Security Engineer, Phorest
Cloud & DevSecOps
+ ESPP
Salon management solution
Be an early applicant
Salon management solution
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
+ ESPP
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower and inspire salon, spa and clinic owners to grow fantastic businesses while attracting and delighting loyal clients and talented staff.
Role
Who you are
- Strong Security Foundations - You have a solid understanding of threat detection, vulnerability management, and secure development practices
- Cloud Security Experience (AWS) - You’ve worked hands-on securing cloud environments, with experience across areas like IAM, networking, logging/monitoring, and threat detection (e.g., GuardDuty, Security Hub, WAF)
- Technical & Tooling Depth - You’re comfortable working with modern engineering tooling and environments (e.g., Git, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines), and understand how security fits into them
- Security Assessments & Threat Modelling - You can independently carry out security reviews, threat modelling, and technical assessments — and translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations
- Coding / Scripting Ability - You have working knowledge of scripting or programming (e.g., Python, Bash, JavaScript) and use it to automate or enhance security workflows
- Pragmatic Problem Solver - You’re able to navigate complex systems, balance trade-offs, and recommend solutions that are both secure and practical
- Collaborative Mindset - You see security as an enabler, not a blocker. You build strong relationships with engineers and stakeholders, influencing through partnership rather than process
- Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalised folks tend to only apply when they check every box. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit
What the job involves
- As a Security Engineer you’ll play a key role in protecting our platform, our customers, and our growing global business
- This is a high-impact individual contributor role where you’ll take ownership of multiple areas of security, working across our cloud infrastructure, applications, and internal systems
- You’ll combine deep technical expertise with a pragmatic, collaborative approach, helping us identify and reduce risk while enabling teams to move quickly and build with confidence
- This isn’t about being a gatekeeper; it’s about being a partner to the business and embedding security into everything we do
- As Phorest continues to scale, including our payments offering, PhorestPay — you’ll have the opportunity to shape how security evolves across the organisation
- Own & Evolve Security Standards - Take ownership of security standards across Phorest, ensuring they are practical, up-to-date, and consistently applied. Continuously improve them in line with evolving threats, business needs, and industry best practice
- Protect Our Cloud & Infrastructure - Configure, maintain, and optimise security tooling across our AWS environment. Lead threat monitoring, improve alert quality, and proactively identify gaps in our security coverage
- Drive Risk Reduction - Lead security assessments across infrastructure and applications. Prioritise vulnerabilities based on risk and work closely with teams to ensure effective remediation. Facilitate threat modelling to catch risks early in the development lifecycle
- Embed Security into Engineering (Shift-Left) - Partner with engineering teams to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and development workflows — enabling secure-by-default practices without slowing delivery
- Incident Response & Triage - Lead the triage and analysis of security alerts and incidents. Provide clear guidance on remediation and identify patterns to reduce recurring risks
- Be a Trusted Security Partner - Act as a go-to security point of contact across the business. Support teams in making secure decisions, balancing risk with practicality and speed
- Build Security Awareness & Culture - Contribute to internal security education and secure coding initiatives, helping teams understand not just the “what” but the “why” behind security
- Continuously Improve Our Security Posture - Identify opportunities to strengthen our tools, processes, and ways of working — and take ownership of driving those improvements forward
Application process
- We usually respond within a week
Our take
Annually, significant financial losses plague salons and health spas due to both no-show appointments and sluggish periods. Addressing this predicament head-on, Phorest emerges as the solution, providing salon proprietors with user-friendly marketing software.
Phorest's software allows salons to dispatch appointment reminders and promotional details to their clientele. This seemingly uncomplicated remedy remarkably curtails no-show deficits by an impressive 70% - an extremely valuable offering.
From its inception, Phorest has consistently evolved and broadened its platform, adding features for staffing management, inventory control and strategic marketing. It has also secured funding which has enabled it to confidently vie with international contenders like Zenoti and Booker on the global stage.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2022
$12m
LATE VC
Jun 2018
$23.6m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $37.2m
Company benefits
- Your wellbeing is important to us - We provide private healthcare, and employee assistance program and a free online GP service (WebDoc)
- As part of our Financial Wellbeing, we provide an Employee Share Purchase Scheme, Pension, Life Assurance, and Income Protection
- We help you travel by providing a bike to work scheme as well as tax saver transport tickets
- We care for your family and provide Enhanced Maternity and Paternity benefits
- We grow our own timber! We provide a great learning environment including an extensive onboarding program
- Career development is important to us. We even have our own in-house Learning and Development/Business coach and many online resources including LinkedIn learning
- We don't believe in formal dress codes. We prefer causal things
Company HQ
North City, Dublin, Ireland
Leadership
Ronan Perceval
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked in hair salons, and also co-founded Demonware.
Jamie Myerscough
(Co-Founder & Director)Previously served as Phorest's CEO and Sales Director. Is currently CEO of Educogym.
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