Engineer Manager Security – Remote-First

EPI Company; Brussel; Sur place; EUR 140 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Remote-first culture

EU travel / work from other EU country

Competitive compensation & benefits

Learning & development budget: €5,000

Résumé du poste

European Payments Initiative (EPI) is building a European payment system with Wero, a digital wallet designed for seamless, secure cross-border payments. We are hiring an Engineering Manager for Security to embed security at the core of our technology and culture.

You will shape the team’s vision, set clear goals, and drive continuous improvements while aligning roadmaps with business objectives. You will lead a security team across Europe in a fully remote, Pan-European setup, champion modern

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years in cyber security engineering.
• Experience leading an engineering-focused department.
• Willingness to spend ~50% hands-on activity.
• Ability to align technical decisions with business goals.

Responsabilités

• Shape and execute the security engineering strategy across SDLC.
• Lead and mentor security and platform engineers.
• Architect secure cloud environments; manage IAM and access controls.
• Elevate compliance readiness with ISO 27001 / SOC 2 and audit support.
• Collaborate with Security, Platform, and Product teams on secure solutions.

Connaissances

Security engineering

Team leadership

Hands-on engineering

Cloud security

Identity & access management

DevSecOps

English proficiency

Regulatory compliance

Compliance frameworks

Payment industry experience

Outils

Kotlin

Ktor

MongoDB

OpenAPI

Docker

Cloud

Kubernetes

Terraform

Datadog

GitHub Actions

Description du poste

Be part of a movement to change the way Europe pays In today’s digital world, payments often still feel outdated: random delays and confusing rules make it harder than it should be to pay and get paid. The European Payments Initiative (EPI) is here to change all that, forever. With Wero, our digital wallet, we make sending and receiving money simple, seamless and secure across France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany, with more countries and omnichannel solutions coming soon. Supported by 16 major banks and the two largest European acquirers, EPI is building a new, proudly European payment system: easy, instant and transparent, all for the greater good.

What's In It For You We’re hiring an Engineering Manager for Security to embed security at the very core of our technology and culture. In this role, you'll shape your team's vision and objectives, establish clear goals, and drive continuous process improvements. Work closely with senior management to ensure technical roadmaps align with business objectives, boosting productivity and quality. You will connect the security with other engineering teams, fostering collaboration and building a scalable, secure and cost-efficient infrastructure that is easy to use, and fulfills regulatory requirements.

About The Team You’ll be part of a fully remote Pan-European Product and Engineering team that operates in an Agile environment. You will lead a talented security team with cloud security and application security engineers located across Europe.

Your impact

• Shape and execute the security engineering strategy, embedding modern DevSecOps and secure-by-design principles throughout our SDLC.
• Lead and mentor a team of security and platform engineers, coaching them to grow technically and align with the EPI security vision.
• Architect secure cloud environments and ensure robust identity and access management practices (IAM, RBAC, authentication protocols).
• Strengthen compliance readiness by implementing best-practice frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2) and supporting audit preparation and documentation.
• Collaborate across teams (Security, Platform, and Product) to provide holistic, documented solutions that balance innovation with protection.

Technology stack

• Core technologies: Kotlin, Ktor, MongoDB, OpenAPI, Docker
• Infrastructure: Cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog, GitHub Actions
• Practices & tools: DevSecOps, CI/CD, Monitoring, Alerting, Security Automation
• Bonus exposure: Event Sourcing, Technical Audits, Security Frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2)

To succeed, you should meet at least 70% of these requirements

• +10 years of professional experience in cyber security engineering
• A first experience in a leadership role within an engineering-focused department, with a proven track record of managing successful teams and delivering highly scalable infrastructure
• Desire to spend approximately 50% of your time hands-on, making informed decisions while identifying technical risks
• Ability to contribute to both technical and business strategy, understanding how engineering decisions impact overall business objectives
• Strong experience in Security engineering, and a track record of designing, building and maintaining highly secure infrastructure platforms and complex products
• Fluent in English (CEFR C1 or C2); French, German or Dutch or any additional European languages is a plus
• Experience in the payment or financial services industry is a plus

What we can offer

• Remote-first culture with quarterly and annual all-staff in-person meetups to keep teams connected and collaborative
• Possibility to work from another EU country for up to 3 months per year
• Competitive compensation package, featuring salary, performance-based bonus, and a thoughtfully designed, high-quality benefits program
• The opportunity to be part of a multicultural European company
• Learning & development budget: €5,000 training budget per year

Our commitment to equal employment opportunities EPI offers the same job opportunities to all, without distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability or age. EPI promotes the development of an inclusive work environment that mirrors the diversity of the clients our product is serving.