Senior Application Security Engineer

red-gate; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Wellbeing allowance

Paid time off

Private health insurance

Job summary

Redgate in Cambridge is seeking a security-focused professional to embed security expertise across our engineering teams, shaping standards and threat modelling throughout the SDLC. You will make independent security calls and partner with product and engineering squads to integrate secure-by-default practices.

You’ll lead threat modelling for new features, drive SAST/DAST adoption, and support AI-related initiatives, ensuring pragmatic risk reduction over checkbox compliance in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• Hands-on product or application security experience embedded across the SDLC.
• Ability to review code and clearly communicate security issues to developers.
• Strong knowledge of the OWASP Top 10 with practical mitigation patterns.
• Experience with SAST/DAST processes: tool tuning and triage workflows.
• Understanding of cloud and container security, ideally with AWS and Docker.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with engineering and product teams to define and operationalise security requirements across the full SDLC.
• Own or co-own application security governance: secure-by-default standards, patterns, guardrails, and risk exceptions.
• Lead threat modelling for new features and architectural changes, turning findings into practical engineering work.
• Drive SAST/DAST adoption and quality, from tool tuning to severity calibration and developer-facing triage guidance.
• Support product teams adopting AI, including LLMs, SLMs, and MCP, giving visibility into work security roles wouldn't touch.

Skills

Product/application security

Code review

OWASP Top 10

SAST/DAST processes

Cloud and container security

Tools

SAST tools

DAST tools

AWS

Docker

Job description

At a Glance

Location: Cambridge

In-office expectation: Flexible hybrid, once in the office every two weeks

Employment type: Permanent

Salary: £60,000 to £75,000, subject to experience

Why This Role Exists

Redgate's product teams move fast, across a growing set of AI and cloud-native technologies, and security can't just be a gate at the end of that process. This role exists to embed security expertise directly into how our engineering teams build and ship software: setting the standards, running the threat modelling, and making the judgement calls that keep pace with delivery instead of slowing it down.

About Redgate

Redgate brings together people who want to do their best work in an environment built on trust, accountability, and collaboration. We build solutions that help data professionals securely manage the data and databases their organisations depend on, a space that's only becoming more critical as systems scale, data regulations increase, and AI adoption accelerates.

AI at Redgate

By 2028, Redgate will operate as an expert-plus-agent company: domain experts amplified by AI, delivering customer value at a pace our peers can't match. AI handles the heavy lifting, our people control the judgement. Everyone at Redgate works with Claude, giving you access to the best AI tools from day one.

Why Join Our Product Security Team

• You’ll shape how security works across multiple product teams, rather than enforcing policy from the sidelines.
• There's real scope to specialise in emerging areas like AI security, work most security roles don't get exposure to yet.
• We value pragmatic, real risk reduction over checkbox compliance, so the judgement you bring carries genuine weight.

About the Role

This role sits within our Product Security function, embedded across multiple product and engineering teams rather than a single one. You'll define and operationalise security requirements throughout the SDLC, from initial design through to release, with real authority to make independent security calls rather than deferring to what a scanner tells you. It's a role built on trust: teams will come to you for guidance, and the judgement you bring to triage, threat modelling, and governance decisions will shape how security actually gets done here.

• Partner directly with engineering and product teams to define and operationalise security requirements across the full SDLC
• Own or co-own application security governance: secure-by-default standards, patterns, guardrails, and risk exceptions
• Lead threat modelling for new features and architectural changes, turning findings into practical engineering work
• Drive SAST/DAST adoption and quality, from tool tuning to severity calibration and developer-facing triage guidance
• Support product teams adopting AI, including LLMs, SLMs, and MCP, giving you visibility into work most security roles wouldn't touch

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Hands-on product or application security experience, embedding security practices across a modern software development lifecycle
• Ability to review code and communicate security issues clearly to developers, primarily within a C# ecosystem, with exposure to Java or Python
• Strong knowledge of the OWASP Top 10 and practical mitigation patterns
• Experience implementing or improving SAST/DAST processes: tool tuning, triage workflows, and reducing signal to noise
• Working understanding of cloud and container security fundamentals, ideally with AWS and Docker

What We Offer

Salary range: £60,000 to £75,000, subject to experience

• Hybrid working: home and Cambridge office
• Monthly wellbeing allowance and generous paid time offGenuine investment in learning, development, and career progression
• Private health insurance
• Link to full benefits page here

Belonging at Redgate

We believe that people do their best work in an environment built on respect, fairness, and trust, and that diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes. Redgate is an equal opportunity employer, and we make hiring decisions based on skill, potential, and alignment with our values. You can read more about how we approach belonging and inclusion at Redgate on our Belonging at Redgate page here.