Staff Security Engineer (AppSec)

Accurx; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare technology company in Greater London seeks a Staff Security Engineer responsible for shaping the NHS communication infrastructure. This strategic role involves driving cultural change within engineering, leading security architecture, and defining long-term security roadmaps. A competitive salary of £100,000 - £130,000 is offered along with flexible benefits. Candidates should have significant experience in a senior security position and expertise in application security and cloud technologies.

Benefits

Flexible benefits provider with a budget for perks

Free healthy breakfasts, snacks, and lunches

Enhanced parental leave policy

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior or lead security role with company-wide impact.
• Expert-level holistic knowledge of application security concepts, tooling, and threats.
• Proven experience driving cultural change within engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

• Drive cultural change within engineering organizations through security initiatives.
• Define and execute long-term security roadmaps balancing various stakeholder needs.
• Lead architectural design reviews and threat models across cloud and on-premise environments.

Skills

Application Security Expertise

Cloud Technology (Azure) Knowledge

Cultural Leadership

Exceptional Communication

Strategic Mindset

Job description

Healthcare systems are struggling; our solution is communication.

We have a bold vision : everyone involved in a patients care - including the patient - should be able to communicate easily with each other. And we believe every NHS staff member should be using our software to make that happen. We want to make healthcare genuinely better.

We are solving one of the biggest challenges of our generation and to do this we need the best talent possible to help us raise the bar this is where you come in.

Our products are used daily (and you will have most certainly received a message from us) by over 98% of GP practices and half of NHS hospitals impacting millions of lives.

As a Staff Security Engineer your role is mission-critical and you will be central to shaping the core communication infrastructure of the NHS. You will directly enable faster safer and more accessible patient care. This role is a strategic and influential position within the information security function working with the Security Engineering Lead to set the technical vision and drive the security roadmap at an organisational level. You will be responsible for defining and scaling the strategy for Accurxs core information security programs and embedding security into the very fabric of the organisation to protect Accurx its employees its users and their patients.

Unique Challenges Youll Solve

• Driving cultural change and advocacy : You will drive cultural change within engineering organisations by successfully building security champion programs and gaining buy-in from product teams for security initiatives.
• Balancing strategy with execution : Youll define and execute long-term security roadmaps that balance technical debt feature delivery and risk reduction.
• Leading complex security architecture : You will lead architectural design reviews and threat models across cloud-based and on-premise estates while influencing other teams roadmaps to ensure security is a primary consideration in their long-term planning.
• Shaping a new standard of service for the NHS : Youll collaborate with our Head of Service Management to build a single streamlined approach to service reporting meeting the rigorous standards and requirements of our valued NHS customers.
• Empowering users through automation and AI : You will lead the implementation of new tooling and leverage AI to build a more efficient self-service model empowering users to solve their own problems.

What We're Looking For

• Significant Senior Experience : You have significant experience in a senior or lead security role with a track record of company-wide impact.
• Application Security Expertise : You possess expert-level holistic knowledge of application security concepts tooling and modern threats.
• Strategic Mindset : You have a strategic mindset and can define and execute long-term security roadmaps.
• Cloud and Enterprise Security Knowledge : You have an advanced understanding of cloud technology (ideally Azure) and enterprise security concepts.
• Cultural Leadership : You have proven experience driving cultural change within engineering organizations.
• Exceptional Communication : You are an exceptional communicator capable of mentoring other engineers and articulating complex security risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Thought Leadership : You are a recognised authority and thought leader in security providing guidance across applications cloud and enterprise domains.

Our Principles in Action

• Fix healthcare communication : Healthcare systems are struggling; our solution is communication - all of our efforts are centred here.
• Raise the bar : We have built an exceptional team to solve hard challenges. We hire for expertise and new ideas maintaining high standards giving honest feedback and only delivering work were proud of.
• Be a driver not a passenger : We make things happen focus on the right problems and bring the energy to deliver ambitious goals.
• Succeed together : We succeed only as a team. Our mission is too important for anything less so company success always comes first.
• Move with urgency : Were on a mission and every day lost is a missed opportunity to improve lives. We work at pace and focus on our mission our users and our impact.
• Be relentlessly resourceful : We embrace constraints as they force us to think differently be creative and focus.
• Embrace challenge : We value constructive conflict over superficial harmony having tough conversations for the best outcome.

What We Can Offer

We believe in supporting our team to do their best work and thrive both professionally and personally.

100000 - 130000 salary the value 50750 share options

Access to Happl - a flexible benefits provider with a given budget of 600 to spend on perks of your choice. Options include private health insurance wellness providers and more

Flexible Working

We are an office first culture and ask you are in at least 3 days a week.

Enhanced parental leave policy

We have our very own Chef! Free healthy breakfasts snacks and lunches will be provided with the occasional sweet treat!

• ...And much more.

Diversity & Inclusion

Accurx is committed to being an inclusive part of this were glad to accommodate candidates who need adjustments throughout the interview process.

Pre-employment Screening

All successful candidates are asked to complete a Basic DBS check along with other pre-employment checks (referencing & right to work). You can find more on our process here. If youd like to ask questions before you apply please email .

Required Experience: Staff IC

Key Skills: Anti Money Laundering, Accounting Tally, Android, Council, Downstream, Bakery

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 100000 - 130000