Security Engineering Lead — AI, Cloud & Trust

Compare the Market; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Compare the Market is seeking an experienced security engineering leader to set the technical vision and guardrails across our cloud-native platforms. You’ll partner with engineering, product, and security teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions and mentor engineers to raise our security standards.

You’ll drive long-term security roadmaps, adopt AI-enabled tooling responsibly, and act as an escalation point for complex incidents, shaping the security posture of a fast-moving, high-impact

Qualifications

• Proven experience setting technical vision and architecture decisions.
• Experience across Cyber Security Operations, Vulnerability Management, Data Security, Security Engineering, and Cloud Security.
• Hands-on cloud experience (AWS or GCP) with microservices.

Responsibilities

• Lead security engineering initiatives and drive architectural decisions.
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards.
• Embed security-by-design across cloud platforms and AI-enabled tech.
• Respond to cyber security incidents and drive improvements.

Skills

Technical vision

Security architecture

Cloud security

Mentoring engineers

Stakeholder mgmt

Cyber security ops

AI tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Compare the Market is seeking an experienced security engineering leader to set the technical vision and guardrails across our cloud-native platforms. You’ll partner with engineering, product, and security teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions and mentor engineers to raise our security standards.

You’ll drive long-term security roadmaps, adopt AI-enabled tooling responsibly, and act as an escalation point for complex incidents, shaping the security posture of a fast-moving, high-impact