Security Engineer

About us GoCardless is a global bank payment company. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect and send payments through direct debit, real-time payments and open banking.  GoCardless processes US$130bn+ of payments annually, across 30+ countries; helping customers collect and send both recurring and one-off payments, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees. We use AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud. And, with open banking connectivity to over 2,500 banks, we help our customers make faster, more informed decisions. We are headquartered in the UK with offices in London and Leeds, and additional locations in Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal and the United States. At GoCardless, we're all about supporting you! We’re committed to making our hiring process inclusive and accessible. If you need extra support or adjustments, reach out to your Talent Partner — we’re here to help!  And remember: we don’t expect you to meet every single requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply! The role As a Product Security Engineer, you will enable development teams to take ownership of the security and privacy of their product by collaborating to set requirements and standards, performing design reviews and vulnerability assessments, and helping build security controls. You will also work closely with the dedicated Security Operations and Security Engineering teams.  You will be someone who has experience securing a cloud-native environment, and, in particular, in embedding security and privacy standards in engineering functions. You should also be comfortable automating security and privacy engineering and performing various security assessments. What excites you  Developing high-quality code for extensive tasks, showcasing proficiency in leading systems and architecture design independently.  Leading the design and documentation processes for complex tasks, breaking them down into manageable segments for team collaboration while also handling the most challenging portions. Contributing significantly to the company-wide systems architecture, impacting the organisation's technological landscape. Providing guidance to developers and architects on secure coding methodologies, architectural design, and security best practices, fostering a culture of excellence within the team. Overseeing the vulnerability management program, conducting routine assessments, prioritising resolutions, and tracking progress towards securing systems. Demonstrating advanced proficiency in security testing, ensuring comprehensive evaluations of system, application, and network security postures. Creating and maintaining robust security policies, procedures, and guidelines for effective programme management. What excites us   Experience in cloud-based application and infrastructure security - especially, DevSecOps Background in threat modelling and security architecture/secure design Awareness of or exposure to security and privacy standards, such as ISO27001, SOC1, CyberEssentials, GDPR, or similar Nice to have: Cybersecurity certifications, such as CISSP, CEH, Professional Cloud Security Engineer, or similar Technical experience in working with cloud computing providers such as GCP or AWS Technical leadership qualities -  setting direction alongside the managers and supporting the security team in technical development.  Base salary range: €4,133 to €6,200 gross monthly Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data.  Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work. (some of) The good stuff Wellbeing - stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover Work away scheme - gives you the option to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period Adaptive Working - allows you to work flexibly, around your lifestyle Equity - all permanently employed GCs get equity to help you make a valuable contribution Parental leave - to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure Learning Budget - lead your own development with an annual learning budget Time off - generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’) Life at GoCardless   We're an organisation defined by our https://gocardless.com/g/values-operating-principles/; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Working this way creates the GC magic- the reason we all love showing up to work.  Diversity & Inclusion We’re building the bank payment network of the future and our ambition is to move money anywhere, for anything, for anyone. If we’re going to achieve this goal, we need to build a team of ‘GeeCee’s’ that is as wonderfully diverse as the world we live in - with a multitude of perspectives, experiences & backgrounds. We've got a long way to go, but here's how we're doing as of 2025: Female Employees – 44% Ethnic background – 25% Identify as LGBTQIA+ – 9% Neurodivergent – 9% Disabled – 1% We’re rooting for you during your application and GoCardless aims to provide reasonable adjustments to make our recruitment process as remarkable and accessible as we can. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you need extra support. If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives https://gocardless.com/about/careers/ as well as our latest https://gocardless.com/assets/40w0m41bmydz/3hqJy4SUqZqW3BmBHlESUe/d1c7932b97b8a8ebcd0fb07418432fe9/GoCardless_Diversity___Inclusion_Report_2022.pdf&  Sustainability  We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment, leaving a more sustainable world for future generations. In 2021 we became co-founders of the https://techzero.technation.io/, a group of businesses committed to taking climate action as part of the UNFCCC https://unfccc.int/climate-action/race-to-zero-campaign. We aim to reduce our impact and to create positive change on the natural world. Check out our sustainability https://gocardless.com/sustainability/ here.  Find out more about Life at GoCardless via http://twitter.com/GoCardlessEng, http://instagram.com/lifeatgocardless and http://linkedin.com/company/gocardless.  Offices: (Lisbon); (Riga);