Senior Security Engineering Manager

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Ebury helps ambitious businesses unlock global growth, and we take the same approach with our people. We encourage innovation and movement, collaboration and problem-solving, and foster an environment where everyone can feel they belong, are valued, supported and empowered to succeed. If you’re a collaborator who wants to help transform how businesses operate globally, get in touch - we’d love to discuss how Ebury can accelerate your career so you can shape the future. Senior Security Engineering Manager • Location: Madrid or London About Ebury Established in 2009, Ebury is a London-based financial technology company specialising in cross-border financial services for SMEs. Our comprehensive suite includes international payments, foreign exchange risk management, business lending, and mass payment solutions, all delivered via an integrated digital platform. Backed by Banco Santander (54% majority stake) and recognized in the Financial Times’ list of Europe’s Fastest-Growing Companies, Ebury employs over 1,700 professionals across 40+ offices in 25+ countries. Our success is powered by diverse, high-performing teams revolutionising global fintech. Role Overview Ebury is investing heavily in product and platform security across our global financial services ecosystem. Security Engineering is a deeply technical, hands-on discipline that partners directly with software and platform engineers to build security into every stage of the release lifecycle. Scope distinction: This team focuses purely on core engineering challenges—not GRC, policy writing, IT desktop security (e.g., endpoint AV), or SecOps/incident response. You will lead a distributed team of elite security engineers spanning cloud security, penetration testing, and software development. Your mandate covers high-impact engineering domains: vulnerability management, AI threat modelling, secure software development lifecycles (SSDLC), agentic SDLC workflows, disaster recovery planning (DRP), and cloud infrastructure hardening. Reporting to the Engineering Director – Platform & Security, you will balance strategic architectural leadership with deep technical execution to safeguard our services in a high-scale, regulated fintech environment. Key Responsibilities Leadership & Security Architecture • Team Leadership: Manage, recruit, and mentor a global team of security engineers, fostering technical excellence and clear career progression paths. • Architecture Design: Define and implement high-level security architecture across existing systems and greenfield projects. • Engineering Alignment: Partner with Software Engineering and Platform leadership to embed security requirements into roadmaps and sprint cycles. • Technical Rigour: Stay actively hands-on—conduct architecture design reviews, review critical code, and act as the final decision-maker on complex technical security trade-offs. • Executive Reporting: Deliver measurable, data-backed metrics and reporting on technical security posture to executive stakeholders. <h3 dat