Senior Application Security Engineer in Manchester

Are you ready to shape the future of data? Matillion is the company behind Maia, the AI Data Automation platform. In the AI economy, demand for data is exploding. Manual data engineering can’t keep up. Maia fixes that by combining 15 years of data expertise with agentic AI to eliminate the manual work that slows data teams down. Organisations like Cisco, DocuSign, and Slack are already using it to deliver real business impact, faster. We started in Manchester and now we’re global - with teams across the UK, US and India. We are driven, curious, energetic people who move fast, think big and hold ourselves to a high standard. We’re here to make a dent in the universe bigger than ourselves. And we’re looking for people who want to be part of it.

Role Purpose

Matillion is built around small development teams utilising a modern, cloud-based technology stack to deliver products. The AppSec Engineer will work in an engineering capacity to product and engineering teams to ensure security is baked into the product from the design phase creating a SecDevOps workflow.

What you will be doing

• Design
  • Establish and lead security champions programme across the development squads
  • Build functional and nonfunctional requirements for the application in conjunction with the product team
  • Input abuse case stories into the product backlog
  • Evangelise security across the product team, ensuring security stories are prioritised against feature goals
  • Assess SDLC security gap risks and propose remedies
• Consult
  • Instruct and guide developers on how to conduct Threat Modelling during application Design
  • Act as the single point of contact for security concerns arising from the development team providing advice on how to solve technical software issues
  • Lead the pentesting cadence around the core application set by conducting hacking exercises
  • Provide application code reviews against known development frameworks such as OWASP ASVS
  • Provide input into the design of functional and non-functional security controls such as customer authentication workflows
  • Run Security Champion sessions to keep developers aware of security developments
• Engineer
  • Establish security into the CICD pipeline such as SAST/IAST/DAST
  • Automate and build nifty security tools to test Matillion applications
  • Integrate testing, build failures and outputs to the development team to ensure passage to production is secure
  • Create security tests for code and assist developers in building security unit testing
• Support
  • Responsive support to the development teams
  • Analysis of logs to identify issues and provide solutions
• Innovation
  • Research projects, including prototyping, to explore future opportunities
  • Investigate new technologies
  • Optimise the infrastructure deployment process through use of automation, in-house and open source solutions
• Self-Development and Growth
  • Develop new skills by working with other members of the team
  • Work with the Team Lead to identify training goals
  • Lead and partake in technical discussions within the team
  • Actively identify and complete opportunities for self-training and external training
  • Drive the team’s process of continual improvement

What we are looking for

Technical / Role Specific

• Essential
  • A passion and drive to succeed in Application Security
  • Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle
• Desirable
  • Security professional at heart borne from a software engineering background
  • Experience of working with the OWASP ASVS framework
  • Experience in Agile delivery environments
  • Greenfield experience setting up security technologies from scratch
  • Outgoing and able to build relationships with key stakeholders

Personal Capabilities Required, e.g. skills, attitude, strengths

• Can do attitude, willing to take on a wide range of security issues
• Keeps up to date with security developments
• Keen to engage with the security community on a range of topics
• Fast learner

At Matillion, we are committed to providing compensation in line with market standards based on the role, job family, job level and country. This role’s estimated annual salaried pay range for this position is £71,440 - £107,160. The final salary will be based on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications demonstrated in the hiring process.

We operate a flexible working culture that promotes work-life balance, with benefits including:

• Company Equity
• 30 days holiday + bank holiday
• 5 days paid volunteering leave
• Private Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Pension
• Access to mental health support

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