hopper - Senior Security Engineer- Ireland
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Requirements
• At least 5 years experience software and/or platform engineering, with the ability to design, build, and maintain production-quality tools • Deep experience in application security and vulnerability management — you understand CVEs, dependency risks, container security, and SDLC integration, and you have opinions about what's worth fixing and what's noise • Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, ideally GCP/GKE or equivalent, with the ability to adapt to our stack • A demonstrated habit of using AI tools — coding assistants, LLMs — as a core part of how you build and analyse, not an occasional shortcut • A bias toward automation — when you see a repetitive manual task, your instinct is to write a tool, not a runbook • Comfort with ambiguity and ownership — you'll often be the only person on a problem and will need to make judgment calls on priority, approach, and scope without waiting for direction • Experience influencing engineering culture around security, knowing how to make developers care without slowing them down • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to articulate our security posture clearly to customers when needed
Responsibilities
• Own and evolve our vulnerability management program with a focus on application security — container images, dependencies, code scanning, and runtime detection • Build and maintain security tooling that integrates directly into CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows, so security happens automatically rather than as a gate • Use AI extensively to write code faster, automate analyses that would otherwise require manual review, and build intelligent tooling that scales beyond what a small team could achieve manually • Assess and improve how we leverage available telemetry across our systems • Work directly with engineering teams to influence secure development practices — not by writing standards and documents, but by shipping tools and defaults that make the secure path the easy path • Investigate and respond to security findings when needed, but spend more of your time building systems that prevent and detect issues than manually chasing them • Adapt quickly as priorities shift — our team is agile and tomorrow's challenge may look different from todays
Benefits
• Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and the upsides of pre-IPO equity packages. • Carrot Cash travel stipend • Flexdesk All Access Pass & Work-from-home stipend • Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business • Open communication with management and company leadership • Small, dynamic teams = massive impact • Engagement Status: Independent Contractor • Note on Contractual Status: This position is offered as an Independent Contractor engagement (Contract for Services) and does not constitute an offer of direct employment. The successful candidate will operate as a self-employed individual or through a Personal Service Company (PSC). You will be responsible for your own tax, PRSI, and VAT compliance in accordance with Irish Revenue Commissioners regulations. Engagement is contingent upon providing proof of valid business registration and appropriate professional indemnity insurance.
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