Motorway

Senior Developer Experience Security Engineer

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10 days ago
London, United KingdomSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain secure-by-default platform capabilities including IAM patterns, network primitives, secrets management, runtime protections, and encryption.
  • Build automated security checks, guardrails, and visibility to continuously assess risk and reduce manual audits.
  • Embed secure software development practices into CI/CD pipelines, templates, and shared tooling.
  • Automate workflows and tooling to reduce operational toil for technology and Security Operations teams.
  • Provide standardized platform security telemetry, logging, monitoring, SIEM detections, alerts, and signals.
  • Support security incident response as part of a virtual SOC with the Security Operations Team.
  • Enable secure engineering through documentation, examples, platform defaults, and targeted training.
  • Translate security policies and standards into enforceable platform patterns and guardrails.

Requirements

  • Proven experience as a platform engineer, developer experience engineer, or similar role enabling other engineers.
  • Experience working with containers, serverless technologies, and infrastructure as code.
  • Good knowledge of AWS cloud security best practices and tooling.
  • Technical knowledge of security best practices for networks, systems, web applications, APIs, and databases.
  • Good understanding of secure software development practices.
  • Familiarity with SIEM, IDS/IPS, WAF, and vulnerability-scanning tools.
  • Knowledge of adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures, including MITRE ATT&CK TTPs.
  • Knowledge of security standards and frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST CSF, or AWS FSBP is beneficial.
  • Relevant security certifications such as GCLD, Security+, or AWS/GCP security certifications are a plus.
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and collaboration abilities.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity scheme.
  • 25 days of holiday.
  • Flexible working with two days per week in the London office.
  • Private medical insurance through BUPA.
  • Life assurance and a pension scheme with a 5% employer contribution.
  • Enhanced family leave, including up to 26 weeks of full-pay maternity or adoption leave.
  • 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
  • EV leasing, cycle-to-work, nursery salary-sacrifice, and one paid volunteering day per year.
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