Security Engineer

Security Engineer A pioneer and market leader in Embedded Banking, Powens Group is committed to supporting financial players in designing services and payment experiences that users love. Headquartered in Barcelona and Paris, Powens Group is at the forefront of the Banking-as-a-Service and Open Finance movements in Europe and Latin America. Our mission is to offer banking technology as a service to any company aiming to enhance user experience and operational efficiency. We achieve this through our API-based regulated solutions covering Bank accounts, Payment solutions, Open Banking / Finance, and more. Powens Group is a rapidly growing fintech regulated in France and Spain, allowing operations in all European countries and in Mexico. We are a trusted partner to the top financial industry players and software editors, and we have achieved this by scouting the best talents. Joining Powens Group means being a part of an inclusive, multicultural, and international team of over 130 employees. Job Description You will work closely with the DevOps team and our CISO to design and implement security measures across our cloud platforms, Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and internal tooling. This is a hands-on role, ideal for someone who loves shipping secure systems, building automation, and solving real-world security challenges. Your missions: Own the Cloud Security Posture Management program in Aikido Security across AWS (and OVH, where applicable). Manage IAM standardization and AWS SSO rollout, network security architecture, and secrets management. Roll out secure development standards, security tooling across the engineering organization. Review code for high-risk components (payment flows, KYC, identity, AI-generated code), collaborating with software engineers. Operate the Vulnerability Management Process end-to-end, and coordinate remediation across teams and own SLA compliance reporting. Co-manage technical incident response alongside the CISO and operates post-mortems. Design detection use cases that matter for our threat model, and run hypothesis-driven threat hunts. Help define and operate the security architecture review process for new initiatives. Help document, standardize, and evangelize secure practices across the organization. Profile and skills required: 2+ years of experience in a Security Engineering or Cloud Security role Solid hands-on experience in cloud security, ideally with AWS (IAM, networking, encryption, GuardDuty, Security Hub, Permission Sets). OVH familiarity is a plus. Practical exposure to CSPM/CNAPP tooling: Aikido, Wiz, Prisma Cloud, Orca, or equivalent. Comfortable with SIEM / detection engineering concepts - Wazuh, Splunk, Elastic, Sentinel Application security fundamentals: OWASP Top 10, secure SDLC, and the ability to read code in at least one major language. Vulnerability management day-to-day - CVE triage, CVSS / EPSS, SLA-driven remediation. Experience operating in or alongside a regulated environment (fintech, banking, healthcare, public sector, etc) is a plus. Fluent in English (written and spoken), French or Spanish would be a plus Salary range : 45-50K€ Women are under-represented in the fintech industry. To women candidates, please dare to take your rightful place! Powens Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer, we foster an inclusive and diverse working environment without any form of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability.. If reasonable accommodations are needed for the interview process, please let us know to accommodate! Homepage Engineering Locations Barcelona Remote status Hybrid What we offer International environment and new challenges 🚀 Multicultural team with more than 20 nationalities. Powens Group is operating in 3 countries. Hybrid teleworking model 🏠 You can work up to 3 days from home. 23 vacation days + 5 additional days 🏝️ Flexible scheduling, take time off when you need it. We have added 5 extra holiday days by 2025. Work from Anywhere🌐 You can work from any place within your country, and up to 25% of your working time abroad. Meal voucher card 💳️ 8€ per day added to your Cobee balance. Flexible Compensation with Cobee 💸 Save money with Cobee's solutions in Restaurants, Transport, Mutual Medical Insurance and Childcare. IT Equipment 💻 Linux is our standard working tool for tech people. In adittion, we offer home office budget to buy IT equipment. Learning & Development 🌱 Language courses and professional trainings with selected partners. With our career plan you’re free to choose which direction you want to grow. Corporate events ✨ Regular Team Buildings, Tech Meetings, Afterworks,... Women at Powens Powens strives to be a diverse and inclusive company . We are convinced that all individualities are at the service of the collective. As part of this approach, we have been working over the last few years to improve gender diversity in the company. Click here for more info on our diversity policy . Barcelona