Security Engineer, Shieldpay
1 day a week in office
Digital payment solutions
Job no longer available
Digital payment solutions
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
1 day a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To become the trusted payment rails for the professional services sector, and a company that people love to work for.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for an automation-heavy Engineer to secure our stack. If you're a DevOps pro or Dev who prioritises security, we’ll train the rest!
- We aren't looking for a "checkbox" security professional or someone who just quotes NIST frameworks. We need a builder
- This role is for a technical engineer who views security as an engineering problem to be solved with code, not a set of documents to be filed
- Whether you’re a DevOps specialist with a "hacker" mindset or a Developer who’s tired of building features and wants to start securing them, we want your technical foundation
- A solid background in Computer Science. You understand how systems talk to each other, how memory works, and why the "cloud" is just someone else's computer
- Automation First - you are proficient in at least one scripting language (Python, Go, JavaScript) and hate doing the same task manually twice
- You’ve spent significant time in AWS or GCP. You know your way around IAM, VPCs, and serverless environments
- You understand CI/CD using GitHub Actions and how to bake security into the deployment process
- You’ve configured and managed Cloudflare, CloudFront and AWS WAF and know how to defend against common web threats at the perimeter
Desirable
- We don't necessarily expect you to arrive with a CISSP or a deep love for ISO. If you bring the engineering muscle, we will train you on Governance, Risk and Compliance
- Previous experience in Penetration Testing or CTF competitions
- Exposure to Incident Response (knowing what to do when the alarm goes off)
- Experience securing event-driven serverless workloads
What the job involves
- Build security with code, not checkboxes
- We’re seeking a hands-on Security Engineer to build scalable controls through code and automation. We treat security as an engineering challenge—focusing on IaC, reliable guardrails, and making "secure by default" easy for our teams
- Instead of manually reviewing logs, you’ll be writing the scripts that automate threat detection
- Working within AWS and GCP to ensure our infrastructure is secure by design using Pulumi, CDK, or Terraform
- Building and maintaining the CI/CD security gates that allow our dev teams to move fast without breaking things
- Getting hands-on with vulnerability scanning, occasional internal "red-teaming," and incident response when things get interesting
Salary benchmarks
Our take
In today's fast-paced digital world, we are accustomed to handling most aspects of our lives with a tap or swipe, from personal transactions to corporate dealings. However, while speed is crucial, security remains paramount, especially with the rise of digital fraud. Consumers and businesses alike demand that their financial transactions be safeguarded from potential threats.
This growing need for both speed and security is where Shieldpay steps in. The platform quickly positioned itself as a leader in securing high-value digital transactions by offering businesses and individuals an efficient, cost-effective solution for creating instant digital escrow payments, all while ensuring robust protection.
Shieldpay meets these dual demands by providing a secure payment solution that verifies the identities of all parties involved. This ensures that funds are only transferred as intended, offering peace of mind to both everyday consumers and businesses, particularly in sectors like corporate and property transactions. With substantial backing and partnership with leading companies, Shieldpay's potential for growth and expansion is massive.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2025
$1.6m
EARLY VC
Jun 2018
$6.4m
SEED
Total funding: $13.6m
Company benefits
- 28 Days Holiday: Relax and recharge with our enhanced allowance, plus UK bank holidays
- 4 You Days: Life can be tough. For these days employees can take a You Day each quarter, on short notice
- Hybrid Working: We value in-person collaboration. Our people are in the office multiple times a week
- Flexible Working: We are pleased to treat our employees like adults and judge them on the work they do not the hours they work
- Pension Contribution: Group Personal Pension Plan where employees contribute 5% and we contribute 5%
- Personal Development: We invest in our people, as well as yearly budget we offer external development
- Private Medical: With no financial excess and pre-existing coverage from an industry leader in physical and mental health
- Life Assurance: Our employees can rest assured that their loved ones will be supported should the worst happen
- Menopause Support: We’ve teamed up with Balance, who support those affected by all stages of the menopause
- Enhanced Allowances: From maternity leave to eyecare, we don’t just offer the basic – we make sure that we are able to go the extra mile
- Season Ticket Loans: It may not have had a big take-up during the pandemic but it’s there if our people need it
- Compassionate and Sick Leave
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Sophie Condie
(CEO)Joined Shieldpay in 2021 as a Group Operations Director before becoming COO in 2022 and CEO in 2024. Previously an Operations Lead at Form3 Financial Cloud and A Team Leader in Cash Management at Barclays Corporate Banking.
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