RT
Security Engineer (AppSec / GRC / AI Security) – Remote, Europe
RMG Talent
Contract type
Freelance
Work mode
Remote · Europe
Experience
Mid-level · 3+ years
Job description
A Security Engineer role at a technology company with over 50 million users, working as the sole dedicated security engineer to own security operations end-to-end. The position covers application security, vulnerability management, governance and risk, and AI security.
At a glance
- Employment
- Independent contractor
- Work mode
- Remote · Europe
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- Application security: review code, find and fix vulnerabilities, work with developers in Git/GitHub, and coordinate external pen tests and audits
- Governance, risk and compliance: build and maintain the security risk register, assess exposure across systems, support audit follow-up, and prioritise fixes by risk and business impact
- Monitoring and awareness: watch alerts and threats, run awareness programmes and phishing simulations, and provide occasional evening and weekend cover
- IT security and access: handle secure onboarding and offboarding, device security (MDM) and access permissions, and tighten internal controls
- AI security: track risks to generative AI platforms (prompt injection, jailbreaks, filter bypasses) and vulnerabilities in third-party AI providers
What we're looking for
- 2–3+ years of hands-on security engineering experience, with flexibility for exceptional scale-up experience
- Strong application security experience, including code reviews and vulnerability remediation
- Proven experience conducting or coordinating security audits and penetration tests
- Comfortable coding and working directly with Git/GitHub
- Practical scripting or automation skills, ideally Python or Bash
- Previous experience within an AI company or a scale-up with 50+ employees
- Sound understanding of security governance, risk assessment and prioritisation
- Ability to independently identify, investigate and resolve security issues, and to take end-to-end ownership in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent English communication skills
- Based in Europe, with approximately 80% overlap with CET working hours
- Comfortable with occasional evening/weekend security monitoring
- Fully comfortable working with adult/NSFW content as part of daily responsibilities
Benefits
- Fully remote working from Europe
- Opportunity to own security for a fast-growing AI platform with over 50 million users
- Direct collaboration with engineering leadership
- Hands-on, non-advisory role with real responsibility for security outcomes
- And many more!!!