Security Engineer

Education changes lives. But tech hasn’t lived up to its promise yet. At Kognity, we’re here to change that.

We’re a 125-person EdTech scale-up powering learning in 120+ countries. Our intelligent platform combines rich pedagogy with smart AI to help students and teachers thrive, from international schools to US high schools.

Why Kognity is the place to be:

• ✨ Educational Innovation – Lead the next wave of AI-powered learning solutions

• 🌍 Global Reach – Our platform is used in 120+ countries across international and US markets

• 🤝 Collaborative Culture – Join a smart, ambitious team that values impact over ego

• 📈 Ownership – You’ll shape the product vision, structure the org, and drive our AI-first transformation

• 💪 High-Performing Teams – Work with sharp, driven colleagues across product, engineering, and AI who raise the bar every day

What you’ll do:

• 🛡 Strengthen and continuously improve Kognity’s security posture, reducing risk and increasing resilience across systems and data

• ⚙️ Automate and streamline security processes like access controls, credential rotations, and compliance checks to make it easy to “do it right”

• 🔒 Ensure our platform and organization remain secure and compliant with GDPR, SOC2, and related standards

• 📊 Develop and drive the security strategy and roadmap, balancing risk, compliance, and business opportunity

• 🤝 Collaborate across teams including Engineering, Legal, InfoSec, and Commercial to support secure development, sales enablement, and incident management

• 💡 Lead and mentor security champions, fostering security awareness and best practices across the organization

What we’re looking for:

• 💻 Strong coding skills, able to implement code and configuration changes, build and maintain security tooling, and address vulnerabilities effectively

• 🧠 Deep analytical and security mindset, with experience identifying, prioritizing, and mitigating vulnerabilities

• 🤝 A collaborative enabler who communicates complex risks in business terms and inspires others to prioritize security

• 🔍 A fast learner with curiosity to understand new technologies, threats, and effective mitigation strategies

• 🧩 Experience with cloud environments, automation, and compliance frameworks such as SOC2 and GDPR

• 🤖 A curiosity for AI and a drive to experiment with new tools to enhance creativity, decisions, and execution

Our Interview process

Our hiring process is all about you. Show us your skills, tackle real-world challenges, and get a real feel for life at Kognity. Expect case studies, honest conversations, and plenty of chances to shine.

1. Discovery Call with a Recruiter

2. Hiring Manager discussion

3. Collaborative coding session

4. Security case study

5. Values Interview

6. CTO Discussion

Our Values

• 🏅 We take ownership – We take initiative and act with self-leadership. We don’t wait for someone else to solve problems we see

• 🤖 We leverage AI – We apply AI to enhance creativity, decisions, and execution to allow for impact maximization

• 💡 We drive customer value – Success for our customers drives our progress. We create value for them in everything we do

• 🗣️ We are transparent – We are radically transparent with opinions and feedback, and we share information widely

• 💙 We take care of ourselves and each other – We work hard and passionately, but also prioritise our own well-being, and that of our colleagues

Benefits (Sweden)

• 💻 Truly Hybrid – work from our Stockholm office when you like

• 🏦 ITP Pension Plan with Nordnet

• 💆 Yearly budget of 5,000 SEK to spend on health-related services

• 🌴 30 days of paid vacation every year

• 🤒 Full pay sick leave starting on day 1

Every qualified person will be evaluated regardless of age, gender, identity, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status or religion. We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive team and welcome people of all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.

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