Senior Security Engineer

Description

We're hiring a Security Engineer to run our org\-wide technical security posture as Zinc scales. We're an AI\-native company. We use Claude, Cursor, Granola, and n8n across the business and we need someone who can build the security frameworks that let us move fast without taking on unacceptable risk.

This is NOT a GRC or compliance role. We have ISO 27001\. What we need is someone who builds security controls and capabilities, helping to establish things like our AI tool governance process, and embeds secure\-by\-design thinking into how we build and operate. If you want to write policies and sit in a compliance function, this isn't the right fit. If you want to shape how a genuinely AI\-native business does security, keep reading.### Key Responsibilities ️

• Own and continuously improve our org\-wide security posture


• Build our AI tool adoption security review and approval process


• Lead secure\-by\-design engineering practices across Tech, Ops, and Customer teams


• Maintain and develop our cloud security posture (AWS)


• Manage incidents, tooling, integrations, projects, vulnerability \& threat hunting


• Conduct third\-party tool risk assessments


• Manage the transition from our outgoing contractor CISO


• Influence security culture across the business without direct line authority

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential:* Security engineering background\- you identify and build controls, not just document them.

• Cloud security experience (AWS)


• Familiarity with security/architecture frameworks


• Secure\-by\-design engineering principles


• 3\+ years in a security engineering role


• Ability to influence without authority and communicate security risk in plain language

• Vulnerability or Threat Hunting inside SaaS environments


• ISO 27001 working knowledge (we're already certified)


• SaaS company experience

What we offer

Zinc offers a chance to work on a product that brings a fresh perspective on data ownership in hiring
24 days holiday \+ Bank Holidays \+ your birthday off* £1200 annual benefits allowance (ThanksBen, from month 2\)

• Early finish Fridays (16:00\)


• Yearly company retreat abroad ✈️ (This year it's Turin)

• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave (2 months full pay, then statutory)


• Statutory pension with NEST (3% employer, 5% employee)


• Zinc shares, issued through the EMI Scheme


• Unlimited access to MoreHappi coaching


• Company socials, quarterly team socials Free Monday lunches


• Nursery workplace benefit scheme (Yellownest)


• Option to lease an electric car through Electric Car Scheme

About Zinc

Who we are

Zinc builds automated reference and background checking tools designed to improve candidate experience and set new industry standards. Founded in 2017 by a team with extensive HRTech experience, Zinc is an early\-stage startup rapidly growing as it redefines efficiency, transparency, and fairness in background checks.

Read more about our story here: https://zincwork.com/mission

We're a culture first company, by this we don't just mean an active calendar of both company and team organised events (which we do have ),Zinc's culture is defined by a respectful and autonomous approach to all employees, fostering support for new ideas, promoting a flexible work environment, and operating within a flat structure. While socials, lunches, and events enhance the experience, the core of Zinc's culture drives employees to embrace innovation, share successes, and feel motivated about the company's future.

We recently redefined our company values:

The pieces that make Zinc: Pragmatic, Integrity, Empathy, Collaborate, Empowered, Speed.

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