Staff Security Engineer (AppSec)

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

Job summary

A fast-growing healthcare technology company is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to shape the NHS's core communication infrastructure. In this mission-critical role, you'll drive cultural change within engineering teams, defining security roadmaps and leading architectural design reviews. The position demands significant senior experience and expertise in application security, cloud technologies, and cultural leadership. The salary ranges from £100,000 to £130,000, plus share options, with a range of employee benefits to support well-being and work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible health benefits provider

Enhanced parental leave policy

Free healthy breakfasts and snacks

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior or lead security role with a track record of company‑wide impact.
• Holistic knowledge of application security concepts, tooling, and modern threats.
• Proven experience driving cultural change within engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

• Drive cultural change within engineering organizations by building security champion programs.
• Define and execute long‑term security roadmaps that balance technical debt and risk reduction.
• Lead architectural design reviews and threat models across cloud‑based and on‑premise estates.

Skills

Senior Experience

Application Security Expertise

Strategic Mindset

Cloud and Enterprise Security Knowledge

Cultural Leadership

Exceptional Communication

Thought Leadership

Job description

Healthcare systems are struggling; our solution is communication.

We have a bold vision: everyone involved in a patient's 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 Accurx's core information security programs and embedding security into the very fabric of the organisation to protect Accurx, its employees, its users, and their patients.

The Unique Challenges You'll Solve…

This isn't just about managing vulnerabilities or responding to security incidents. You'll be:

• 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: You'll 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: You'll 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…

We need a Staff Security Engineer who embodies our Principles and thrives on significant challenges. We're seeking the core skills below, coupled with a mindset ready for real impact.

• 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 we're 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: We're 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.

£100,000 - £130,000 salary + the value £50,750 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.

Like the sound of this role and want to know more about the company? Here's more about us…

We're a fast‑growing healthcare technology company which makes it easier for patients and healthcare teams to communicate.

Accurx is where conversations happen with and about patients. Our software helps doctors, nurses, pharmacists, administrators and other professionals to seamlessly connect with both patients and each other.

Our mission is simple: everything we do is to make patients healthier and healthcare staff happier. Today, Accurx is used in 98% of GP practices nationwide and every day more healthcare professionals are using our software in hospitals, pharmacies, care homes and the community.

We're passionate about staying close to our users, which is why everyone at Accurx visits a GP practice at least twice a quarter to understand how a practice runs, the difficulties they face with technologies and how we can help.

Head over to our main careers page to find out more about the team and our candidate hub.

You can also find out more about us on Medium, LinkedIn and Twitter & Instagram.

Our YouTube channel is full of demos of our product, webinars we have held with our users and some clips about life at Accurx.

Diversity & Inclusion

Accurx is committed to being an inclusive employer. As part of this, we're 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 you'd like to ask questions before you apply please email [e-mail].