Lead Application Security Engineer

Date

Aug 26, 2026

Primary Location

Radnor, PA, US

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Company

Lincoln Financial

Alternate Locations

Work from Home; Charlotte, NC (North Carolina); Fort Wayne, IN (Indiana); Greensboro, NC (North Carolina); Radnor, PA (Pennsylvania)

Work Arrangement

Remote

Work at home employee residing outside of a commutable distance to an office location.

Relocation assistance

is not available for this opportunity.

Requisition #

76525

The Role at a Glance

The Lead Application Security Engineer is responsible for working with application development and infrastructure teams to ensure applications are designed, coded, and implemented securely. You will be responsible for Integrating security best practices and controls into all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.

You will drive the improvement of policies, standards, and other supporting documentation. This is a hands-on technical position that you will find yourself collaborating with multiple groups across the organization. Strong communication skills are needed to explain complex security to a wide variety of technical levels. Experience as a developer is helpful, but not required.

What you'll be doing

Responsibility for the security of Lincoln Financial applications and services

Conduct design review, code review, and dynamic analysis

Evaluate the security posture of AI/ML systems, including LLM-integrated applications, RAG pipelines, and agentic workflows

Identify, communicate, and drive the resolution of vulnerabilities

Serve as a subject matter expert for application development and infrastructure teams

Communicate effectively with a wide variety of technical levels

Perform security assessments of web and mobile applica