Principal Security Software Engineer - Lead Secure SDLC (Hybrid)

HP; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HP Wolf Security, part of HP, is seeking a Principal Security Software Engineer to strengthen the secure software development lifecycle and align with the EU CRA. You will lead security-by-design initiatives, vulnerability management, and software assurance across engineering, product security, and compliance teams.

You’ll work in a hybrid Cambridge office, collaborating with software and quality teams to deliver secure, reliable solutions for endpoints, with a focus on micro-virtualization and

Qualifications

• Significant experience building, securing, and maintaining production software.
• Strong programming experience in C, C++, Rust, Python, PowerShell, or similar.
• Experience developing software for Windows and/or Linux, including security-sensitive components.
• Strong experience with code review, debugging, unit and integration testing, and modern build/CI/CD workflows.
• Practical experience selecting, configuring, or improving static analysis tools and resolving issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead the definition and delivery of improvements to Wolf Security’s secure software development lifecycle in line with CRA expectations.
• Introduce better static analysis tools, improve their integration into development and build workflows, tune rules and policies, and help teams resolve the issues they identify.
• Establish approaches for triaging findings, managing false positives, tracking remediation, and measuring security improvement.
• Promote security-by-design and secure-by-default principles through threat modelling, design reviews, architectural guidance, and secure coding practices.
• Improve the identification, assessment, documentation, and remediation of vulnerabilities throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership on complex security problems, make engineering trade-offs, and mentor engineers through constructive review.

Skills

C

C++

Rust

Python

PowerShell

Security software engineering

CI/CD tooling

Threat modelling

Tools

Static analysis tools

Job description

HP Wolf Security, part of HP, is seeking a Principal Security Software Engineer to strengthen the secure software development lifecycle and align with the EU CRA. You will lead security-by-design initiatives, vulnerability management, and software assurance across engineering, product security, and compliance teams.

You’ll work in a hybrid Cambridge office, collaborating with software and quality teams to deliver secure, reliable solutions for endpoints, with a focus on micro-virtualization and