In this first episode, NextRoll’s Product Security Lead Nicolas Valcarcel shares how since he was 15 he wanted to work in security. However, his career path has been far from conventional. 

By being part of developer teams in early-stage startups and working hand to hand with founding teams, he has been able to get a grasp on how developers and security teams see the same product in very different ways, and the common friction points that come from their interactions.

In this episode, Nico shared his experience and taught us his secret sauce: Advocating for engineering in the security team and advocating for security in the engineering team.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Nico's background and how he landed in the application security field.