DevSecOps Engineer Berlin, Copenhagen HQ, London, Madrid, Montreal, Stockholm Lisboa

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Dev
Sec
Ops Engineer to join our Security team at Pleo. You will help build secure infrastructure and tooling, define how our engineers ship secure code at scale, and support a product that handles sensitive financial data. If you’re excited about embedding security into modern infrastructure and pipelines – and balancing risk and innovation – this is the opportunity for you.

What you’ll be doing

• Define and lead our infrastructure and pipeline security vision – including automation, guardrails, and golden paths
• Own Infrastructure-as-Code security policies and build automation to remediate misconfigurations
• Dive deep into security for Kubernetes and AWS, and implement controls to harden our cloud and cluster environments
• Collaborate with Developer Experience and SRE teams to build secure CI/CD practices
• Drive
  - wide initiatives for secure cloud and Dev
  Ops practices
• Coach and support engineering teams on secure deployment strategies and configuration best practices
• Prioritise and manage the security roadmap within your area of expertise

What you bring

You’ll thrive in this role if you have:

• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset – you know security is a team sport
• A pragmatic approach to
  - solving – you design secure systems that are still usable
• Deep knowledge of cloud platforms and security hardening techniques, particularly AWS and Kubernetes
• Experience automating security checks in CI/CD pipelines
• A strong foundation in at least one programming language (Python, Kotlin, Type
  Script, Golang)
• A passion for complex systems and applying creative thinking to technical challenges
• A growth mindset – you enjoy learning and tackling new domains

Experience with the following is a bonus:

• Securing JVM-based applications (e. g. Java or Kotlin)
• Familiarity with PCI DSS, PSD2, GDPR or related technical compliance areas (e. g. segmentation, authentication)

Who you’ll be working with and reporting to

You’ll report to our Head of Security Engineering and work closely with teams in Dev
X, SRE, and Platform Engineering. Our Security Engineering team supports product teams through secure platform building, automation, and coaching.

How you’ll develop in this role

In your first 6 months at Pleo, you’ll:

• Lead security automation initiatives within infrastructure and deployment pipelines
• Define and execute a roadmap for Dev
  Sec
  Ops at Pleo, aligning security with our product growth
• Partner with engineering teams to build
  -
  - default solutions into our systems and tools

We’re committed to helping you grow, whether that means expanding into technical leadership, deepening your cloud security expertise, or mentoring others in the craft.

The base salary for this role is dependent on your place of work and goes from 91, 800 Euro to 101, 800 Euro

Show me the benefits!

• Lunch is on us for your work days - catered meals or lunch allowance based on your local office
• Comprehensive private healthcare with options like Vitality, Alan or Médis depending on location
• 25 days of holiday + public holidays
• Hybrid and fully remote working options
• Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday via salary sacrifice
• Access to free mental health and
  - being support via Mynd
  Up
• Paid parental leave to support families

Why join us?

Working at Pleo means you’re contributing to the future of work. Our mission is to help every company go beyond the books. Pleo means “more than you’d expect” and we’re committed to delivering that through our customers’ finances.

We believe in delegating company spending to all employees, automating processes, and fostering a culture of responsible spending. Finance should work in unity with other functions across the organization.

Our four core values guide how we work: champion the customer, succeed as a team, make it happen, and build to scale. We are a diverse team across multiple offices and remote locations, united by a commitment to balance and collaboration.

About your application

• Please submit your application in English; it’s our company language
• All candidates are treated equally; apply through our application system to ensure a smooth and fair process
• We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply
• When you submit an application, we process your data as described in our FAQs

We’re looking for new friends, gifted minds, team players, restless talents and passionate problem solvers.

The next steps

• The challenge: an
  - ended task based on real work
• The team interview: virtual meeting with teammates
• The final interview: call with a leader to discuss the big picture
• We’ve designed a hiring process to help everyone make the right choice