Security Engineer, Senior

DolarApp; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Discretionary bonus

Latest security tools

Job summary

ARQ is seeking a founding Security Engineer to establish security foundations across our platform, working closely with the global security team and taking ownership from day one.

The role spans Application Security, Security Operations, and Governance/Risk/Compliance, requiring versatility across at least two areas. You’ll help shape risk controls, incident readiness, and vendor due diligence within a growing fintech context.

Qualifications

• 4-7 years in information security, ideally having built or significantly shaped the security function at a startup or high-growth company.
• 2+ years at a regulated fintech/bank/payment company
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure security (AWS, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with application security practices: threat modelling, secure code review, CI/CD pipeline hardening, and API security testing
• Ability to assess and secure emerging AI/agentic tooling - understand risks of LLM integrations and guardrails
• Working knowledge of SIEM platforms and detection engineering - written detection rules
• Experience with endpoint security tooling (EDR/XDR) and IAM in a SaaS-heavy environment (Google Workspace, Okta/Cloudflare Access, SSO/SCIM)
• Experience running or contributing to vendor security assessments and third-party due diligence
• Strong written and verbal communication in English

Responsibilities

• Drive application security initiatives: threat modelling, secure code review support, API testing, and security pipeline improvements
• Assess and secure AI/agentic workflows across the company - reviewing prompts, preventing destructive actions, and controlling data exposure
• Build and improve SIEM detection rules, alert pipelines, and automated response playbooks (Datadog SIEM, CrowdStrike, Cloudflare)
• Contribute to incident response readiness, including IR playbooks, tabletop exercises, and forensic procedures
• Conduct cloud security assessments across AWS and Kubernetes environments
• Establish and run the vendor security assessment process - building a scalable due diligence framework for third-party onboarding

Skills

Security engineering

Threat modelling

CI/CD security

Cloud security

SIEM/detection engineering

Vendor assessments

English communication

Tools

Datadog SIEM

CrowdStrike

Cloudflare

AWS

Kubernetes

Okta

Google Workspace

SSO/SCIM

Job description

What We're Looking For

You'll be ARQ's first Security Engineer based in Brazil - it's the chance to lay the foundation for how we do security in the region and shape how that function grows from here. You'll work closely with our global security team but have real autonomy in deciding what "good" looks like locally, from day one.

We're looking for someone who enjoys a multidisciplinary role. Security at ARQ spans Application Security, Security Operations, and Governance/Risk/Compliance, and we need someone comfortable moving across at least two of these three areas - because in a founding role, there's no one else to hand off the parts that don't fit your specialty.

What you'll do

• Drive application security initiatives: threat modelling, secure code review support, API testing, and security pipeline improvements

• Assess and secure AI/agentic workflows across the company - reviewing prompts, preventing destructive actions, and controlling data exposure

• Build and improve SIEM detection rules, alert pipelines, and automated response playbooks (Datadog SIEM, CrowdStrike, Cloudflare)

• Contribute to incident response readiness, including IR playbooks, tabletop exercises, and forensic procedures

• Conduct cloud security assessments across AWS and Kubernetes environments

• Establish and run the vendor security assessment process - building a scalable due diligence framework for third-party onboarding

What you'll need

• 4-7 years in information security, ideally having built or significantly shaped the security function at a startup or high-growth company - you've been the person who sets things up, not just maintains them

• 2+ years at a regulated fintech/bank/payment company

• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure security (AWS, Kubernetes)

• Familiarity with application security practices: threat modelling, secure code review, CI/CD pipeline hardening, and API security testing

• Ability to assess and secure emerging AI/agentic tooling - you understand the risks of LLM integrations, MCP servers, and automated workflows, and can define practical guardrails

• Working knowledge of SIEM platforms and detection engineering - you've written detection rules

• Experience with endpoint security tooling (EDR/XDR) and identity & access management in a SaaS-heavy environment (Google Workspace, Okta/Cloudflare Access, SSO/SCIM)

• Experience running or contributing to vendor security assessments and third-party due diligence

• Strong written and verbal communication in English

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits

• Stock options, so you own part of what you build

• Discretionary performance bonus

• The latest tools and technology

• A world-class team that will challenge and grow your skills

• The opportunity to help build the best fintech app in Latin America

• Office Policy: 3-4 days a week in-office