Senior Security Engineer

Voodoo

Paris, France

Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates with leadership experience and a strong background in security engineering, comfortable with AI-driven security innovation and automated assessment.

Best fit for

Candidates with leadership experience in security engineering and a track record of implementing preventive security controls
— “Proven track record securing microservices, service-oriented architectures, and web services”
Candidates who can build and advocate for self-service security tools and automate assessments
— “Develop automated, continuous assessment capabilities that replace manual reviews and scale seamlessly across the business unit”
Individuals with expertise in AI technologies and a history of embedding secure practices in development workflows
— “Utilize AI technologies and methodologies to streamline threat detection, accelerate security evaluations, and advance scalable system protection”

Things to consider

The role requires a high level of autonomy and ownership in a technically complex environment
— “Self-starter with strong ownership, accountability, and ability to work autonomously”
Candidates must be prepared to work in a collaborative, cross-functional team with regular on-call responsibilities
— “Strategic Collaboration & Incident Response: Drive long-term security strategy with key stakeholders while actively participating in periodic on-call rotations for incident support”

How to stand out

Demonstrate experience in building automated security guardrails and paved-path solutions in your resume
— “Architect, construct, and maintain automated security guardrails and paved paths”
Showcase leadership in security-focused code reviews and secure coding practices
— “Hands-on experience with scripting, software development, and security-focused code reviews”
Highlight your proficiency in threat modeling and risk identification methodologies
— “Proficiency in applying threat modeling and comprehensive risk identification methodologies”
Emphasize your hands-on experience with identity provider servers and authentication protocols
— “Experience with identity provider servers and authentication protocols (such as OAuth2, OIDC, SAML)”
Include examples of AI/ML integration in your security work, even if it's a nice-to-have
— “Experience with AI/ML workflows and agents”

Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

architect, construct, and maintain automated security guardrails
implement robust preventive and detective controls

Typical background

5+ years of experience in security engineeringhands-on experience with scripting and software development

Skills & requirements

Required

5+ Years Of Experience In Security EngineeringHands-on Experience With Scripting And Software Development

Preferred

Experience With Identity Provider Servers And Authentication

Stack & domain

ScriptingSoftware DevelopmentSecurity-focused Code ReviewsThreat ModelingComprehensive Risk Identification MethodologiesMicroservicesService-oriented ArchitecturesWeb ServicesIdentity Provider ServersAuthenticationLeadershipCollaborationIncident ResponseSecurityEngineeringData

About the role

Original posting from Voodoo via Ashby

ABOUT VOODOO
Founded in 2013, Voodoo is a tech company that creates mobile games and apps with a mission to entertain the world. Gathering 800 employees, 7 billion downloads, and over 200 million active users, Voodoo is the #3 mobile publisher worldwide in terms of downloads after Google and Meta. Our portfolio includes chart-topping games like Mob Control and Block Jam, alongside popular apps such as BeReal and Wizz.
TEAM
The Engineering & Data team builds innovative tech products and platforms to support the impressive growth of their gaming and consumer apps which allow Voodoo to stay at the forefront of the mobile industry. The Engineering & Data team plays a key role in Voodoo's long-term strategy. It enables Voodoo to both accelerate product diversification and provide a state of the art growth-engine to distribute and scale our games. They create innovative solutions that drive growth with a pragmatic approach, ranging from simple searching to complex machine learning systems.
ROLE
We’re looking for a Senior Security Engineer to join our Engineering & Data team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for a wide variety of topics:
Security Engineering & Guardrails: Architect, construct, and maintain automated security guardrails and paved paths to foster secure-by-default development environments.
Shift-Left Architecture Guidance: Collaborate with development teams during the early ideation and design phases to embed secure coding practices and architecture from inception.
Continuous & Automated Assessment: Develop automated, continuous assessment capabilities that replace manual reviews and scale seamlessly across the business unit.
Hands-on Code Contribution: Work directly alongside engineers to contribute code for security fixes and paved-path solutions, ensuring security remains the simplest route.
Self-Service Tooling: Partner with developers to build scalable, self-service security tools that empower teams to detect and remediate risks independently.
Preventive & Detective Controls: Implement robust preventive and detective controls to deliver ongoing assurance rather than point-in-time security checks.
Strategic Collaboration & Incident Response: Drive long-term security strategy with key stakeholders while actively participating in periodic on-call rotations for incident support.
AI-Driven Security Innovation: Utilize AI technologies and methodologies to streamline threat detection, accelerate security evaluations, and advance scalable system protection.
PROFILE (MUST HAVE)
5+ years of experience troubleshooting systems, analyzing logs, and automating complex tasks via command-line tools
5+ years of experience identifying security vulnerabilities, assessing risks, and constructing mitigation strategies
5+ years of hands-on experience with scripting, software development, and security-focused code reviews across standard programming languages
Demonstrated expertise in recognizing industry-standard security vulnerabilities, understanding threat vector patterns, and applying effective remediation techniques
Proven track record in a leadership or guidance role, such as a technical lead, mentor, or engineering team lead
Proficiency in applying threat modeling and comprehensive risk identification methodologies
Proven track record securing microservices, service-oriented architectures, and web services
Experience with identity provider servers and authentication protocols (such as OAuth2, OIDC, SAML)
Experience with penetration testing (pentest) and vulnerability assessments
Self-starter with strong ownership, accountability, and ability to work autonomously and collaboratively across teams and organizations in a fast-paced environment.
PROFILE (NICE TO HAVE)
Advocate for security standards with clarity and empathy.
Familiarity with AI/ML workflows and agents.
OUR STACK
Terraform, Kubernetes, Prometheus, ArgoCD, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Atlantis, Grafana, Claude Code, Trivy, Conftest / OPA, AWS IAM Identity Center (SSO), Okta, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS KMS, AWS WAFv2, AWS Shield, AWS ACM, AWS GuardDuty, Sealed Secrets, Kyverno, cert-manager
BENEFITS
Competitive salary based on experience
Swile Lunch voucher
Gymlib (100% covered by Voodoo)
Premium healthcare coverage with SideCare, 100% covered for you and your family
Wellness activities in our Paris office
Remote Fridays

Source: Voodoo careers (Ashby)