, threat modeling, vulnerability assessment methodologies, and remediation strategies.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to clearly convey complex technical information to a range of stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience in guiding technical teams through security initiatives, with proficiency in automation using languages such as Python.
- Familiarity with industry-standard security tools and practices such as static and dynamic analysis, penetration testing, and application security testing frameworks.
- Leadership mindset with a strategic approach to balancing security goals with business scalability and innovation.
- AWS expertise is a must. If you couldn’t go out and pass the Solutions Architect - Professional exam today, this probably isn’t the job for you.
- A love of learning new technologies. We don’t expect you to be familiar with our entire tech stack but be ready to learn!
- Software development experience in an enterprise environment is a strong advantage, and at minimum deep familiarity with how agile engineering teams work and what challenges they face is required.
- You follow through with all assignments in a timely manner
- You give 100% to all tasks and projects you are given
- You actively comment and participate in group collaborations
- You will take full ownership of your projects and follow through to completion
- You proactively identify areas of opportunity and work cross functionally to execute on them
What is the team like?
- The team possesses a strategic vision and proactive execution that drive a secure application development culture. They are hands-on leaders who deliver actionable results, ensure timely task completion, and continuously measure the impact of security initiatives. As collaborative partners, they actively engage in cross-team discussions and champion continuous improvement in security practices. Please see below for tools you'll get to play with:
- GitHub, including Copilot
- Wiz Code
- Terraform
- AWS
- Snowflake
- Kubernetes
We are looking for individuals who are:
- Game Changers- A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes.
- Data Fanatics- A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data.
- Partner Obsessed- An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations, and delivers results that exceed them, prioritizes the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern.
- Team of Doers- Someone who is a part of a team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners.
What is the hiring process?
- An initial phone interview with Pattern's talent acquisition team
- Behavioral interview with Pattern’s Sr. Director of Engineering
- Career timeline interview with Pattern’s Chief Information Officer
- Reference checks
- Executive review
- Offer
How can I stand out as an applicant?
- Be prepared to talk about professional accomplishments with specific data to quantify examples
- Be ready to talk about how you can add value and be the best addition to the team
- Focus on mentioning how you would make a difference at Pattern
- Be prepared to talk about any side projects related to data and analytics
Why should I work at Pattern?
Pattern offers big opportunities to make a difference in the ecommerce
industry! We are a company full of talented people that evolves quickly and
often. We set big goals, work tirelessly to achieve them, and we love our
Pattern community. We also believe in having fun and balancing our lives, so
we offer awesome benefits that include:
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid Holidays
- Onsite Fitness Center
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- Casual Dress Code
- Competitive Pay
- Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
- 401(k) match. Pattern matches 100% of the first 3% in eligible compensation
deferred and 50% of the next 2% in eligible compensation deferred.
Pattern provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and
applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any
type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin,
disability, status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by
federal, state, or local laws.