AbbVie Posted July 31, 2026

Junior Application Security Engineer

North Chicago, IL Full-time
Information Technology

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About this opportunity

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at  www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on  LinkedIn,   Facebook ,  Instagram ,  X  and  YouTube.

Job Description

Become a key player in our Information Security team as a Junior Application Security Engineer, where you will leverage your expertise in application security, security engineering, and software development to support and enhance our inline code testing and reporting processes. This role involves the implementation and administration of application security tooling, integration into CI/CD pipelines, and providing support for development teams using these products and consuming their findings.

Responsibilities:

Implementing and maintaining Application Security Testing (AST) tools (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, etc.) to identify code and dependency vulnerabilities during the software development lifecycle.

Implementing and maintaining Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) tools to centralize and deduplicate findings from multiple solutions and integrate into software development processes.

Acting as the first line of support for users by helping resolve false positives, providing guidance on finding remediation, and evaluating security exception requests.

Integrating security tooling with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CICD) pipelines.

Developing detailed reports on security findings and remediation efforts.

Demonstrate high proficiency across a wide range of technologies and platforms related to application security, software design and development, containerization, and cloud environments.

Communicate security risks and evangelize secure development practices to development teams and their management.

Lean/understand vulnerabilities, triage security risks at scale in disparate application development environments and business units.

Qualifications

Required:

Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years' experience; or Master's Degree and 4 years' experience

Experience in application security and software development

Experience implementing, administering, and supporting application security tooling such as SAST/DAST/IAST/SCA

Knowledge of secure coding practices across multiple programming languages (esp. Java, Node.js)

Experience integrating security testing into CICD pipelines

Knowledge of application security principles along with common vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10, CWE, etc.) and associated mitigations

Experience supporting developers with assessing and mitigating application security test findings

Ability to effectively communicate technical findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Demonstrated ability to function as a principal engineer, generating original technical ideas and strategies. Demonstrated creative 'out of the box' thinking to solve difficult technical problems and champion new technologies to achieve program goals.

Excellent written and oral English communication skills, as demonstrated by presenting at leading scientific or technical conferences.

Experience coaching and supporting the development of junior engineers

Preferred: 

Experience implementing tooling to consolidate application security test findings from multiple sources to facilitate developer engagement and integrate with development workflows and tracking systems

Experience administering Snyk and Endor Labs

Experience integrating Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tooling with application security pipelines

Experience automating workflows via programming and scripting languages such as Python

Experience building logging into DevSecOps pipelines to gain insights into pipeline performance

Experience collaborating with vulnerability and risk management partners to interface with risk management and acceptance processes

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at  the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors  including  geographic location, and we may ultimately  pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be  modified in the future. ​

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

This job is eligible to  participate in our short-term incentive programs.  ​

Note: No amount of pay is  considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned,  vested,  and determinable. The amount and availability of  any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a   particular employee  remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be  modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion,  consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Information Technology
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
North Chicago, IL
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Information Technology role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 1097 comparable Information Technology roles across 55 biopharma companies.

1097Comparable roles tracked
1035Currently active
55Companies hiring similar roles
29Countries represented

Salary context

142 of 1097 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject $84,500/yr – $162,000/yr
Lowest disclosed · Senior Data Security Engineer (Insider Risk Management – Engineering) · AbbVie $0/hr – $0/hr (≈ $0–$0/yr)
Highest disclosed · Senior Director, Targets and Mechanisms Solutions · Pfizer $230,900/yr – $384,800/yr
Peer group range $0 – $307,850 (median $165,900)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 1097 comparable roles

India507
United States240
Spain106
Poland72
Portugal32
China13

+ 23 more countries

Seniority mix

612 of 1097 peers have a known seniority level

Senior290
Manager135
Associate52
Principal50
Associate Director39
Director28
Senior Director13
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc4
Executive/VP1

Therapeutic area mix

1 of 1097 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology1

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