Security Engineer

1 giorno fa

Bardi PR, Provincia di Parma; Emilia-Romagna, Italia David Kennedy Recruitment Tempo pieno

David Kennedy Recruitment is working with a rapidly growing technology company with over 50 million users worldwide that is seeking to onboard a Security Engineer to join their R&D team.

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As the company's sole dedicated Security Engineer, the successful candidate will take end-to-end ownership of security operations, covering application security, vulnerability management, governance and risk, and emerging AI security challenges. The company's products include adult/NSFW content, so candidates must be fully comfortable working with this material.

Position: Security Engineer (AppSec / GRC / AI Security)

Location: Europe/ASIA, Remote

Employment type: B2B engagement preferred

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Application security: review code, find and fix vulnerabilities, work with developers in Git/GitHub, and coordinate external pen tests and audits.
  • Governance, risk and compliance: build and maintain the security risk register, assess exposure across systems, support audit follow-up, and prioritise fixes by risk and business impact.
  • Monitoring and awareness: watch alerts and threats, run awareness programmes and phishing simulations, and provide occasional evening and weekend cover.
  • IT security and access: handle secure onboarding and offboarding, device security (MDM) and access permissions, and tighten internal controls.
  • AI security: track risks to generative AI platforms (prompt injection, jailbreaks, filter bypasses) and vulnerabilities in third-party AI providers.

REQUIREMENTS:

  • 2–3+ years of hands‐on security engineering experience, with flexibility for exceptional scale‐up experience
  • Strong application security experience, including code reviews and vulnerability remediation
  • Proven experience conducting or coordinating security audits and penetration tests
  • Comfortable coding and working directly with Git/GitHub
  • Practical scripting or automation skills, ideally Python or Bash
  • Previous experience within an AI company or a scale‐up with 50+ employees
  • Sound understanding of security governance, risk assessment and prioritisation
  • Ability to independently identify, investigate and resolve security xrdztoy issues, and to take end‐to‐end ownership in a fast‐paced environment
  • Excellent English communication skills
  • Based in Europe, with approximately 80% overlap with CET working hours
  • Comfortable with occasional evening/weekend security monitoring
  • Fully comfortable working with adult/NSFW content as part of daily responsibilities

BENEFITS:

  • Fully remote working from Europe
  • Opportunity to own security for a fast‐growing AI platform with over 50 million users
  • Direct collaboration with engineering leadership
  • Hands‐on, non‐advisory role with real responsibility for security outcomes
  • And many more