Security Engineering Leader

Thought Machine; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Life insurance

Flexible working hours

Cycle-to-work

Learning materials

Two charity days

Weekly food pop-up

Job summary

Thought Machine is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Security team in London. You will lead a group of engineers, define and drive security roadmaps, and balance hands-on technical work with strategic leadership.

You will influence product strategy, mentor engineers, and collaborate across Thought Machine to build secure, scalable platforms using modern cloud technologies. We value ownership, autonomy, and a strong security mindset.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in engineering management of product-aligned teams.
• Technical background to drive technical choices and great interpersonal skills to communicate with Product Managers and client representatives.
• Knowledge and experience in designing, developing, and maintaining security for modern technology stacks similar to the stack we use at Thought Machine (AWS or GCP, Kubernetes, Go/Python).
• You are comfortable wearing different Engineering Manager hats that suit the changing needs of a team as it evolves.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver our security engineering roadmap with your team.
• Actively participate in technical discussions and design reviews.
• Measuring your team’s impact.
• Contributing to product strategy.
• Contributing to engineering-wide initiatives as part of the engineering management team on recruitment to team processes.
• Operate collaboratively with other Thought Machine teams with trust and influence.
• Develop engineers in your team and help them in their career development.
• Leading by example: Code reviews and hands-on technical work.

Skills

Engineering management

Security engineering

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Go/Python

Stakeholder comms

Tools

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Go/Python

Job description

Thought Machine is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Security team in London. You will lead a group of engineers, define and drive security roadmaps, and balance hands-on technical work with strategic leadership.

You will influence product strategy, mentor engineers, and collaborate across Thought Machine to build secure, scalable platforms using modern cloud technologies. We value ownership, autonomy, and a strong security mindset.