Senior Information Security Engineer - £75,000 per annum - Fully Remote - FinTech

VirtueTech Recruitment Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Une entreprise FinTech recherche un Ingénieur Senior en Sécurité de l'Information pour diriger la conformité et la cybersécurité. Ce rôle stratégique et pratique nécessite une expérience en protection des données et en réglementation, idéal pour un candidat collaboratif dans un environnement de startup dynamique. Le poste est entièrement à distance, avec des réunions occasionnelles à Londres.

Qualifications

• Expérience prouvée en conformité et sécurité de l'information.
• Connaissance solide des réglementations (UK GDPR, ISO27001).
• Excellentes compétences en communication.

Responsibilities

• Gérer les cadres de conformité (UK GDPR, DPA 2018, ISO27001).
• Agir en tant que DPO, gérer les SARs et les violations.
• Concevoir et mettre en œuvre des contrôles techniques et organisationnels.

Skills

Compliance frameworks

Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Incident response

Regulatory knowledge

Communication skills

Education

CIPP/E

CISSP

Job description

Senior Information Security Engineer - £75,000 per annum - Fully Remote - FinTech

My client is building a lean, automation-focused team and is looking for a Compliance and Information Security Engineer to lead data protection, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity. This strategic, hands-on role involves acting as DPO and embedding scalable, efficient controls across the business. Ideal for someone collaborative and pragmatic, who can balance risk and agility in a fast-paced startup environment.

The role is available immediately and offers a fully remote setup with occasional team meet-ups in London.

Key Skills:

• Lead and maintain compliance frameworks (UK GDPR, DPA 2018, ISO27001, FCA AISP), ensuring up-to-date policies, procedures, and controls across data protection, information security, and regulatory risk.
• Act as Data Protection Officer (DPO), managing SARs, breaches, ROPAs, and DPIAs, while delivering scalable training and awareness across the company.
• Design and implement secure, low-overhead technical and organisational controls, overseeing incident response, vendor security, and external certifications.
• Drive compliance automation initiatives to minimise manual processes and support scalable growth, conducting internal audits and monitoring to maintain high standards.
• Collaborate across teams to embed proportionate, automation-friendly compliance and security practices, and communicate risks clearly to leadership.
• Proven experience in compliance and infosec, with strong regulatory knowledge (UK GDPR, ISO27001), excellent communication skills, and ideally relevant certifications (e.g., CIPP/E, CISSP).

If interested, please send an updated CV as soon as possible.