Senior Software Engineer, Security Assurance | Ireland | Remote

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Security Assurance to join our GRC engineering team. The role focuses on building security observability, compliance, and control management systems and tools. It is a very technical, hands-on software engineering role where development experience is critical. The position works alongside security engineers, full-stack developers, and customer-facing teams to write and deploy security policies across the SDLC, applications, and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Be a technical contributor on the GRC team covering certifications, application, build, cloud, and supply chain security, and internal security tooling development; Develop, implement, and maintain highly automated security assurance programs to ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements; Develop systems, automations, and methods of security observability; Deploy security and compliance checks in an employee-enabling way (guardrails and paved roads) in daily workflows and build pipelines; Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security controls into the software development lifecycle and operational processes; Respond to customer security issues, security alerts, and potential incidents

Requirements

Experience developing in a production environment with at least one programming language; Ability to discuss programming principles such as algorithms, data structures, and optimization; Knowledge of using and securing containerized, cloud-native applications, ideally with Kubernetes; Experience automating security and compliance processes using tools, scripts, and frameworks; Strong interpersonal skills; Understanding of industry-recognized security frameworks, standards, and certifications such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, NIST, or GDPR; A degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Nice to have

Working knowledge of Grafana Labs OSS projects and products; Experience in using observability tooling to solve security problems; Experience working with OSS communities; Experience in using technical automations to prove infrastructure compliance; Experience securing large-scale distributed systems running in public clouds; Experience with multiple cloud providers; Experience guiding and negotiating with peers, stakeholders, customers, and auditors; Knowledge of security standards and frameworks such as ISO, FedRAMP, PCI-DSS, and GDPR

Benefits

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs); 100% remote work; In-person onboarding; 30 days annual leave per annum, including 3 Grafana Shutdown Days; Defined career growth pathways; Global culture with a high-trust, low-ego environment