Mobile App Security
Also written as OWASP MASVS, MASVS, Certificate Pinning, SSL Pinning, Jailbreak Detection, Root Detection, Play Integrity API, App Attest
Protecting a mobile app and its users' data on a device the company doesn't control: storing secrets safely (Keychain on iOS, Keystore on Android), certificate pinning so traffic can't be intercepted, detecting jailbroken or rooted phones, and checking the app hasn't been tampered with (Play Integrity, App Attest). OWASP MASVS is the standard checklist. Heavily expected in banking, fintech and healthcare apps.
Think of it like
Securing a shop that's handed to every customer to take home: you have to assume some of them will try to pick the locks.
Junior or senior?
Essential in regulated industries, rare elsewhere.
Senior sounds like
Can name a specific threat they defended against and why they chose that protection over others.
Ask them
“What was the main security threat to your mobile app, and what did you put in place against it?”
Reading Mobile App Security on a resume
- High signal
- Mobile App Security genuinely separates candidates, so it is worth leading a screening call with it. Its presence is a reason to talk; the question above tells you whether the experience is real.
Sourcing for Mobile App Security
Every way it's written
("Mobile App Security" OR "OWASP MASVS" OR "MASVS" OR "Certificate Pinning")Paste into LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri or your ATS. Combine with a job title and location.
Wider net, with accepted substitutes
("Mobile App Security" OR "OWASP MASVS" OR "MASVS" OR "Certificate Pinning" OR "SSL Pinning" OR "Jailbreak Detection")Includes skills a hiring manager would usually accept instead. Use it when the exact search runs dry.
Job titles to search alongside it
Mobile Engineer · Android Developer · iOS Developer · Mobile Application Developer · React Native Developer
Where this talent works in India — Mobile Engineering
Target companies with a large installed base and frequent releases — consumer fintech, food and quick commerce, streaming and gaming. App-agency experience looks similar on paper and behaves very differently at scale.
For example: PhonePe, Swiggy, Eternal (Zomato, Blinkit), CRED, Dream11, JioHotstar, Truecaller, Paytm.