David Kennedy Recruitment

David Kennedy Recruitment is working with a rapidly growing technology company with over 50 million users worldwide that is seeking to onboard a Security Engineer to join their R&D team.

As the company's sole dedicated Security Engineer, the successful candidate will take end‑to‑end ownership of security operations, covering application security, vulnerability management, governance and risk, and emerging AI security challenges. The company's products include adult/NSFW content, so candidates must be fully comfortable working with this material.

Position

Security Engineer (AppSec / GRC / AI Security)

Location

Europe/ASIA, Remote

Employment type

B2B engagement preferred

Duties and Responsibilities

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.

Requirements

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!!!