<div class="show-more-less-html__markup show-more-less-html__markup--clamp-after-5 relative overflow-hidden"> <p><strong>🔐 Head of Security Engineering | Remote (Germany) | Executive-Level Ownership</strong></p><p><br/></p><p><strong>NO SPONSORSHIP</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>I’m currently partnered with a product-led technology company that’s quietly become <strong>one of the biggest digital success stories in Europe.</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>With <strong>tens of millions of users globally</strong> and a fully remote international engineering organisation, they’re entering a <strong>critical phase of maturity across platform security, cloud infrastructure, and compliance</strong>. They’re now looking for a <strong>hands-on Head of Security Engineering</strong> to help shape what the next chapter looks like.</p><p><br/></p><p>You’ll operate as the <strong>senior technical security leader</strong> in the business, <strong>reporting directly into the CTO</strong>, owning security engineering strategy, architecture decisions, vendor/tooling direction, and leading a growing team, with a <strong>clear path toward a future CISO position.</strong></p><p><br/></p><p><strong>💡 What makes this role interesting?</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>• Executive visibility and real autonomy</p><p>• Existing foundations already in place — this is about scaling and maturing</p><p>• Strong engineering culture with security embedded into delivery</p><p>• Remote-first environment with genuinely international teams</p><p>• Opportunity to influence security standards across a large-scale SaaS platform used globally</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>🛠 What you’ll be responsible for:</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>• Defining and delivering the company-wide security engineering roadmap</p><p>• Leading and mentoring a high-performing security team</p><p>• Driving cloud and application security initiatives across AWS environments</p><p>• Improving incident response, detection engineering, and operational resilience</p><p>• Embedding secure-by-default practices into CI/CD and engineering workflows</p><p>• Translating frameworks such as ISO 27001, GDPR, NIS2, and PCI-DSS into practical engineering controls</p><p>• Owning security tooling, vendor strategy, and budget decisions</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>🔧 Tech &amp; Environment:</strong></p><p>AWS | EKS | ECS | CI/CD | Container Security | SAST/DAST | Git-based workflows | Supply Chain Security | IAM | VPC Security | Threat Modelling | Secure SDLC</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>✅ They’re looking for someone who has:</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>• Strong <strong>experience leading Security Engineering functions</strong></p><p>• Deep <strong>AWS security and cloud architecture knowledge</strong></p><p>• A background in <strong>application and platform security</strong> within SaaS environments</p><p>• Experience <strong>implementing secure development practices</strong> at scale</p><p>• Strong communication skills with the ability to i<strong>nfluence engineering and executive stakeholders alike</strong></p><p>• A pragmatic mindset, someone who enables engineering rather than slowing it down</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>Nice to Have:</strong></p><p>Detection engineering | MITRE ATT&amp;CK / STRIDE | CISSP / CISM / AWS Security certifications | German language skills</p><p><br/></p><p>📍 Remote across Germany</p><p>💬 High-impact leadership role with significant ownership and long-term progression potential</p><p><br/></p><p>If you’d be open to hearing more, feel free to message me directly.</p> </div>