Senior Security Engineer - EU Remote CET

About SEON:

Are you a technically skilled, hands-on security professional who’s passionate about providing the most secure and automated solutions to global teams of software engineers? Join us at SEON and explore the opportunity to join a world-class research and development organization that is as passionate about privacy and security as we are about creating incredible experiences for our software engineers. Those great experiences ensure that we can deliver world class security and peace of mind to the customers we are obsessed with! 

SEON provides an API-first solution that helps our customers (many of the world’s leading providers of digital experiences in financial services, insurance, entertainment, etc) defend their customers from Fraud and Financial Crimes. With over 250 Fraud Fighters across four global offices (Austin, Budapest, London, and Jakarta), our goal remains unwavering: to make the internet safe for businesses and customers to transact. Our achievements, including a record-breaking Series B funding round and recognition in TechCrunch, have led to recognition as the World’s quickest-growing fraud prevention company. We take pride in our rapid growth and mission to democratize fraud-fighting while empowering the best online businesses. Join us in our journey to make the internet safer for everyone.

What you'll do:

As the Senior Security Engineer at SEON, you will be responsible for the ownership, security, and optimization of the technology ecosystem that supports our global engineering teams. In this role, you will:

• Provide security insights during the planning phase of application development
• Define security architecture plans for security-intensive development work
• Conduct manual dynamic security tests for new and existing functionality
• Review application code from a security point of view
• Research, develop, test and implement automated security tools that can be used to increase further the security of the CICD pipeline and overall application code
• Validate pentest and bug bounty findings
• Facilitate the remediation of application security issues
• Plan, implement and maintain infrastructure security controls in AWS
• Ensure the appropriate security posture of our Kubernetes clusters
• Definition, operation and supervision of infrastructure related processes (patching, hardening, etc)
• Cooperate with the DevOps Team in infrastructure and CICD related projects
• Plan and review infrastructure changes from a security perspective
• Solve automation and GitOps tasks with GitHub Actions, Lambdas, etc.
• Support audit compliance (SOC2 and ISO27001)

What you bring:

• In-depth understanding of application vulnerabilities (OWASP and similar)
• Extensive experience with penetration testing and application code review (Typescript, Java, Python)
• Expertise in API (Java) and Web application (NodeJS, React) security
• Experience with SAST tools (preferably Semgrep) and how to integrate them into CICD pipelines
• Ability to use Python and bash script for automation
• In-depth knowledge of AWS and Kubernetes
• Advanced use of Terraform
• Familiarity with GitHub and GitHub Actions
• Thorough understanding of infrastructure security-related concepts (network security, encryption, OS security (Linux), patch and hardening, IAM, etc.)
• DevOps background is an advantage
  

Most Desirable Soft Skills:

• You are a motivated, lifelong learner and always looking to improve
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage conflicts and problems
• Strong ability to communicate in professional English
• Ability to understand and explain complex concepts in a simplified manner to all audiences
• Ability to work independently with little oversight on complex projects

What we offer:

• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
• Flexible hours
• Generous Holiday allowance
• Access to significant opportunities for learning and development
• Private health insurance including dependants (inc. employee assistance & mental health support)
• Complimentary weekly language courses
• Enhanced Parental leave

What's next:

Does that sound good? Great, we can’t wait to hear from you! Would you like to learn more about what it’s like to work at SEON first?
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About SEON

The SEON journey has been unstoppable. Seven years in, we have grown from 2 to 250+ SEON Fraud Fighters, across Budapest, London, Austin, and Jakarta. We are on a mission to create a Fraud-Free World. We raised a record-breaking segment Series B in April 2022, and we were featured in TechCrunch as the largest B round for Hungary and are now recognized as the World’s quickest-growing fraud prevention company. We are proud to continue to grow at pace, both in terms of helping the best online businesses and democratizing fraud-fighting!