Security Engineer (Appsec / Grc / Ai Security)

David Kennedy Recruitment; Lazio; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote from Europe

Direct collaboration with engineering

Hands-on security ownership

Job summary

David Kennedy Recruitment is helping a rapidly growing technology company onboard a Security Engineer to own security operations within R&D. The role focuses on AppSec, GRC and AI security, with the team handling governance, risk, and compliance across a scale‑up environment.

You will work remotely from Europe, collaborating with engineering leadership and ensuring effective security across applications, AI platforms, and vendor interactions.

Qualifications

• 2–3+ years hands-on security engineering experience.
• Strong application security experience including code reviews and remediation.
• Proven experience conducting or coordinating security audits and penetration tests.
• Comfortable coding and working directly with Git/GitHub.
• Practical scripting or automation skills, ideally Python or Bash.
• Previous AI/security-focused scale-up experience preferred.
• Excellent English communication skills.
• Based in Europe, with approximately 80% overlap with CET working hours.
• Comfortable with occasional evening/weekend security monitoring.
• Fully comfortable working with adult/NSFW content as part of daily responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Application security: review code, fix vulnerabilities, work with developers in Git/GitHub, coordinate external pen tests and audits.
• Governance, risk and compliance: build and maintain the security risk register, assess exposure, support audit follow-up, prioritise fixes by risk and impact.
• Monitoring and awareness: watch alerts and threats, run awareness programmes and phishing simulations, provide evening/weekend cover.
• IT security and access: manage onboarding/offboarding, device security and access controls.
• AI security: track risks to generative AI platforms and third-party provider vulnerabilities.

Skills

Code reviews

Vulnerability remediation

Security audits

Git & GitHub

Python

Bash

English communication

TZ CET overlap

Tools

Git & GitHub

Job description

David Kennedy Recruitment is working with a rapidly growing technology company with over 50 million users worldwide that is seeking to onboard a Security Engineer to join their R&D team.

As the company's sole dedicated Security Engineer, the successful candidate will take end-to-end ownership of security operations, covering application security, vulnerability management, governance and risk, and emerging AI security challenges. The company's products include adult/NSFW content, so candidates must be fully comfortable working with this material.

Position: Security Engineer (AppSec / GRC / AI Security)

Location: Europe/ASIA, Remote

Employment type: B2B engagement preferred

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Application security: review code, find and fix vulnerabilities, work with developers in Git/GitHub, and coordinate external pen tests and audits.

• Governance, risk and compliance: build and maintain the security risk register, assess exposure across systems, support audit follow-up, and prioritise fixes by risk and business impact.

• Monitoring and awareness: watch alerts and threats, run awareness programmes and phishing simulations, and provide occasional evening and weekend cover.

• IT security and access: handle secure onboarding and offboarding, device security (MDM) and access permissions, and tighten internal controls.

• AI security: track risks to generative AI platforms (prompt injection, jailbreaks, filter bypasses) and vulnerabilities in third-party AI providers.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 2–3+ years of hands‑on security engineering experience, with flexibility for exceptional scale‑up experience

• Strong application security experience, including code reviews and vulnerability remediation

• Proven experience conducting or coordinating security audits and penetration tests

• Comfortable coding and working directly with Git/GitHub

• Practical scripting or automation skills, ideally Python or Bash

• Previous experience within an AI company or a scale‑up with 50+ employees

• Sound understanding of security governance, risk assessment and prioritisation

• Ability to independently identify, investigate and resolve security issues, and to take end‑to‑end ownership in a fast‑paced environment

• Excellent English communication skills

• Based in Europe, with approximately 80% overlap with CET working hours

• Comfortable with occasional evening/weekend security monitoring

• Fully comfortable working with adult/NSFW content as part of daily responsibilities

BENEFITS:

• Fully remote working from Europe

• Opportunity to own security for a fast‑growing AI platform with over 50 million users

• Direct collaboration with engineering leadership

• Hands‑on, non‑advisory role with real responsibility for security outcomes

• And many more!!!