Build, lead, and scale the security engineering capability of one of Australia’s fastest-growing tech companies. Company We are partnering with a fast-scaling tech company who are expanding globally and uplifting their cyber capability. They are now entering the next phase of growth - expanding globally, embracing AI, and scaling a modern tech platform used by millions.
The Opportunity As
Security Engineering Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in building and managing our global security engineering program. You’ll lead a talented security engineering team, strengthen product and cloud security capabilities, and drive software security initiatives.
This role is perfect for someone who thrives in fast-paced, automation-first environments - a technical leader who loves mentoring and empowering engineers, getting hands-on when needed, and embedding security into cutting-edge tech.
Role Responsibilities: - Lead and mentor a growing global team of security engineers, creating a positive, high-performance culture.
- Own and evolve the roadmap for security engineering, driving improvements in the overall security posture.
- Champion secure-by-design, working directly with engineering teams to integrate security early in development.
- Oversee incident readiness and response, ensuring the business can effectively manage and learn from security events.
- Drive initiatives across emerging technology and supply chain security - from software dependencies to AI-related risks.
What You Bring: - 5+ years’ security engineering experience.
- Hands-on expertise in Security operations engineering, or application/product security.
- Proven experience leading or mentoring engineers and helping others grow.
- Ideally experience in a scale-up, start-up, or product-led tech company.
- Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures and modern engineering practices (GCP preferred, or AWS).
- Excellent communicator - able to influence, educate, and collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
Location: Sydney (relocation support available) - Hybrid working flexibility.
Why Join? - International Travel: You’ll get the chance to travel overseas and build global teams.
- Impact: You’ll help shape security at a company that’s scaling globally and embracing AI innovation.
- Growth: Build and lead your own team - with room to scale globally.
- Culture: Work with curious, generous people who value learning and collaboration.
- Compensation: Competitive salary + stock options (real $ value here).
- Learning: Annual professional development budget, for you and your team.
You’ll love this role if you’re a builder - someone who’s passionate about solving security problems in creative ways, mentoring others, and embedding security into products that millions of people use.
Apply now or message for a confidential chat.
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jasmine@decipherbureau.com for a 100% confidential, informal conversation where your privacy will absolutely be respected.
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