Senior Web Engineer | Product Security | Remote, 1-2 times per month in London | Salary up to £95,000
I’m working with a high-growth technology business looking for a Senior Web Engineer to join the team. This is a highly technical role combining both Web Engineering and Security, for this role they are comfortable within finding a really strong Mobile Engineer who has some exposure to security, application protection, authentication, biometrics etc.
What you'll be doing:
Engineer defensive controls designed to safeguard software executing in untrusted client environments.
Develop mechanisms that detect and respond to unauthorised modification, inspection, manipulation, and automated interaction.
Identify weaknesses across client-side application architectures and turn security research into deployable engineering solutions.
Work alongside software engineers, security specialists, offensive security teams, and product stakeholders to ensure defensive requirements are incorporated from initial design through production.
Lead technical investigations into complex security issues, establishing underlying causes and engineering preventative solutions rather than short-term fixes.
Influence architectural decisions around application security, resilience, performance, and client-side trust boundaries.
Share specialist knowledge across the engineering organisation, helping teams adopt stronger approaches to secure software design and implementation.
What they're looking for:
5+ years of professional web development experience.
Some Experience with App Security, cryptography, secure communications and authentication.
Nice to have:
WebAssembly (WASM) binary analysis
Static and dynamic code analysis
Anti-debugging, anti-tamper, and software protection techniques
Runtime integrity verification and secure code signing
Secure SDLC practices
WebGPU, WebRTC, or WebCodecs
Binary instrumentation and compiler toolchains
SDK and developer platform development
Biometrics, identity verification, or fraud prevention technologies
Open-source security contributions or published security research
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