Thought Machine
Fintech
ApplicationSecurityEngineer
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“Application Security Engineer at Thought Machine. Skills: Application security, DevSecOps, Cloud security, Penetration testing. Drive improvements to product security posture. Produce production web scale grade application security design”
What You'll Achieve.
Protecting Thought Machine product against security risks; Minimise exposures and vulnerabilities; Protecting customers' data; Enable engineering; Impress financial service auditors
Industry & Context.
Address a technical security hurdle
Four days a week onsite in Lisbon office
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
OWASP top 10 vulns, devsecOps, data privacy protection, Expertise with a programming language (e.g. Python, Go or Java), Experience of security in a DevOps environment, Experience in web application penetration testing and security tooling, Coding experience for automating/integrating security tools and creation of security tools, Knowledge of security in distributed systems at scale, Cloud and containers technology knowledge, Experience of performing security design reviews, threat modelling and risk assessments, Knowledge of application security issues
Nice to Have
Professional security qualifications, Contributions to the security community, Awareness and experience of the Data Protection Act, ISO 27001 and PCI-DSS
What You'll Do.
Drive improvements to product security posture
Produce production web scale grade application security design
Review and produce data privacy and financial regulatory designs
Perform design reviews and Threat modeling
Perform vulnerability assessments and security testing
Provide subject matter expertise
Contribute to security strategy
Conduct regular security assessments and code reviews
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaboration with development and infrastructure teams; Liaison with development teams for design, code reviews & education; Engage and lead cross-functionally
Process & Methodology
Ability to work and complete multiple projects simultaneously
Full Job Description
Thought Machine's mission is bold – to properly and permanently rid the world's banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology. We have grown rapidly in the past few years – growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and our newly established Engineering Hub in Lisbon. We have raised more than £500m in funding and our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more. We have created a culture that enables our team to produce the best work in the industry while ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the industry's most generous employee share package. Named one of the world's most innovative fintechs by Global Finance Magazine, we were also recognised by the Financial Times as one of Europe's fastest-growing companies for two consecutive years—and a UK Best Employer for 2026. This is a full-time, permanent position based in our Lisbon office, requiring four days a week onsite. This position plays a key role in ensuring Thought Machine teams are taking all required steps in building a secure product set. You will play a major and leading role in protecting Thought Machine product against security risks, with influence to implement cutting-edge measures to minimise exposures and vulnerabilities. Whether engineering a system to address a technical security hurdle, protecting our customers' data, or consulting on a wide range of security topics, you are empowered to engage and lead cross-functionally. A large
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