Security Engineer, Application Security, GRC, AI

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Perform security-oriented code reviews to detect potential vulnerabilities in applications.

• Investigate, prioritize, and address security weaknesses throughout applications and services.

• Collaborate closely with developers to enforce secure coding practices and implement vulnerability resolutions.

• Engage in Git/GitHub development workflows to review code and contribute to enhancing security.

• Manage external penetration testing initiatives and security audits.

• Monitor identified vulnerabilities and ensure prompt remediation with engineering teams.

• Evaluate application security risks and propose effective technical solutions.

• Develop, sustain, and continuously enhance the organization's security risk register.

• Identify and evaluate security exposures within internal systems, applications, and third-party services.

• Prioritize security enhancements based on risk severity, operational needs, and business implications.

• Assist in security governance processes, documentation, and audit preparation.

• Oversee audit follow-up tasks and track remediation progress.

• Enhance internal security controls and risk management procedures.

• Monitor security alerts, emerging threats, and relevant vulnerabilities.

• Investigate suspicious activities and coordinate suitable responses.

• Organize initiatives for security awareness and conduct phishing simulations.

• Convey security risks, best practices, and emerging threats to internal teams.

• Occasionally provide evening and weekend security monitoring coverage as needed.

• Facilitate secure onboarding and offboarding processes for employees.

• Review and manage user access permissions across internal systems.

• Strengthen identity and access management controls.

• Aid in device security management, including mobile device management (MDM).

• Identify opportunities to enhance internal IT security processes and operational controls.

• Monitor new security risks impacting generative AI applications and platforms.

• Assess threats related to prompt injection, jailbreaks, and content-filter bypasses.

• Track security vulnerabilities and incidents associated with third-party AI providers.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to pinpoint and mitigate AI-related security risks.

• Research new AI security techniques, tools, and defensive strategies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 2-3+ years of practical security engineering experience, with flexibility for outstanding candidates from rapidly growing technology environments.

• Strong hands-on experience in application security, encompassing code reviews, vulnerability identification, and remediation.

• Proven history of conducting or coordinating security audits and penetration tests.

• Ability to work directly with application code and development teams utilizing Git/GitHub.

• Practical scripting or automation experience, preferably with Python, Bash, or similar technologies.

• Prior experience in an AI company or a technology scale-up with a minimum of 50 employees.

• Solid understanding of security governance, risk assessment, vulnerability prioritization, and remediation processes.

• Capability to develop or maintain security risk registers and assist with audit-related tasks.

• Strong technical problem-solving abilities and a security-focused investigative mindset.

• Ability to independently detect, investigate, and resolve security vulnerabilities.

• Comfortable taking full ownership of security operations without reliance on a large dedicated security team.

• Strong collaboration skills while working with developers, engineering leadership, and external security providers.

• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.

• Capable of operating independently in a fast-paced, fully remote technology environment.

• Willingness to provide occasional evening and weekend security monitoring coverage.

• Willingness to operate under a B2B contractor agreement.

• Experience securing AI-powered applications, generative AI systems, or LLM-based products.

• Previous responsibility as a sole, lead, or independently functioning Security Engineer.

• Experience in fast-growing AI startups or technology scale-ups.

• Practical use of AI tools for security research, code review, vulnerability analysis, or workflow automation.

• Personal security research, ethical hacking projects, or independent vulnerability discovery experience.

• Experience across application security, governance, access management, and security awareness.

• Familiarity with emerging AI security threats, including prompt injection and jailbreak techniques.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package based on experience and seniority.

• Fully remote working arrangement within Europe.

• B2B contractor engagement.

• Opportunity to take full ownership of security operations for a rapidly growing AI platform with over 50 million users.

• Direct collaboration with engineering leadership and senior technical stakeholders.

• High level of autonomy and responsibility for security decisions and outcomes.

• Opportunity to work across application security, governance, vulnerability management, and emerging AI security challenges.

• Exposure to large-scale consumer technology infrastructure and AI-powered products.

• Hands-on technical environment focused on implementing practical security improvements.

• International working environment within a rapidly growing technology organization.

• Opportunities for professional growth and development in application and AI security.