Senior Security Engineer, Malt
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Freelance consulting marketplace
Open for applications
Freelance consulting marketplace
1001+ employees
Open for applications
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide everyone with the freedom to choose what work they do and who they do it with.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum 4 years of experience in software security in an engineering team
- Strong understanding of web application security risks, particularly OWASP, and successfully implement solutions to address these risks in previous roles
- Comfortable with modern web applications (Single page applications, REST, Cloud infrastructure, emails) and have some notions of Object-Oriented programming (such as Java or Python), Web programming languages (JavaScript and/or Typescript)
- Proficient in at least one Cloud platform, preferably GCP, and have experience with Kubernetes
- Master the security of web applications, including familiarity with technologies like WAF, IDS/IPS, RASP, etc
- Practical experience with at least one security events detection tool (SIEM or similar)
- Already worked on an IAM project (SSO, provisioning, and PAM)
- You are versatile, autonomous, proactive, and demanding, you like to search for security flaws in software. You may have already participated in bug bounty programs yourself!
What the job involves
- The Security squad plays a crucial role within the product team dedicated to ensuring the security of our freelancers and clients
- Additionally, the squad collaborates with IT at the company level to ensure to provide all departments with the necessary tools for secure and efficient work. Considering the evolving security landscape and potential threats, the squad extends to face these challenges
- Engage in incident response activities, which involve identifying incidents through a monitoring plan (including rule detection and associated dashboards), assessing their existence and their severity, and finally efficiently resolving them
- Reinforce data governance good practices encompassing classification, continuous monitoring, and access and permissions management
- Enhance platform security by designing and implementing solutions to proactively mitigate cybersecurity risks and detect any unfair usage of the platform
- Minimize the attack surface through vulnerability scanning, hardening measures, and compliance best practices
- Organize external audits and bug bounty programs, and ensure effective resolution of the security vulnerabilities identified
- Support, advise and make autonomous the engineering teams in the implementation of security best practices
- Automate as much as possible all the security squad tasks (automatic tests, monitoring, alerting, code analysis, etc.)
- You will also participate in improving the security excellence of the development team, spread the security best practices at Malt, participate in our communities of practices (SRE, security, back-end, and front-end in particular), and increase your knowledge thanks to an active watch in the field of security and software
- You will integrate the security squad within the platform team. You will participate in the animation of our security community of practice gathering members of all squads: software, cloud, and data engineers experienced and passionate about software security
- At Malt, we believe that curiosity is an asset. The whole squad participates in the product architecture, all decisions are collegial, and we regularly engage in discussions on the best way to do things
Application process
- Screening with Alex, our Tech Talent Acquisition Manager, to better understand your background, aspirations and answer your questions (45 minutes)
- Interview with Romain, our Engineering Manager, to discuss your experience and the role in more detail (60 minutes)
- Technical Interview with the Security squad (90 minutes)
- Final interview with a C-Level to discuss Malt’s long term vision
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
Malt is carving out a unique space in the European freelance marketplace by specialising in connecting companies with technically skilled freelancers like developers, data scientists, and project managers. This targeted approach sets it apart from broader platforms like Upwork and Fiverr, where diverse talents compete for projects often through low bids.
The company further distinguishes itself by offering dedicated account managers to companies. These account managers help source the right talent, handle payments, and manage legal and administrative tasks. This comprehensive service caters to the growing trend of digital nomadism, attracting skilled technical professionals seeking freelance opportunities.
Malt's success is evident in its funding, attracting significant investment, and growing its network to over 450,000 freelancers across five European countries. Its also secured partnerships with major companies like Unilever, Bosch, and L'Oréal, further solidifying its position as a leading player. Following its acquisition of competitor Comatch, it has set ambitious goals to become the go-to freelancer marketplace in Europe.
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back within 2 weeks
35% employee growth in 12 months
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Employee endorsements
Career progression
"Many colleagues who joined our company as an intern are now in Senior positions. In addition to career progression (Management and Expert tracks),..."
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2021
$86.9m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Feb 2019
$28m
SERIES C
Total funding: $122.6m
Company benefits
- Onboarding: Before easing into your new role, you’ll spend your first week learning about our culture, products, and services with other onboardees at our office in Paris
- Equity: Every Malter is entitled to stock options
- Lunch vouchers: €9/day on your Swile card
- Transportation: 50% reimbursement (any type of transport)
- RTT: From 8 to 12 days off
- Malt sabbatical: After three years, every Malter is entitled to a one month paid sabbatical leave
- Free books: If you’re interested in learning more about any topic relevant to Malt’s business, just tell us the books you’d like to read, and we’ll order them for you—without any questions asked or approval processes to follow
- Remote work: full remote, with a possibility to work from any of our offices
- Annual team building events
Company HQ
Saint-Merri, Paris, France
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Founders
Vincent Huguet
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously a Corporate Development Manager at Telmex. Founded Mexico's leading online florist Algoespecial, and then co-founded online printer Groupe Aventers.
Hugo Lassiège
(Co-Founder)Previous Manager at Hakatech, alongside which they co-created the Lateral-Thoughts Developers Society.
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