Application Security Engineer

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days holiday + holidays

Pension scheme up to 11%

Private medical insurance

Health care cash plans

Job summary

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC is seeking an Application Security Engineer to strengthen security across SDLC by embedding scalable, automated controls and reusable components. You will partner with Engineering, implement policy-as-code, and drive security tooling strategy to reduce friction for developers.

You will design automated checks, integrate tools with CI/CD and SCM platforms, and operationalise security tooling with a focus on Shift Left and Secure by Design principles.

Qualifications

• Experience integrating security tooling into CI/CD pipelines and engineering platforms.
• Ability to develop automation and API-based integrations using Python or JavaScript.
• Familiar with GitHub, GitLab CI/CD, Harness or Jenkins and related tooling.
• Knowledge of SAST, DAST, SCA and vulnerability aggregation across sources.
• Hands-on with AWS/Azure and container technologies like Docker.
• Understanding CVSS and EPSS scoring; ability to explain risks to engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain automated security checks and guardrails embedded in developer workflows.
• Develop automation and API-based integrations to connect security tooling with CI/CD and SCM platforms.
• Implement and operationalise selected security tooling across engineering platforms.
• Embed secure development practices and testing into delivery pipelines and standards.
• Maintain, optimise and measure the effectiveness of security tools with dashboards and metrics.
• Evaluate new security tools for integration, scalability and developer experience.
• Support the Application Security Lead in strategy, tools and technologies.
• Collaborate with Engineering and CISO to streamline security processes.
• Support Security Champions program through developer enablement and training.

Skills

CI/CD security tooling

Automation & integrations

Python/JavaScript

GitHub

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Docker

AWS

Azure

SAST/DAST/SCA

CVSS/EPSS

Tools

GitHub

GitLab CI/CD

Harness

Jenkins

Docker

AWS

Azure

Job description

About the role

As an Application Security Engineer at HL, you will play a key role in strengthening the security of our products and services. Partnering with Engineering and other security functions, you'll embed and enhance security across the SDLC. You will help shape our security tooling strategy, drive automation to scale assurance across the business, and create reusable components and support integrations that help reduce friction for engineering teams. This role is an opportunity to enable HL to build secure products at pace by embedding scalable, automated security controls into our SDLC whilst supporting a culture of Secure by Design.

What you'll be doing

Design, build and maintain automated security checks and guardrails (including policy as code where appropriate) embedded into developer workflows.

Develop automation and API-based integrations to connect security tooling with CI/CD and Source Code Management platforms, and internal systems.

Implement and operationalise selected security tooling across engineering platforms, ensuring low friction adoption across teams.

Embed secure development practices and security testing into delivery pipelines, shared templates and engineering standards, supporting Shift Left and Secure by Design principles.

Maintain, optimise and measure the effectiveness of security tools, producing dashboards and providing metrics to demonstrate impact.

Evaluate new security tools, assessing integration, scalability and developer experience.

Support the Application Security Lead in defining the strategy, tools and technologies.

Build strong partnerships with Engineering teams and the CISO function to streamline and improve security processes.

Supporting the Security Champions program at HL through developer enablement and training.

Prioritise work effectively, meet agreed deadlines and provide clear progress updates.

About you

Strong experience integrating security tooling into CI/CD pipelines and engineering platforms. Ability to develop automation and API-based integrations using at least one programming or scripting language (e.g. Python, JavaScript). Broad knowledge of software development languages, frameworks, source code build/deploy tools (e.g. Github, Gitlab CI/CD, Harness, Jenkins). Experience with common application security tooling (SAST, DAST, SCA) and vulnerability aggregation or ASPM Platforms to consolidate and prioritise findings across multiple sources. Hands-on experience of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), including deploying containerised workloads (e.g. Docker) or lightweight services (e.g., Lambda, ECS) to support security automation and integrations. Practical understanding of vulnerability scoring frameworks such as CVSS and EPSS. Strong understanding of common security vulnerabilities, with the ability to keep pace with emerging threats. Ability to communicate security risk and support engineering teams in understanding and remediating vulnerabilities. Experience working in Agile environments, with strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

• Experience improving workflows and processes based on feedback.
• Awareness of and/or experience with developer-focused Security Champion programs.

Interview process

The interview process will be two stages including an introductory conversation, and a technical competency-based questions and a task.

Working Schedule

We are based in Bristol, BS1 5HL. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We have returned to the office 2 days a week.

Why us?

Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments. To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus* and annual pay review
• 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday**
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance*
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and outpatient care
• Health screening programme
• Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
• Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
• Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
• Two paid volunteering days per year * dependant on role level ** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year

Diversity and inclusion

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age. This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information. Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.

Hargreaves Lansdown is the UK's number one platform for private investors. Our purpose is to empower people to save and invest with confidence, and today, we are trusted with more than £120 billion by over 1.7 million clients. We are based in the heart of Bristol now with over 2,000 colleagues. We believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams and a great ethos. We're steered by our core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do. For more information about careers at HL and to see all our vacancies, please visit our careers website.