Security Engineer, Ben
ÂŁ55-75k
+ Equity & bonus scheme
2-5 days a week in office
We're not your average benefits platform; we're the unordinary force that uplifts people's lives.
Posted today
We're not your average benefits platform; we're the unordinary force that uplifts people's lives.
21-100 employees
Posted today
ÂŁ55-75k
+ Equity & bonus scheme
2-5 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create a world where everything operates at its very best by changing the role of work from maintaining livelihoods to shaping lives.
Role
Who you are
- We value self-starters who are eager to take on ownership, in a supportive environment where you can make a real impact while developing your skills
- Hands-on experience deploying and managing security tooling - such as EDR, MDM, ZTNA, or vulnerability scanners, and enjoy solving problems at the implementation level
- Worked with Microsoft’s security ecosystem, including Entra ID (Azure AD), Intune, and Defender, and feel confident navigating other vendors’ enterprise tooling
- Solid foundations in networking, systems, and cloud infrastructure, and understand how to apply industry standards (e.g. OWASP Top 10, AWS Well-Architected) to real-world scenarios
- Experience reviewing and improving product and infrastructure security, including secure SDLC practices like threat modelling, secure code review, or CI/CD hardening
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001 or SOC 2, and the ability to translate technical controls into well-documented policies and audit-ready evidence
- Experience automating repetitive security tasks (e.g. with Python, PowerShell, or Bash) or integrating tools via APIs to improve efficiency and reduce manual work
- A bias toward proactive risk reduction, not just fixing bugs - you think holistically about controls, people, and processes that improve security posture
- A generalist mindset - you’re comfortable working across infrastructure, product, and compliance domains, even if you’re deeper in one
- You will not love this role if you:
- Want to only do policy work or only implementation - this is a hands-on, full-spectrum security role where you'll work across engineering and compliance
- Need a slow pace to feel comfortable - we move fast, and we prioritise action, even when the path isn’t perfectly clear
- Are uncomfortable being accountable for outcomes - this role involves owning projects end-to-end and being responsible for making them succeed
- Prefer maintaining the status quo - we want to challenge assumptions, rethink how security is done, and push for better ways of working
- Prefer a highly structured environment with established processes and clearly defined boundaries - we’re still building, and sometimes that means creating the path as we go
- Struggle with ambiguity or expect prescriptive direction - you’ll get support and context, but you’ll need to figure things out and take ownership
- Wait for others to step up, or to be told what to do - We are a high-performance and high-reward work place and are looking for people who are proactive
What the job involves
- As a Security Engineer at Ben you will shape how infosec is done across the domains of infrastructure, product, and compliance
- You’ll be a key technical contributor in a small, high-impact team - with direct mentorship from our Security Lead and the autonomy to take full ownership of key projects
- Take ownership of existing security tooling, and implement new ones (e.g. endpoint protection, MDM, access controls), ensuring they’re effectively configured, maintained, and evolving as the business grows
- Embed secure-by-design practices into the development lifecycle across engineering, including secure coding, threat modeling, and design reviews
- Monitor systems for irregular behavior and proactively design detection and prevention mechanisms
- Ensure infrastructure and applications align with generally accepted industry standards, such as the OWASP Top 10 and the AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Conduct and lead risk assessments, including third-party/vendor reviews and internal evaluations
- Document and maintain security policies, procedures, and controls as part of our ISO 27001-certified Information Security Management System (ISMS)
Application process
- Deadline to Apply: 17 October 2025 at 00:00 BST
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The way companies reward their employees today is often a one-size-fits-all model that hasn't evolved to meet the demands of the modern workforce.
Businesses wanting to attract top talent frequently look for ways to win over candidates with additional work perks like free lunches, healthcare and discounts. However, this benefits infrastructure is inflexible and so Ben wants to become this infrastructure.
By issuing prepaid payment cards to each team member, Ben allows employees to choose how they want to be rewarded. This unlocks benefits that people actually want while reducing the amount of admin. Ben is looking to solve the problem of benefit flexibility.
It's this handing over of autonomy that differentiates Ben from others in the space. By putting the decision-making in the hands of employees, it will allow companies to see how their workforce wants to be rewarded and extract meaningful insight through detailed spend analytics with zero hassle.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
25 people
Rhianna, Senior Front-end Engineer
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2022
$18.5m
SERIES A
Jan 2021
$2.4m
SEED
Total funding: $20.8m
Company benefits
- đź’ł ÂŁ100 monthly personal Ben Balance: for whatever works for you, whether that's Netflix, Spotify, or a really expensive cup of coffee! This allowance will increase by ÂŁ50 for each year of service until you reach ÂŁ250
- 🔋 £500 annual Learning & Personal Development Ben Balance: plus 3 days paid study leave a year to support you with your professional development
- 👩🏽‍💻 £500 work from home set up allowance, which you can put towards your home office
- 🏖 28 days of holidays a year + bank holidays
- 🌴 ...and an option to buy or sell days per year. Also, your holiday entitlement will increase to 30 days at your 3rd year of service!
- 🧠Comprehensive and tailored mental health support through a leading provider
- 🍿 Team activities to support spending time together and we frequently organise company wide events
- DNA Profiling & Epigenetic Testing
- Work-from-anywhere scheme
- Assisted reproduction paid leave & support
- Accelerated opportunity for career development and recognition through our Ben Springboard programme
- 🍔 Weekly lunch provided in office so you can spend quality time with the team over some tasty food!
- 🍼 Enhanced parental leave and workplace nursery scheme to support with the cost of childcare in a nursery setting
- đź’Ş Access to a Classpass membership!
- ❤️ Comprehensive Private Medical Insurance, Healthcare Cash Plan & discounted cancer screening
- Cycle-to-work & electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes
- Life insurance
Company values
- Drivers not passengers
- Ridiculously bold
- Give a Ben
- Open minds win
Company HQ
Barbican, London, UK
Leadership
Sebastian Fallert
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously the MD of Secret Escapes (UK & Germany).
David Duckworth
(Co-Founder & COO)Worked in consulting and venture capitalism, and founded the SaaS marketplace Mixer.
People breakdown
11%
4%
4%
3%
57%
7%
14%
Asian
Black or African American
Hispanic or Latino
Multiracial / Multiethnic
White
Other
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Last updated on 04 December 2024
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Ben
Alicia Riley (Head of People)
- Here at Ben we’re committed to fostering and nurturing a culture that supports and actively encourages diversity, equity and inclusion. This should go without saying but all applications are very much welcome. If you need any adjustments to support you with your application, just let us know.
- We use structured interviews and scorecards to ensure that all candidates are assessed fairly using objective criteria and to mitigate against bias.
- We advertise on a variety of job boards and platforms, including ones committed to promoting diversity in tech and that enable diversity sourcing.
- We share our process in advance through our open-source interview guide, including proactively asking for accessibility and inclusion requirements.
- We actively encourage open feedback, discussions, and cross team collaboration, so that all voices are heard and listened to.
- We measure the diversity of both our candidates and our workforce, so that we can hold ourselves to account and make sure we’re building a representative culture as we grow.
- We support initiatives in our product that promote digital accessibility.
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