About the roleFollowing our successful expansion into the U.S. and continued growth across Europe, we are seeking a
Senior Security Engineer to help drive our Engineering function from our Austin hub.
Reporting directly to our Security / Engineering leadership, this person will play a critical role in strengthening our application security pipeline, improving our security posture, and enabling rapid development across backend and frontend repositories.
This role will be key in embedding secure coding best practices, automated security checks, compliance support, and incident response into the way our teams build and operate technology.
Who We're Looking ForWe are looking for someone with strong hands-on experience in application or product security, security code reviews, threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and modern security practices.
Someone who can collaborate closely with engineering, DevOps, product, compliance, and operations teams. This person should be able to identify vulnerabilities, enforce secure coding best practices, support compliance and governance initiatives, and foster a culture of security awareness across the company.
Key Responsibilities- Conduct in-depth security code reviews across backend and frontend repositories to identify vulnerabilities and enforce secure coding best practices.
- Implement, integrate, and manage security scanning tools such as Aikido, Snyk, or similar solutions to strengthen the application security pipeline.
- Develop and maintain automated security checks within CI/CD workflows to ensure continuous enforcement of standards.
- Support compliance and governance initiatives by operating and optimizing GRC platforms like Vanta or comparable tools.
- Collaborate closely with engineering, DevOps, and product teams to improve security posture while enabling rapid development.
- Monitor, investigate, and respond to security incidents, ensuring timely resolution and root-cause analysis.
- Drive internal security training and foster a culture of security awareness across the company.
RequirementsMust-haves- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or a related field, with 4+ years of experience in application or product security.
- Hands-on experience performing security code reviews, threat modeling, and vulnerability assessments.
- Practical experience with AppSec tools such as Aikido, Snyk, or equivalents, such as GitHub Advanced Security or SonarQube.
- Experience working with GRC tools like Vanta, Drata, Secureframe, or similar compliance platforms.
- Strong understanding of modern security practices, including OWASP Top 10, secure SDLC, dependency management, and RBAC/authorization patterns.
- Familiarity with DevOps environments, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization, Docker, orchestration, Kubernetes, and cloud services, AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Experience performing incident response, log analysis, and security monitoring.
- Proficiency with Git, documentation tools, Confluence, and project management systems, Jira.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across engineering, compliance, and operations teams.
Nice-to-Haves- Experience with infrastructure-as-code security, Terraform, Pulumi.
- Certifications such as OSCP, OSWE, CISSP, or CSSLP.
- Experience leading penetration testing efforts or coordinating with third-party security assessors.
- Exposure to regulated environments, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 27001.
Why Join Us?- A dynamic work environment with an international team, where collaboration and diversity thrive.
- Work alongside top talent, united by a shared purpose and committed to making a real impact.
- Comprehensive private health coverage to ensure your physical and mental well-being.
- Hybrid work model offering flexibility to balance your professional and personal life.
- Company events to celebrate achievements and enjoy time together.
- Get equipped with a MacBook to enhance your productivity and work experience.
- Our office is pet-friendly! You'll likely be greeted by a few wagging tails upon arrival.
