Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Join the banking revolution! As Senior Cloud Security Engineer, you are responsible for defining the processes and implementation of our highly secure and compliant SaaS platform.

As a Senior Cloud Security Engineer you'll be expected to implement the foundation of a highly secure, robust platform and related processes to ensure our software runs smoothly in production as well as making sure it complies with legal constraints.

Located in Amsterdam, our EMEA HQ offices are a stone’s throw away from the beautiful NEMO Science Museum, and the Amsterdam Central train station.

What you'll do

• Represent Security in the team - run threat modeling sessions, perform vulnerability tests, do risk analysis, security assessments and support incident handling;
• Help realize a state of the art monitoring and alerting system;
• Implement and maintain cloud security best practices in Azure environments;
• Ensure compliance with relevant security standards and regulations. Conduct regular security assessments and risk analyses to identify and mitigate potential threats;
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to enhance the overall security posture. Mentor junior team members and contribute to the development of the team's skills and capabilities;
• Propose and support security initiatives and work with different teams at various levels within our company to implement them;
• Participate in the Security Guild;
• You will have a deep understanding of architecting for visibility, detection, mitigation and observability capabilities. We pride ourselves on the fact that we don't do manual changes in production and that we automatically validate our environment before deploying. Your growth path within Backbase will allow you to grow from the function of Senior Cloud Security Engineer to a function as Principal Cloud Security Engineer in which you will be responsible for driving cross team initiatives and you will take on more responsibilities in the overall security roadmap of our product.

Who you are

• You have a deep understanding of cloud security infrastructure, cloud-native technologies, and desired state configuration, preferably using Terraform;
• You have experience with the following topics: Zero-Trust architecture, defensible security architecture, security processes, incident management, vulnerability management, threat modeling, logging and monitoring (SIEM), controls & requirements from Standards like ISO 27001, SOC 2;
• You are up-to-date on the latest cloud security tools and practices;
• You are an automation-first connoisseur. Not content with anything manual, your goal is to make every process predictable and automated;
• You are proficient with tools like Helm Charts, Kubernetes, and familiar with incident response platforms like PagerDuty;
• You have significant experience in working with comprehensive monitoring of SaaS platforms, using Datadog, Azure Monitoring or AWS APM;
• You don’t just report issues, you want to fix them;
• You have excellent communication skills in English;
• Minimum 3 years in a similar role running workloads on public cloud;
• Azure cloud certs are nice to have (Azure Administrator/Azure Solution Architect).

Key benefits

You own what you ship

Real ownership means real responsibility. From day one, you set the pace, make the decisions, and see your work land where it matters. You drive the outcomes, you celebrate the wins.

The work is the standard

We built something that didn't exist before - an AI-native Banking OS where humans and AI agents work side by side, at scale, inside real banks. We raise the bar because we've seen what's possible when you don't settle.

Ambition without ego

You'll work with people who've shipped things most thought couldn't be done. Direct, down-to-earth, no egos. The kind of team where the best idea wins and everyone's genuinely glad when it does.

Real AI, running in real banks

We're not waiting for AI to be ready. It already is - running inside banks, serving customers, solving problems that matter, out in the real world today.

Grow while you build

Annual learning budget, global exposure, and work that moves you forward. Your growth and our mission go hand in hand.

17 offices. One mission.

Hybrid model, no micromanagement, offices across the world. The mission is clear. Where you do your best work is up to you.

Wellness that goes the distance

Real support built for the long game. We invest in the people who build the product, not just the product.