AbbVie Posted July 31, 2026

Senior Application Security Engineer

North Chicago, IL Full-time
Information Technology Senior

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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 Senior 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 with 7 years’ experience; Master's Degree with 6 years’ experience; PhD with 2 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred

Respective years of demonstrated experience in application security and software development

Respective years of demonstrated experience implementing, administering, and supporting application security tooling such as SAST/DAST/IAST/SCA

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

Extensive experience integrating security testing into CICD pipelines

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

Experience implementing and scaling DevSecOps practices and tooling within large organizations

Experience implementing DevSecOps workflows in cloud environments such as AWS and Azure

Experience developing Infrastructure As Code (IAC) via solutions such as Terraform and/or CloudFormation

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

5+ years of experience in application security and software development

3+ years of experience implementing, administering, and supporting application security tooling such as SAST/DAST/IAST/SCA

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 long-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
Senior
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 378 comparable Senior Information Technology roles across 34 biopharma companies.

378Comparable roles tracked
355Currently active
34Companies hiring similar roles
21Countries represented

Salary context

44 of 378 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject $109,500/yr – $208,500/yr
Lowest disclosed · Senior Data Security Engineer (Insider Risk Management – Engineering) · AbbVie $0/hr – $0/hr (≈ $0–$0/yr)
Peer group range $0 – $224,445 (median $151,100)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 378 comparable roles

India196
United States77
Spain23
Poland14
Portugal10
Greece9

+ 15 more countries

Seniority mix

378 of 378 peers have a known seniority level

Senior289
Principal50
Associate Director39

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 378 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

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