AppSec Staff Engineer

p strong Location: /strong Bristol, UK (hybrid, three days a week in the office) br strong Level: /strong Staff Engineer (TL2) br strong Team: /strong Security Engineering, within the Cyber Security squad br strong Salary: /strong £105,600 – £132,000 + discretionary bonus br strong Contract: /strong Permanent br strong Reporting to: /strong Senior Software Engineering Manager /p p strong em Please note: /em /strong em This role requires an existing right to work in /em em the UK /em em . We can’t offer visa sponsorship, but we review sponsorship role by role, so keep an eye on our careers site for future opportunities. /em /p p strong br About Kaluza /strong /p p Kaluza is the Energy Intelligence Platform, turning energy complexity into seamless coordination. We help energy companies overcome today’s challenges while accelerating the shift to a clean, electrified future. /p p Our platform orchestrates millions of real-time decisions across homes, devices, markets and grids. By combining predictive algorithms with human-centred design, Kaluza makes clean energy dependable, affordable and adaptive to everyday life. /p p With teams across Europe, Asia and Australia, and a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation in Japan, we power leading companies including OVO, AGL and ENGIE, as well as innovators like Volvo and Volkswagen. /p p strong br What you’ll do /strong /p p You’ll join the Security Engineering team, working alongside our cyber security leadership, architecture team and technical leaders across engineering. Our mission is to equip teams to build and innovate while upholding security best practice and protecting client data in the highly regulated energy sector. /p ul li Integrate security tooling and use AI to prevent, detect and respond to emerging threats /li li Work with senior technical leadership to shape our technical strategy and solutions architecture, so security, risk and compliance feed into technical decisions /li li Help product teams deliver secure systems quickly by building a strong security culture through mentoring, design reviews and training /li li Give product and engineering teams practical guidance on identifying, prioritising and mitigating systemic risks and vulnerabilities /li li Lead the evolution of our security best practice across application development and the wider SDLC, supporting teams with expert advice and automation /li li Influence technical and non-technical stakeholders across Kaluza and client teams /li li Mentor and coach security and software engineers to balance risk with speed and quality /li li Build relationships with third-party security vendors and industry bodies to keep us at the forefront of emerging practices, tooling and standards /li /ul p strong br What you’ll bring /strong /p p Ideally, you’ll have: /p ul li Extensive experience mentoring engineers and collaborating closely (e.g. pairing, swarming) /li li Deep understanding of software security flaws and web application security best practice (OWASP Top 10, CWE/SANS Top 25) /li li Extensive knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps principles, and their security considerations /li li Experience applying AI in your own work and helping others build it safely into how they develop /li li Scripting skills and first-hand experience of software development at scale /li li Working knowledge of Okta or equivalent, to enable workforce identity and enforce access management policies /li li Awareness of AWS and/or GCP security best practice, and some experience with infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform) /li li Experience applying architectural and software design patterns in a complex environment /li /ul p You’ll also be: /p ul li A pragmatic, risk-based decision-maker who weighs the technical and commercial consequences of your choices /li li Skilled at influencing upwards and outwards, with great communication skills /li li Able to set a clear vision for large-scale technical direction and align multiple teams behind it /li li Keen to drive compliance and NFR improvements that balance information security and commercial goals /li li Committed to a culture of learning and improvement, and willing to challenge engineering leadership to support it /li /ul p strong Skills (SFIA): /strong We use the a href= https://sfia-online.org SFIA framework /a to assess and develop our security engineers. Levels run from 1 to 7. /p p strong Essential: /strong /p ul li strong Level 6: /strong a href= https://sfia-online.org/en/sfia-9/skills/systems-design Systems design /a /li li strong Level 5: /strong a href= https://sfia-online.org/en/sfia-9/skills/information-security Information security /a , a href= https://sfia-online.org/en/sfia-9/skills/specialist-advice specialist advice /a , a href= https://sfia-online.org/en/sfia-9/skills/systems-software-lifecycle-engineering systems development lifecycle /a , a href= https://sfia-online.org/en/sfia-9/skills/solution-architecture solution architecture /a , a href= https://sfia-online.org/en/sfia-9/skills/emerging-technology-monitoring emerging technology monitoring /a /li li strong Level 4: /strong a href= https://sfia-online.org/en/sfia-9/skills/information-assurance Information assurance /a , a href= https://sfia-online.org/en/sfia-9/skills/information-and-data-compliance information and data compliance /a /li /ul p strong Desirable: /strong a href= https://sfia-online.org/en/sfia-9/skills/identity-and-access-management Identity and access management /a (Level 5), a href= https://sfia-online.org/en/sfia-9/skills/programming-software-development software development /a (Level 6), a href= https://sfia-online.org/en/sfia-9/skills/learning-delivery learning delivery /a (Level 3), and a href= https://sfia-online.org/en/sfia-9/skills/information-assurance information assurance /a stepping up to Level 5 /p p strong br Our values /strong /p p Five values guide how we work at Kaluza: /p ul li strong Play to win: /strong Collective pride in decarbonising energy at scale. /li li strong Solve the real problem: /strong Cutting through complexity to focus on real-world outcomes. /li li strong Build trust every day: /strong Consistency, transparency and doing what we say. /li li strong Own the outcome: /strong Full accountability, wins and setbacks, without ego. /li li strong Go further together: /strong Collaboration, respect and different perspectives. /li /ul p strong br Our perks /strong /p ul li strong Time off and family: /strong 26 days’ holiday [plus/including bank holidays], plus 26 weeks’ full pay for new parents with no qualifying service period /li li strong Health and security: /strong Private medical insurance with virtual GP, life assurance, pension scheme, free mortgage advice and eye tests /li li strong Pay and flexibility: /strong Discretionary bonus, a Flex Fund of 5% [of salary] to spend on the benefits you want most, retail discounts through Perks at Work /li li strong Growth and setup: /strong Personal learning budget, home office budget /li li strong Climate: /strong Furthr, our climate action app /li /ul p strong br Come as you are /strong /p p We want to meet people from all walks of life. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise talent on merit and potential. If you’re excited about the role but don’t tick every box, we’d still love to hear from you. If you need any adjustments during the process, just let us know. /p p Find out more on our a href= https://www.kaluza.com/careers/ careers page /a and a href= https://www.linkedin.com/company/kaluza/ LinkedIn /a , or read our a href= https://www.kaluza.com/applicant-data-protection-notice/ Applicant Data Protection Policy /a . /p Find more English Speaking Jobs in United Kingdom on Arbeitnow