Overview

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About YouLend

YouLend is the preferred global embedded financing platform for many of the world’s leading e-commerce sites, tech companies and payment services providers such as Amazon, eBay, Shopify, Mollie, Dojo, Paysafe, Just Eat Takeaway and Takepayments. Our software platform and APIs enable our partners to offer flexible financing products, in their desired branding, to their merchant base. With YouLend’s AI-driven credit risk assessment solutions, more merchants and SMEs than ever can receive fast, flexible and affordable funding. We operate in 9+ geographies across the UK, EU and the US.

We believe that the future of financial services will be delivered by customer-oriented tech companies that embed financing in their customer journeys, and we are building the solutions that will power that future.

The Role

We are seeking a seasoned Platform Security & Observability (mid-level to senior) Engineer to join our IT Security team. This role is crucial in enhancing our security posture and ensuring operational excellence across our platforms. The ideal candidate will possess a comprehensive skill set in cloud security, CI/CD processes, application security, containerisation, coding, site reliability, systems architecture, and security testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage security architectures for cloud-based environments, focusing on identity and access management, privileged access management, and secrets management.
• Develop, secure, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitOps principles and tools such as Jenkins or other continuous deployment services.
• Apply best practices in SAST, DAST, SCA, pre-commit container scanning, and shift-left approaches to detect vulnerabilities early.
• Conduct penetration testing to identify and address security vulnerabilities.
• Manage vulnerability identification, assessment, and remediation across all software development stages.
• Secure Kubernetes clusters and manage Docker container security.
• Write and maintain automation scripts in Python, TypeScript, or C#.
• Utilise infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi to provision resources securely.
• Design and implement monitoring and alerting solutions using Datadog to detect security incidents and anomalies.
• Re-architect and develop on-call systems to enhance response capabilities and reliability.
• Establish and manage service catalogs and service delivery processes.
• Set up and maintain SLOs and SLAs to ensure reliable service delivery.
• Maintain documentation standards and contribute to knowledge sharing via blogs or presentations.

Essential Skills

• AWS Professional certification or equivalent practical experience.
• AWS Certified Security Specialist certification or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience in managing AWS Secrets Manager and implementing robust access controls.
• Proven expertise in securing CI/CD pipelines and integrating security practices in DevOps.
• Strong background in application security, including SAST, DAST, and container security.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker, focusing on securing containerized environments.
• Proficient in scripting and automation with Python, TypeScript, or C#.
• Experience with IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Demonstrable skills in monitoring and alerting with Datadog.
• Experience architecting and developing on-call systems.
• Experience setting up service catalogs and delivering IT services effectively.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain internal SLOs and SLAs.
• Experience conducting penetration testing and vulnerability management.
• Excellent documentation, technical blogging, and knowledge-sharing capabilities.

Desirable Skills

• Excellent problem-solving and ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Strong communication skills to articulate security issues to stakeholders.
• Proactive security mindset with innovative risk prevention and mitigation approaches.

Benefits

Why join YouLend?

• Award-Winning Workplace: recognised as one of the Best Places to Work 2024 & 2025 by the Sunday Times.
• Award-Winning Fintech: recognised as a Top 250 Fintech Worldwide company by CNBC.

We Offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package

• Stock Options
• Private Medical insurance via Vitality
• EAP with Health Assured
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Modern office in Central London
• Free gym in the office building in Holborn
• Subsidised lunch via Feedr
• Deliveroo allowance if working late
• Monthly in-office masseuse
• Team and company socials
• Football Power League / Squash Club

Equality and Inclusion

At YouLend, we champion diversity and embrace equal opportunity employment practices. Our hiring, transfer, and promotion decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business requirements, free from discrimination based on race, gender, age, disability, religion, nationality, or any other protected basis under applicable law.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level. Employment type: Contract. Job function: Information Technology. Industries: Data Infrastructure and Analytics.

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