teya - Security Engineering Lead

London, United Kingdom3w ago

In Office Staff EMEA Fintech Payments Security Engineer AWS Learning & Development Kubernetes Close Team Leadership

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Requirements

• 8+ years in security engineering, including 3+ years in leadership roles. • Experience building Secure SDLC and DevSecOps capabilities in fast-moving environments. • Strong, hands-on AWS security and cloud-native architecture expertise. • Proven ability to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines under delivery pressure. • Practical experience with application security, container/Kubernetes security, and IaC security. • Background in regulated industries (fintech, payments, financial services, or similar). • How We Work at Teya (Leadership Principles) • This role is expected to embody Teya's leadership principles: • Extreme Ownership: Take full responsibility for outcomes, not just tasks. • Measure Yourself Based on Impact, Not Effort: Focus on the results and value delivered, rather than the amount of work put in. • Respond to Change Over Following a Plan: Be adaptable and ready to pivot as circumstances evolve. • Prefer Simplicity over Perfection: Aim for clear, simple solutions rather than over-engineering. • AI First: Leverage AI and automation as a default approach where possible. • Radical Transparency and Communication: Share information openly and communicate clearly. • Take Ownership of Your Growth: Proactively seek learning and development opportunities. • Prioritise with Judgment: Make thoughtful decisions about what matters most. • Continuous Growth: Build your own capability and that of your team. • Positive Culture: Create an environment where teams enjoy working and learning. • What Makes This Role Unique • A genuine build-and-scale opportunity in a fast-growing fintech. • High autonomy and ownership in shaping security engineering direction. • Direct influence on how security enables product velocity. • Close partnership with engineering leadership in an environment that values pragmatism over dogma.

Responsibilities

• Build & Scale Secure SDLC • Design and implement a pragmatic Secure SDLC suitable for a high-velocity fintech. • Introduce structure, consistency, and standards across product teams without slowing delivery. • Incrementally raise the security baseline through automation and guardrails. • DevSecOps & Platform Enablement • Partner with Platform and Developer teams to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines. • Establish baseline controls for application security, dependency management, secrets, containers, and infrastructure-as-code. • Prioritise fast feedback and developer experience over heavyweight controls. • Engineering Partnership • Build trust with engineering leaders and senior engineers in an environment where speed matters. • Influence decisions through credibility and collaboration rather than mandates. • Balance risk reduction with commercial and delivery realities. • Team Leadership • Lead, mentor, and grow a security engineering team across DevSecOps, AppSec, and Cloud Security. • Set direction in an environment where not everything is defined yet. • Hire engineers who are comfortable with ambiguity and high change velocity. • Cloud, Application & Infrastructure Security • Provide security architecture oversight and review ensuring alignment with agreed security principles and risk appetite. • Define and validate application, container (Kubernetes/Docker), and infrastructure-as-code security standards, supporting engineering teams in their adoption. • Guide risk-based decision-making, focusing security effort where it delivers the highest impact while enabling delivery velocity. • Automation, AI & Leverage • Use automation and AI-first approaches to scale security in a lean team. • Replace manual processes with repeatable, self-service patterns wherever possible. • Measure success through impact, not activity.

Benefits

• We trust you, so we offer flexible working hours, as long it suits both you and your team; • Physical and mental health support through our partnership with GymPass giving free access to over 1,500 gyms in the UK, 1-1 therapy, meditation sessions, digital fitness and nutrition apps; • Our company offers extended and improved maternity and paternity leave choices, giving employees more flexibility and support; • Cycle-to-Work Scheme; • Health and Life Insurance; • Pension Scheme; • 25 days of Annual Leave (+ Bank Holidays); • Office snacks every day; • Friendly, comfortable and informal office environment in Central London.