Security Engineer in London, United Kingdom

Role purpose Legatics handles some of the world's most complex and confidential legal transactions, so security is core to our product and to client trust. As our Security Engineer, you will make our platform, cloud estate and internal systems secure by design, working hand in hand with our engineering team. Reporting to the Head of Engineering, this is a permanent, hands-on role where you will work at least two days a week in our London office. Your core focus is application and product security, cloud, identity and endpoint security, and security monitoring and detection. You will also lead incident response and help set our approach to AI security as our teams build with agentic tools. For around the first 12 months, you will also own our ISO 27001, compliance and client assurance work, supported by AI tooling we have already built for client questionnaires and ISO evidence. This is a broad role with real autonomy, suited to someone who enjoys both building and securing. About Legatics Legatics is one of the world's leading LegalTech scale-ups. Our legal transaction management platform enables law firms and their clients to collaborate on and close deals in an interactive online environment, providing clarity, reducing risk and saving time. Our customers include some of the world's top law firms, such as A&O Shearman, Hogan Lovells, Herbert Smith Freehills and King & Wood Mallesons. Legatics has been used on transactions in more than 60 countries, worth over $1 trillion. Key responsibilitiesApplication and product securityCarry out technical risk assessments on new and existing product features, including permissions and access control https://jobeax.com/link/FKC85jqcw6DwSIJ8 security into our software development lifecycle through threat modelling, secure code review and security requirements for new https://jobeax.com/link/i7BZeAQfCraRyreU vulnerability and exploitability analysis, including CVE triage and dependency risk, and prioritise remediation with engineers based on real https://jobeax.com/link/cAi6kle08jzbFuZJ and consolidate our security scanning and posture tooling, and centralise findings so they are tracked and https://jobeax.com/link/VsqFdgXhqkLMmKiu the security risk of proposed integrations and data flows, including third-party tools and https://jobeax.com/link/0JXDmWbndNcZFht7 a programme of continuous security testing, including penetration tests, and own remediation of https://jobeax.com/link/APhcPCvXN2Q5oZnS, identity and endpoint securityAudit and harden our cloud and identity posture, including SSO enforcement, conditional access and third-party app https://jobeax.com/link/IdyZkWy6oWMJNpak joiner and leaver access, and run periodic user access reviews across our SaaS https://jobeax.com/link/v4XOqpWO6TfBS3KA email security and https://jobeax.com/link/h7kVV4erwgfcyiAm endpoint security across our Windows and Mac fleet, including EDR policy tuning and validation https://jobeax.com/link/dQeyDYgq2Hi8dBPa and maintain federated authentication with clear rollout guides and rollback https://jobeax.com/link/eyV73r9KVitxbGQ1 monitoring and detectionBuild, extend and maintain security monitoring across our technical estate, including log aggregation, correlation and https://jobeax.com/link/nMzlbp4In5Edwg6P detection rules and alerting to improve signal quality and reduce false https://jobeax.com/link/YAke9jpAro2m6MhD threat intelligence and security news pipelines to keep the team https://jobeax.com/link/e4GyasbJAZb4sM8B responseLead detection, triage, containment and response for security incidents, including supply-chain compromises affecting third-party https://jobeax.com/link/2qUOTQHt4Vw8CmTW blast radius, advise on practical containment and maintain escalation and breach https://jobeax.com/link/widYIMT35HUApk4B clear incident communications for technical and non-technical audiences, including clients where https://jobeax.com/link/6Rec3b6Db4MmMqoX securityShape our AI security posture, positioning security as an enabler for teams building with AI and agentic https://jobeax.com/link/Im78ZWFQ6eoMXYLF access controls, secrets scanning and detection for internal AI systems and MCP integrations, mapped to frameworks such as the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic