About the job
About ARQ
ARQ is one of the fastest-growing fintech companies worldwide, focused on changing how people move money across borders. The team is building infrastructure for seamless value transfer. Working here means contributing directly to the product, culture, and growth. Those looking to solve meaningful problems and make an impact at a global scale will find a place to grow quickly at ARQ.
Role Overview: Security Engineer (London)
This Security Engineer role is based in London. The position centers on strengthening ARQ’s security posture across infrastructure, applications, and workflows. Collaboration with teams across the company is essential to drive improvements and maintain high standards for data and system protection.
Main Responsibilities
- Develop and refine SIEM detection rules, alert pipelines, and automated response playbooks using platforms such as Datadog SIEM, CrowdStrike, and Cloudflare.
- Contribute to incident response readiness by creating incident response playbooks, running tabletop exercises, and setting up forensic procedures.
- Support data loss prevention (DLP) strategies and data protection across Google Workspace, Slack, and internal tools.
- Conduct cloud security assessments focused on AWS and Kubernetes environments.
- Lead application security projects, including threat modeling, secure code reviews, API testing, and enhancing security pipelines.
- Assess and secure AI and agentic workflows by reviewing prompts, preventing harmful actions, and managing risks related to data exposure.
- Set up and manage the vendor security assessment process, building a scalable due diligence framework for onboarding third parties.

