This role is for one of the Weekday's clients
Min Experience: 5+ years
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
JobType: full time
We are looking for a highly experienced Lead Cybersecurity & Application Security Engineer to own and strengthen the end-to-end security posture of our applications, platform, infrastructure, and internal systems.
This is a hands-on, high-impact role combining offensive security and defensive security. You will think like an attacker while operating as a defender—identifying vulnerabilities, conducting penetration tests and red-team exercises, strengthening preventive controls, and leading security response efforts.
You will work closely with Engineering, IT, and leadership teams to proactively identify, exploit, remediate, and monitor security risks across mobile applications, APIs, backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and internal environments.
Key ResponsibilitiesApplication Security & Penetration Testing
Lead manual and automated penetration testing across Android/iOS applications, APIs, backend services, admin panels, and internal dashboards.




Conduct deep security assessments aligned with the OWASP Top 10.
Test authentication and authorization controls, access management, session security, token handling, business logic, API abuse, and rate-limit protections.
Identify, validate, document, and demonstrate vulnerabilities through proof-of-concept exploits.
Work with engineering teams to prioritize remediation, validate fixes, and complete security re-testing.
Phishing & Social Engineering Defense
Design and execute phishing simulations covering credential harvesting, email-based attacks, MFA fatigue, and social engineering scenarios.
Evaluate and improve organizational phishing detection and response mechanisms.
Track security awareness metrics, including click rates, credential submission, and incident-reporting behavior.
Conduct employee security awareness programs and simulations.
Internal Security & Insider Threat Protection
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📌 Lead Cybersecurity (Hyderabad)
🏢 Weekday AI
📍 Hyderabad