Security Engineer *EU/UK remote* (m/f/d)

The role

You will design and build secure foundations by integrating security best practices throughout the SDLC. You will work with engineering, product, and infrastructure teams to embed security controls and automation into the platform.

What you will do

• Integrate security best practices throughout the SDLC
• Design, implement, and maintain security automation tooling
• Embed security controls and guardrails into the developer platform
• Define and promote reusable, secure development standards and Terraform/Docker modules
• Harden containerized workloads including ECS and EKS
• Deploy and manage cloud security platforms and drive remediation workflows
• Automate collection of audit-ready evidence for compliance frameworks
• Support vulnerability management and lead incident response and post-mortems
• Conduct threat modeling, architecture reviews, and provide guidance on secure design and cryptography
• Build and maintain security documentation, internal tooling, and feedback loops

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a technical security role
• Strong proficiency with AWS services and security
• Solid understanding of DevSecOps practices and integrating security into CI/CD workflows
• Proficient in Terraform and other IaC tooling
• Proficient in Python, Bash, or TypeScript
• Experience securing containers (Docker, ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes)
• Expert level understanding of OWASP Top 10, secure coding, and software supply chain risks
• Experience managing and integrating cloud security platforms
• Understanding of vulnerability management and remediation workflows at scale
• Experience with application security practices including code review, threat modeling, static and dynamic analysis, and attack surface analysis
• Experience performing Application Penetration Testing or Vulnerability Research / Bug Bounty Hunting
• Experience with threat modeling or security reviews

Nice to have

• Exposure to compliance frameworks (PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2)
• Familiarity with detection engineering or lightweight SIEM tooling
• Contributions to open-source security tools or internal security automation frameworks

Benefits

• Attractive remuneration
• Your choice of preferred OS, Windows or Mac
• Flat hierarchy and transparent communication
• Opportunity to develop your talent in a dynamic team
• Flexibility and possibility to work remotely
• Company card with a monthly allowance for lunches, coffee, etc. with co-workers

About the company

Pliant is a modular B2B payments platform combining commercial card issuing, payment accounts, FX and spend management for businesses and AI agents. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant serves businesses and partners across Europe and North America.