At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the security function and design automated guardrails for a cutting-edge fintech platform.
- Company: Join 9fin, a rapidly growing AI platform valued at $1.3B.
- Benefits: Remote work, high autonomy, and a chance to shape security standards.
- Other info: Work in a supportive environment with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a unicorn-stage fintech with 300+ institutional clients.
- Qualifications: Experience in cloud security and proficiency in AWS and Terraform.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Join 9fin's high-seniority Platform team to lead the security function from the ground up. You will design and implement the automated guardrails, policy-as-code, and secure-by-default systems that allow engineers to move fast while protecting a platform used by 300+ blue-chip institutions across the $145 trillion global debt market.
Location: Remote, UK
Why this role is remarkable:
- Opportunity to build a security function from a cold start, defining the standards, tooling, and culture for a unicorn-stage fintech.
- 9fin just closed a $170M Series C at a $1.3B valuation, providing massive growth trajectory and stability with 300+ institutional clients.
- Work in a high-autonomy, low-ego environment within a senior Platform team that functions as an internal product group rather than a ticket-based service.
What you will do:
- Design and implement automated security guardrails across a multi-account AWS environment using Terraform and policy-as-code.
- Build and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions, including secret scanning, dependency analysis, and build integrity checks.
- Partner with the Head of InfoSec to translate SOC 2 compliance requirements into pragmatic, engineering-led platform features and automated gates.
The ideal candidate:
- Proven experience owning or significantly improving cloud security posture, ideally building security functions from scratch in a startup/scale-up environment.
- Expert-level proficiency with AWS, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and modern application security patterns like decentralized authentication.
- Strong communicator who can balance security requirements with developer experience to influence engineering teams across the entire organization.
We think you need these skills to ace Remote Senior Platform Engineer at in Salford
Cloud Security
AWS
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
CI/CD Pipelines
GitHub Actions
Security Policy Development
SOC 2 Compliance