https://jobeax.com/link/1BmUtxV7SuOn0rNT AI coding risks, such as slopsquatting and hallucinated packages, and feed findings into engineering https://jobeax.com/link/xKEWpVGqUmkD2kMe 27001, compliance and client assuranceFor around the first 12 months, you will own: Our ISO 27001:2022 certified ISMS, including the risk register, Statement of Applicability, policies and audit evidence, and preparation for surveillance https://jobeax.com/link/3R6d2IgMAiTnZmXP information security questionnaires and security queries from our commercial team, using the AI tooling we have built to speed these https://jobeax.com/link/sHE3FrKvOWvb6j4F conversations about our security posture and remediation updates, for example on penetration test https://jobeax.com/link/hOUts5IWRqfwdSl4 this period, you will continue to contribute technical controls, evidence and expertise to our ISMS and client assurance work. IT operationsSupport day-to-day IT and tooling needs as a secondary responsibility, including connector provisioning, access permissions and IAM configuration for internal data https://jobeax.com/link/TrTcXBMXG9SbMxeG What we need from youYou do not need every item below. If you have strong foundations and are keen to learn the rest, we would like to hear from you. EssentialHands-on experience in a security engineering, application security or cloud security https://jobeax.com/link/JXkQKyMbBwsaHOpj knowledge of web application security, including OWASP principles, authentication and authorisation, and secure API https://jobeax.com/link/3V3FAJ0CWwmSHell experience of vulnerability management, from triage to working with engineers on remediation.Hands-on experience securing major cloud, workspace and identity platforms, including SSO and conditional https://jobeax.com/link/gvcO33VmiZTdPUxV with security monitoring, log analysis and SIEM or observability https://jobeax.com/link/a8S0MLhaSAVKBQER of investigating and responding to security https://jobeax.com/link/h9fyV6C9mOK3yntU reading and writing code or scripts (for example Python, TypeScript or Bash) to automate security https://jobeax.com/link/TM10brWSSo9I8z2B communication skills, able to influence engineers and explain risk to non-technical colleagues and https://jobeax.com/link/OtSj2gDe0DYlCNnP with EDR https://jobeax.com/link/vm1dubbYFxVTUi1Z knowledge of ISO 27001, including audit evidence and client security https://jobeax.com/link/1eScUOgTPBUHwORJ interest in, or experience of, AI and agentic security risks.A software engineering https://jobeax.com/link/dyG2AXlN9DYlHijV in a startup or scale-up https://jobeax.com/link/tFH7z26XjBNNV6jm What we offer you:25 days holiday per year (plus public holidays).Early Finish Fridays - on the last Friday of every month, we finish around lunchtime!Pension with https://jobeax.com/link/vHiapLlQxc84S0pa Medical Insurance with Bupa, giving you fast access to diagnosis and treatment when you need https://jobeax.com/link/FK8wBj4FZeAAdp57 Health Cash Plan, helping you claim money back on everyday healthcare like dental, optical and https://jobeax.com/link/pGu3RjkhpuB9WLlp Learning & Development https://jobeax.com/link/UBonaLFGg2cq4RPF to Mental healthcare for you and your immediate https://jobeax.com/link/LgLPZdwHo6JZvz3j parental leave policies so you can spend more time with your https://jobeax.com/link/ovY4WIgK0N78BL77 of opportunities for accelerated professional development and career https://jobeax.com/link/vnbTcUvJ1IJHypwR alongside a supportive and talented team with the opportunity to grow one of the world’s leading LegalTech scale-ups.A warm, genuinely collaborative culture and an awesome team; andRegular socials. Power in diversity We put users at the heart of our design to provide legal transaction experiences that everyone loves. In order to make that a reality, we seek to foster a diverse and inclusive working environment that can empower our people to be creative, effective and innovative, to build a brand we are proud of. We don’t discriminate against gender, race, religion or belief, disability, age, marital status or sexual orientation. Whatever your background may be, we welcome anyone with talent, drive and emotional intelligence. We're committed to building a diverse team and are constantly looking for ways to improve our processes to help us do that.