Job Overview
Location
Berlin
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Security Engineer
Date Posted
May 8, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • As a Security Engineering Lead at Upvest, you will shape the company's security strategy and scale its security engineering function in a highly regulated financial technology environment.
- • You will lead and mentor a growing security team, set multi-quarter direction for application and cloud security, and embed security into the software development lifecycle across product and engineering teams.
- • You will own secure infrastructure including CI/CD pipelines, IAM, encryption, network controls, and cloud security posture in GCP, while ensuring compliance with DORA, MiFID II, and BaFin regulations.
- • You will collaborate with product, engineering, risk, and compliance teams to translate regulatory requirements into actionable security controls and foster a security-aware culture through influence and partnership.
🎯 Requirements
- • 6–10 years of experience in security engineering, with at least 4 years focused on product or cloud security in a regulated environment.
- • Hands-on technical expertise in cloud-native security, preferably GCP, including IAM, VPC Service Controls, Cloud KMS, Terraform, Kubernetes hardening, and binary authorization.
- • Proven ability to lead through influence, mentor engineers, build and grow teams, and drive security outcomes via partnership rather than gatekeeping.
- • Strong communication skills to convey security concepts to diverse audiences, from engineers to auditors and executives.
🏖️ Benefits
- • 30 days of annual leave, access to professional coaching, and the flexibility to work remotely abroad for up to 183 days per year.
- • One-month fully paid sabbatical (UpRest) after every four years of employment.
- • Personal development budget, hybrid work options across Berlin, London, or Tallinn, and participation in an employee equity program with competitive, above-market compensation.
Skills & Technologies
About Upvest GmbH
Upvest GmbH provides a set of APIs that enable fintechs, banks and wealth managers to embed investment capabilities into their applications. The Berlin-based company offers infrastructure for fractional shares, ETFs, crypto and other assets, handling trading, custody, settlement and regulatory compliance. Customers can launch brokerage or robo-advisor products without building their own broker-dealer, reducing time-to-market and operational overhead. Upvest holds BaFin licences for proprietary trading, investment brokerage and crypto custody, serving clients across Europe.
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