PPRO

Staff Security Engineer

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8 days ago
Berlin, GermanyStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Act as the technical lead for the Security Engineering team, setting technical direction and coaching and mentoring security engineers.
  • Partner with engineering teams to integrate security principles, practices, and tools throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Design and build reusable Security as Code artifacts and patterns that improve security outcomes and reduce developer friction.
  • Conduct threat modeling exercises and security assessments for critical applications, systems, projects, and technologies.
  • Write hardening standards and security guidelines for technologies and processes.
  • Develop automation for auditing activities, cloud security posture management, and other security processes.
  • Maintain and expand the Infrastructure as Code codebase and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Use AI to streamline security operations and help non-security teams adopt security-first practices.
  • Collaborate on cross-functional security projects and monitor emerging security trends and technologies.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated technical leadership, including guiding, coaching, and mentoring engineers and leading cross-team collaboration.
  • Ability to use modern AI and LLM frameworks to accelerate workflows and build scalable security solutions.
  • Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, secure software development practices, and security architecture.
  • Strong expertise in AWS; GCP experience is a bonus.
  • Strong understanding of container security, including Kubernetes.
  • Hands-on experience with DevSecOps and CI/CD security controls, Infrastructure as Code preferably using Terraform, CI/CD pipelines preferably using GitHub Actions, and scripting with Python and Bash.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a pragmatic, proactive, collaborative, and continuous-improvement-oriented approach.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working with an expectation of three days per week onsite.
  • 30-day holiday allowance and a policy allowing remote work from abroad for up to another 30 days per year.
  • €1,000 annual professional development budget, leadership cafés, on-the-job training, and other learning opportunities.
  • Accident, disability, direct, and travel insurance.
  • Contribution toward gym membership costs.
  • Enhanced family leave.
  • Mental health platform with therapy, courses, and guided meditations.
  • Pet-friendly office.

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