Job Title
CISO / Senior Infosec Engineer
Salary: Not Disclosed + Equity
Company Description
Smarkets Limited is a London-based fintech and betting exchange that has processed over £29 billion in volume since 2010. Operating with a unique flat, self-managing culture and radical transparency, Smarkets is expanding into US CFTC-regulated markets, leveraging a high-performance technology stack centered on Rust, Python, and Kubernetes.
Job Description
As the inaugural security hire at Smarkets Limited, you will build and own the information security program from the ground up. You’ll bridge engineering and compliance, securing real-time trading engines and cloud-native AWS environments while navigating CFTC regulatory mandates. This high-impact role reports directly to senior leadership and the Board.
Location
London, UK
Why this role is remarkable
- Inaugural security leadership: You are the first security hire, giving you full autonomy to build the security roadmap, select the tooling, and define the culture of protection for a high-volume trading platform.
- Deep technical challenge: Work with a sophisticated stack including Rust, Kubernetes, and Nix-based CI to protect distributed, real-time systems that have handled over £29 billion in betting volume since inception.
- Radical culture and influence: Join a company known for its flat structure and radical transparency, enjoying a direct line to the Board while shaping security for new US CFTC-regulated market expansions.
What you will do
- Architect and implement a robust cloud-native security framework on AWS, integrating DevSecOps best practices and automated security tooling directly into CI/CD pipelines to ensure seamless, secure software delivery.
- Establish and manage the regulatory compliance program for DCM and DCO entities, ensuring adherence to CFTC system safeguards:
- 38.1051 and
- 39.18
ISO 27001, and NIST SP 800-53 standards.
- Lead threat modeling, incident response, and risk assessment initiatives, providing critical updates to the Board on cybersecurity posture while fostering a company-wide culture of security advocacy and awareness.
- The ideal candidate:
- Proven track record in security engineering, with hands-on experience securing Kubernetes workloads, AWS infrastructure, and building automated security pipelines within a high-growth, technically demanding environment.
- Extensive experience navigating financial regulations, specifically within CFTC, FCA, or similar frameworks, and the ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical, engineering-led security controls and policies.
- A builder mindset with the leadership maturity to act as a primary advisor to executive management while remaining deeply technical enough to own incident response and architectural design.
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