Senior Security Engineer - AI-First SaaS, Hybrid

SoftCo Group; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pension & life assurance

Hybrid work model

On-site gym

Learning & development

Job summary

SoftCo is seeking a senior security engineer to own security across our SaaS product, cloud platform and corporate environment. This is an individual contributor role focused on hands-on technical work.

You will protect data, integrate security into development, and address AI-related risks, working with the Head of Engineering and Compliance Officer. Strong communication with Finance, HR and Sales is expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on security engineering experience in a fast-growing B2B SaaS environment.
• Experience securing applications and the SDLC (OWASP, SAST, DAST, SCA) and embedding security in Agile/DevOps.
• Solid knowledge of cloud security (AWS and Azure), CI/CD, container security, IAM, and securing endpoints and SSO.
• Good understanding of AI security risks and LLMs in product engineering and internal use.
• Able to explain technical risk clearly to non-technical colleagues and earn trust.
• Autonomous and pragmatic with a root-cause mindset.
• Degree in CS or Info Security or equivalent; certifications like OSCP, OSWE, CSSLP, CISSP are plus.

Responsibilities

• Embed security across the development lifecycle with threat modelling, secure design, reviews, and coding standards.
• Build and maintain security automation in CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, SCA, IAC scanning).
• Scope and manage third-party penetration testing and drive remediation.
• Act as advisor to developers and grow security champions in Engineering.
• Harden production cloud environments (AWS and Azure) and IAM, network zoning, logging.
• Own security for corporate environment: endpoint management, SSO and access controls.

Skills

5+ years security

Application security

Cloud security

AI security literacy

Communication

Autonomous mindset

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Information Security

Tools

AWS

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

SAST

DAST

SCA

Job description

SoftCo is seeking a senior security engineer to own security across our SaaS product, cloud platform and corporate environment. This is an individual contributor role focused on hands-on technical work.

You will protect data, integrate security into development, and address AI-related risks, working with the Head of Engineering and Compliance Officer. Strong communication with Finance, HR and Sales is expected.