Product & Application Security Engineer – Hands-on Leader

Criteo; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Career development programs

Health benefits

Wellness and mental health support

Diversity and inclusion

Competitive pay with equity potential

Job summary

Criteo's Application & Product Security team is seeking a hands-on Security Engineer to help secure our products at scale. You will collaborate with Product Engineering, Platform teams and other security experts, shaping security strategy while delivering practical engineering outcomes.

You will lead security reviews, threat modelling, remediation of application risks, and drive secure-by-design practices across the software development lifecycle, mentoring peers and raising the bar for security

Qualifications

• Experience in Security Engineering or significant contributions to application/security initiatives.
• Background in Product Engineering or SRE/Platform Engineering and modern software development practices.
• Experience leading complex technical projects and cross-functional initiatives.
• Subject matter expert on security topics, advising on risks and best practices.
• Experience securing distributed systems and cloud-native environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product and Platform teams to design and build secure systems and services.
• Act as a trusted security advisor on secure design, threat modelling, and vulnerability management.
• Identify, assess, and remediate application security risks across the organisation.
• Contribute hands-on to security initiatives, including architecture reviews and tooling.
• Define and evolve security standards, KPIs, and secure engineering practices.

Skills

Security engineering

Cross-functional leadership

Hands-on engineering

Technical leadership

Distributed systems security

Job description

Criteo's Application & Product Security team is seeking a hands-on Security Engineer to help secure our products at scale. You will collaborate with Product Engineering, Platform teams and other security experts, shaping security strategy while delivering practical engineering outcomes.

You will lead security reviews, threat modelling, remediation of application risks, and drive secure-by-design practices across the software development lifecycle, mentoring peers and raising the bar for security