Security Engineer L3

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At Compare the Market, we’re a purpose-driven business powered by tech and AI. We’re building high-performing, results-driven teams with the skills, mindset, and ambition to deliver outcomes at pace. Every role here plays a part in driving our mission forward, and we create an environment where you can bring your authentic self, grow a truly characterful career, and see the direct impact of your work on the lives of our customers.

We’ve carved a meerkat-shaped niche and we’re looking for ambitious, curious thinkers who thrive in a fast-moving, high-impact environment. If you love accountability, embrace challenge, and want to make a real difference, you’ll fit right in.

What you’ll be doing

• Help evolve our security capabilities as we continue our shift towards AI-enabled security engineering and automation.
• Own and improve vulnerability management processes, helping identify, prioritise and drive remediation of security weaknesses across the business.
• Build and support AI-powered workflows and agentic processes that improve how security issues are identified, investigated and resolved.
• Explore emerging AI capabilities and identify practical opportunities to apply them across security and technology operations.
• Work closely with engineering teams to support the secure adoption of AI technologies and automation across the organisation.
• Build and maintain integrations between security, engineering and operational tooling to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Coordinate external security testing activities, including penetration testing and bug bounty programmes, and work with teams to drive findings through to resolution.
• Support security incident response, helping contain, investigate and resolve security incidents when they occur.
• Use threat intelligence and security insights to help shape priorities and strengthen our overall security posture.
• Partner with engineers, platform teams and technical leaders to embed security into technology delivery and improve security outcomes across the business.

What we’re looking for

• Strong hands-on experience in security engineering, vulnerability management, cyber operations or a related security discipline.
• Experience owning and driving remediation of security vulnerabilities rather than simply reporting on them.
• An interest in AI and automation, with practical experience using technology to improve operational efficiency or engineering processes.
• Experience working with APIs, integrations, workflows and automation tooling.
• Strong scripting or programming capability, ideally with technologies such as Python, PowerShell or similar.
• Experience coordinating and managing outcomes from penetration tests, bug bounty programmes or other security assessment activities.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and cloud security principles.
• The ability to work across multiple teams and influence security outcomes outside of a traditional security silo.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to balance security risk with practical business outcomes.
• A curious mindset, a willingness to challenge existing approaches, and a desire to help shape the future of AI-driven security engineering.
• Why Compare the Market?
• We’re a business built for pace and performance. Here, you’ll be encouraged to think differently, act boldly, and deliver brilliantly in a culture that values results and rewards progress.
• We believe diverse teams make better decisions, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels empowered to grow, contribute, and thrive.