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About the Role

This senior technical security role focuses on product and platform security, setting standards and guardrails for development. The position involves hands-on collaboration with engineers to ensure secure building practices, owning secure development standards, conducting threat modeling, and directing cloud security, identity, vulnerability management, and data protection strategies. A key aspect is elevating the security knowledge of engineering and product teams to enable informed, in-team decision-making.

Responsibilities

Provide practical, hands-on security advice to engineers throughout the development lifecycle.
Own secure development and coding standards, and coordinate penetration testing.
Conduct threat modeling on high-risk work and train teams to perform their own.
Set security standards for cloud environments, including configuration, access, and encryption.
Determine vulnerability severity and remediation priorities.
Design strategies for identity and privileged access management.
Lead data security initiatives, including classification, data separation, and DLP tooling.
Apply security judgment to assessments of high-risk suppliers.

Requirements

Significant experience in a senior or principal security architecture or application security role, preferably in a fast-growing, cloud-based software company.
Strong hands-on cloud security background, including secure configuration, access, identity, encryption, and guardrails for modern cloud and serverless architectures.
Solid understanding of secure software development, including threat modeling, secure coding, common application security risks (e.g., OWASP Top 10), automated security testing, and penetration testing.
Practical experience in vulnerability management, identity and privileged access, data security, and software supply-chain practices (e.g., SBOMs).
A pragmatic approach that facilitates rapid engineering progress.
Clear communication skills to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders and translate security risks into actionable decisions.
Willingness to explore and pragmatically apply AI to enhance product security.
Experience in InsurTech, FinTech, or another regulated industry is a plus.
Experience building security functions or practices from an early stage is a plus.
Experience integrating security into modern engineering delivery is a plus.
Experience with software serving many customers from shared infrastructure and associated data-separation challenges is a plus.
Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CCSP, AWS security qualification) are beneficial but not mandatory.
Experience training and coaching engineers on security is a plus.
Background checks, including criminal record, credit history, previous employer references, and academic qualifications, will be conducted.

Skills

Cloud Security
Identity and Access Management
Vulnerability Management
Data Protection
Threat Modeling
Secure Development Standards
Secure Coding
Penetration Testing
Cloud Configuration
Encryption
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Software Supply Chain Security
SBOMs
AI in Security

Location

London

Work Type

On-site
Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
Principal

Education Level

Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP or an AWS security qualification are beneficial but not mandatory.

Benefits

Private medical insurance
Income protection insurance
Life insurance of 4 * base salary
On-site gym and shower facilities
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Team social events and company parties
Salary exchange on pension and nursery fees
Access to Maji, the financial wellbeing platform
Company stock options managed through Ledgy
Milestone Birthday Bonus and a Life Events leave policy
Generous holiday allowance of 28 days plus national holidays
Home office and equipment allowance
Company MacBook
Learning allowance and leave to attend conferences or take exams
YuLife employee benefits, including EAP and bereavement helplines
Tree planting through Ecologi Action partnership
High-quality coffee machine

About the Company

Artificial is building the next generation of technology for the specialty (re)insurance market.
Their mission is to transform how brokers and carriers operate by removing operational barriers and enabling smarter, faster decision-making.
They use modern technology to automate repetitive tasks and structure complex processes, helping partners unlock innovation and growth.
The company fosters a collaborative environment valuing curiosity, ownership, and continuous learning.
Artificial recently raised $45M (£33M) in Series B funding from lead investor CommerzVentures, Move Capital, and existing shareholders.
This investment will support growth, innovation, and maintaining their position as a preferred choice for digital trading in the insurance sector.

Equal Opportunity

Proud to be an equal opportunities employer committed to building a diverse team.
Adjustments can be made to the hiring process to ensure accessibility.
Candidates are welcome to share their preferred pronouns.
Encourages applications even if not all requirements are met, valuing potential and raw talent.
Background checks are part of the hiring process.