Senior Security Engineer
Pubblicato il 29-10-2026 - David Kennedy Recruitment in Italia
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. Security Engineer (AppSec / GRC / AI Security)
Location:
Europe/ASIA, Remote 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. 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 xrdztoy issues, and to take end‐to‐end ownership in a fast‐paced environment ~ Excellent English communication skills ~ 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