About the opportunity:
The Product Security team is part of N26's Security Engineering Segment. In this role, you will serve as a key mentorand contributor, actively promoting N26's security standards by integrating security practices throughout the product lifecycle. You will provide guidance and support to other engineers, sharing your expertise and helping to elevate the overall security posture of our products.

As we embrace emerging technologies like GenAI and LLMs, this role will independently lead efforts to safeguard sensitive data, align with data governance principles, and address risks unique to AI-driven products. You will also ensure our broader product ecosystem remains secure, scalable, and resilient. Additionally, you will proactively drive the enhancement of our Product Security Program, providing strategic guidance to engineering teams to anticipate and counter evolving threats.

In this role, you will:
- Independently develop advanced tooling to support the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC)



and other security initiatives across diverse product environments.
- Mentor and educate engineering teams and security champions on secure coding and development practices, including security considerations unique to AI and data governance.
- Lead reactive incident response if a security event occurs.
- Conduct proactive and in-depth research to detect new attack vectors, including those targeting AI technologies, data pipelines, and LLM-based systems.

What you need to be successful (Background and Skills):
- Expertise in software engineering with one or more general-purpose programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, or similar).
- Prior experience in building automation to support the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC).
- Proven ability to lead and mentor engineering teams, supporting them throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
- A passion for information security and an interest in staying ahead of evolving threats, part

📌 Senior Product Security Engineer (Barcelona)
🏢 N26
📍 Barcelona