Software Engineer - Platform Security

F-Prime Capital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Neo4j is looking for experienced engineers with a security mindset to join their Platform Security team. The role involves developing cloud-native controls for security compliance across AWS, Azure, GCP, and enhancing product security throughout the software development lifecycle in a cloud-native environment.

The ideal candidate will have experience in security engineering, familiarity with authentication mechanisms, and a strong foundation in securing Kubernetes environments. A commitment to diversity and inclusion is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Experience with Cloud services, Kubernetes, and Containers.
• Hands-on experience in security engineering roles.
• Active interest in Cloud, Infrastructure, or Network security.

Responsibilities

• Develop cloud-native controls in Azure, AWS, GCP.
• Enhance product security during the software development lifecycle.
• Conduct security assessments and architecture reviews.

Skills

Containers

Kubernetes

Infrastructure-as-Code

Go

Java

Python

Cloud Security

Secrets Management

Authentication Mechanisms

Job description

Aura is Neo4j’s managed cloud platform, operating at scale with 800+ Kubernetes clusters across multiple clouds. At its core is Omni, the platform that powers Aura. Within it, the Platform Security team ensures developers have the tools and documentation to ship secure code and create services using a secure‑by‑design ethos.

We’re hiring experienced engineers with a security mindset to expand our tooling, add new guardrails, and partner with Aura teams on secure design.

Responsibilities

• Develop cloud‑native controls in Azure, AWS and/or GCP to enforce the security baseline at scale, integrating with open‑source and vendor tools as needed.
• Enhance product security along the software development lifecycle by creating "paved roads" and defining additional security and software excellence requirements for containerised services running on multiple managed Kubernetes clusters.
• Act as a subject‑matter expert for the Platform and Engineering teams by providing guidance on cloud and k8s services, secure infrastructure‑as‑code, modern secure AuthZ/AuthN techniques (i.e. SPIFFE) and secrets management solutions.
• Collaborate with other teams to define and implement Cloud/K8s native policies and procedures (i.e. Kyverno, Pod Security Standards).
• Conduct security assessments, audits and architecture reviews in order to introduce new cloud controls in the platform and make recommendations to improve the overall security posture.
• Support the incident detection and response process by maintaining cloud monitoring and alerting tooling and developing scripts needed for troubleshooting and resolution of incidents and security issues.

Ideal candidate

• Experience with Containers, Kubernetes, Infrastructure‑as‑Code and programming languages such as Go, Java and/or Python.
• Proven experience in a security engineering role with hands‑on technical involvement, and exposure to decision‑making processes.
• An active interest and background in Cloud, Infrastructure and/or Network security.
• Proven track record with cloud‑native authentication mechanisms (i.e. OIDC, OAuth2), secrets management, admission controllers, service mesh, mTLS and cloud‑based IAM solutions.
• Familiarity with securing and hardening K8s clusters, containerised applications and Linux hosts.
• Demonstrated ability to architect cloud‑native applications including the design of APIs and microservices on containers.

Research shows that members of underrepresented communities are less likely to apply for jobs when they do not meet all the qualifications. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we encourage you to reconsider and give us the opportunity to review your application. At Neo4j, we are committed to building awareness and improving these issues. We strive to provide an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace for everyone.