The security team is cross-functional and comprises diverse people who bring their unique engineering expertise. The team covers the following areas:
Define the best in class solutions to engineering problems
Designs to build secure services and platforms
Engineer unique solutions and tooling to engineering problems
Implement and maintain cutting-edge solutions and capabilities
A large part of the Thought Machine function is greenfield; we are building the bank of tomorrow with cutting-edge technology. To achieve this, we need innovative thinking to create solutions that fit into our products and our infrastructure. We look for people who think outside the box and outside of traditional silos to find unique solutions and approaches that lead the industry.
Duties
Working with your team closely on defining and delivering our security engineering roadmap.
Actively participate in technical discussions and design reviews.
Measuring your team’s impact.
Contributing to product strategy.
Contributing to engineering-wide initiatives as part of the engineering management team on anything from recruitment to team processes.
Operate collaboratively with other Thought Machine teams with trust and influence
Develop engineers in your team and help them in their career development.
Leading by example: Code reviews and hands-on technical work
Requirements
Essential
2+ years experience in engineering management of product-aligned teams.
Technical background to drive technical choices and great interpersonal skills to communicate with Product Managers and client representatives. You should enjoy working in environments where you have a high level of responsibility and autonomy.
Knowledge and experience in designing, developing, and maintaining security for modern technology stacks similar to the stack we use at Thought Machine (AWS or GCP, Kubernetes, Go/Python).
You are comfortable wearing different Engineering Manager hats that suit the changing needs of a team as it evolves.
Desirable
Experience in defining roadmaps, technical architecture, and deliverables.
Experience in balancing risk management with company objectives and opportunities.
Awareness and experience with “well-architected” security frameworks such as CSA-CCM, OWASP SAMM, or similar cloud, infrastructure, or application security frameworks.
Existing experience building and operating security for distributed systems at scale.
You’ve previously helped recruit and shape brilliant engineering teams.
You’ve previously taken an active role in defining and evaluating effective team processes.
Contributions to the security community (public research, blogging, presentations, etc).
Benefits
Highly competitive salary
Pension plan (match up to 5%)
Life insurance - three times annual salary
Competitive maternity (six months fully paid) and paternity leave (four weeks fully paid)
Shared parental leave (matched to our maternity leave for the same point in time)
25 days holiday and bank holidays
Flexible working hours
Cycle-to-work scheme
Electric car scheme
Season ticket loan
Access to outstanding learning materials and courses
Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine
All the latest tech you need
Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals
Huge range of healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks
A talented and experienced team as your colleagues
An environment where we encourage learning and progress
Two charity days a year
Weekly food pop-up
We actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't accurately match the job description. We also encourage applications from those with different abilities, including candidates with ADHD, autism, dyslexia or dyspraxia.
