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Staff Software Engineer
Staff Software Engineer – Security
£120,000 – £135,000 | UK / Ireland Based – Fully Remote
Most security engineering roles ask you to bolt scanning onto someone else's platform. This one asks you to build the trust layer that the software industry runs on.
We're hiring on behalf of a $100M-backed Security Startup—a fully managed, multi-tenant service that multi-language, container, and OS ecosystems already trust to build, secure, and ship software at Fortune 500 scale.
What You’ll Work On
You’ll build the foundations of the platform’s security layer, turning industry-standard security feeds into fast, reliable pipelines that power policy, trust, and visibility for customers shipping software at a global scale. Specifically, you’ll:
- Design and ship features for their enterprise management platform and the APIs beneath it
- Integrate and maintain high-fidelity security data feeds that drive automated policy enforcement
- Collaborate directly with product, design, and customer success to tackle genuinely hard supply chain security problems
- Own quality end-to-end—from testing and monitoring to sustainable engineering habits at production scale
- Ship multiple times a day, in a team that measures itself on customer value, not ticket velocity
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Who We’re Looking For
You’ll need 8+ years of experience building, testing, and maintaining complex distributed systems in production.
Strong domain knowledge is essential:
- Python (Django) or Go (Rust experience is a plus)
- Solid AWS proficiency (Lambda, ECS, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, S3, Kinesis, Kafka) and familiarity with Terraform
- Real-world experience with software supply chain security (vulnerability scanning, policy-as-code)
- Experience with container runtimes and continuous integration
- A collaborative mindset with a bias for shipping early and iterating (low ego, fast feedback loops)
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What You’ll Get
- £120,000 – £135,000 base salary + sizeable equity
- Private healthcare
- Pension contributions (8% matched)
- Generous paid time off and flexible, family-friendly policies
- Professional development budget (conferences, training, certifications)
- A role shaping a hypergrowth, VC-backed company from Within—with all-hands offsites and a truly collaborative team
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