Platform Security Engineer job in Europe | Salt Recruitment UK

Full-Stack Security Engineer

My client is a hyper-growth FinTech firm, named in 2021 as one of the top FinTechs to
work for by Glassdoor and AltFi.

They offer a range of products including FX risk management, trade finance, currency accounts, international payments and API integration.

About the role
This client is investing in the expansion of its security engineering team to help with
security feature implementations across our entire product portfolio. In this role you
will be able to work closely with application, platform, and product teams to embed
security best practices in every deliverable. You will be joining a team of experienced
security professionals with a diverse range of skills and backgrounds.
This hands-on role will present you with many opportunities to work on the technical
implementation of security features and controls. You will help develop and drive
adoption of our Security Engineering Principles, and you will be a critical part of a
growing security programme, autonomous to action on your ideas and own them
from start to finish.

About the candidate
● You are passionate about security. You have working knowledge of
encryption standards, frameworks, and coding best practices. You’re aware of
the established and emerging security threats for applications and
infrastructure design.
● You have hands-on experience. You have worked on security subsystems
such as secrets databases, security automation, CI/CD release pipelines,
application hardening, or similar. You’re able to analyse applications, systems,
and infrastructure to identify key security risks and recommend and drive
security improvements.
● You have full-stack proficiency. Ebury’s platform is built on AWS, GCP, and
Python. You have developed and reviewed code running on customer-facing
production servers or applications. You have a logical mindset and can hunt
for bugs and debug code. You know your way around Linux, TCP/IP, and
secure software running in the cloud.
● You understand DevSecOps. You recognise the importance of
security-as-code and subscribe to DevOps methodologies to implement your
code and socialise your documentation with other teams. You love tooling
and code quality. You’re proficient with version control systems and
automation and produce high quality documentation.
● You are a team player. You work well with others and have the ability to
effectively and succinctly convey points with confidence. You speak the
language of software and platform engineers to ensure that security is built
into the design of all projects and initiatives across the business. You can
contribute to business and security requirements in product evaluations via an
RFP process.

Experience and qualifications
● Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience
● Understanding of Linux and TCP/IP fundamentals
● Experience in shell scripting and version control systems, ideally git
● Experience in Python, JavaScript, Golang or similarly modern object oriented
programming languages
● Experience with cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, and Azure
● Experience with containerisation and orchestration solutions such as Docker
and Kubernetes