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Encora

Senior API Security Engineer

Kuala Lumpur
Level
Senior

Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.

Open. First seen 2 October 2026.

About the role

Key Responsibilities:
● API Logic Security: Hunt for Business Logic vulnerabilities (BOLA/IDOR, Mass
Assignment) that traditional firewalls miss.
● Authentication & Authorization: Design and validate OAuth2, OIDC, and JWT
implementations to ensure users can only access their own data.
● Attack Simulation: Script automated attacks against the API Gateway to test rate limiting
and fraud detection rules.
● Gateway Hardening: Work with the Platform team to configure the API Gateway (Kong,
or Azure API Gateway) for maximum security.
● Auth & Partner Integration: Deliver new security design patterns and components for
authentication, authorization, SSO, MFA, and Partner security. Standardize how we
consume external APIs (Open Banking) and how we secure our own exposed endpoints.

Technical Requirements:
● Strong scripting skills (Python) to automate API attacks.
● Expertise in REST and GraphQL security.
● Deep knowledge of OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC) flows.
● Experience with API Security tools (Postman, Burp Suite, 42Crunch).

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Burp Suite · GraphQL · OAuth · Postman

Rare in Encora's other 197 open postings.

Standard for security roles

Python

Common in security postings at any company.

Read against Encora's other open postings on this site.

The team: Malaysia Team

This role is one of 40 open in Malaysia Team.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

CI/CD (9 of 40), Azure (8 of 40), Ansible (7 of 40), AWS (7 of 40), SQL (7 of 40), Git (6 of 40), Java (6 of 40)

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