Senior Security Engineer

About the Position

Senior Security Engineer

Hamburg

Security / Full-time / On-site

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About the Company

freiheit.com was founded in 1999 in Hamburg and has since been developing custom large-scale software products. Our mission is: “Ship great software”.

Over more than two decades, we have always delivered what we promised – “always on time, on budget, on target and on quality”.

85% of our members are software engineers with degrees in computer science, physics, or mathematics, many with solid knowledge in machine learning and artificial intelligence.

For over a quarter of a century, we have been working for the “Who’s Who” of German and European industrial and commercial companies. Retail, automotive, e-commerce, healthcare, and more.

Our large-scale software products are used by millions of users daily and are crucial for the economic success of our customers. Each product is business-critical and strategically relevant.

Together, we make “mission impossible possible”.

Our team consists of 300+ members from around the world. In our offices in Hamburg and Lisbon, we build products that no one has ever developed before.

Our teams work data-driven to constantly optimize their own productivity. Each team member takes end-to-end responsibility for their work. To be successful, you must be productive. To be productive, you must be efficient and effective.

Technology never rests. Neither do we.

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About Your Job

We are an engineering organization – at every level, engineers are responsible – including security. Therefore, only a true engineer can be responsible for our security. As a Senior Security Engineer, you are primus inter pares: You master the craft excellently and, together with your team, steer compliance at freiheit.com through code and automation.

Your Role & Perspective:

• Leadership with a Goal: You will join the current leadership team, get to know our systems in-depth, and, in the medium term, take full leadership of the security team (directly under the CEO).
• Strategic Vision: You proactively plan technological and regulatory requirements for the next 6 to 24 months.
• Engineering & Automation: You develop infrastructure yourself and consistently automate manual tasks through code.
• Compliance & Governance: You are primarily responsible for our ISMS (TISAX), steer incident handling, and review contracts related to IT security and data protection (supported by legal experts & HiSolutions).
• Enablement: You train our developers and help them build secure project architectures from the start.

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About You

You are an experienced software engineer and have already taken initial or solid steps in the areas of leadership, strategy, security, and compliance? With us, you will take on the responsibility of taking these topics to the next level.

You bring the following with you:

• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, or electrical engineering (Master’s/PhD preferred).
• Leadership & Strategy: Proven experience in building and leading engineering teams, as well as in strategic planning and incident handling.
• Security & Compliance: Experience in maintaining and developing an ISMS (ideally VDA/ISA or TISAX).
• Engineering Stack: Solid knowledge in UNIX system administration, networking, Docker, Kubernetes, and programming experience (preferably Go).
• Track Record: A noticeably high impact on the technical success of your previous projects and a quick comprehension.
• Languages: Fluent in German (at least C1 level) and proficient in English.

Bonus Skills & Interests

• Experience in reviewing data protection and security contracts.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure), distributed systems (Terraform), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with observability (logging, monitoring, alerting, tracing).

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About Our Community

The answer to the question of why someone works here is often: “because of the people” and “because I have never learned so much in my life”.

We believe that productive people are happy people.

In our engineering hubs in Hamburg and Lisbon, you will meet people from all over the world.

Here, you have the opportunity to work with intelligent people on exciting tasks and implement projects from idea to delivery – end-to-end.

A true expert in their field does not become overnight – it takes years of hard work and continuous learning. As a member of our community, much is expected of you, and no one can do the work for you.

Our company is a place where you can become the best version of yourself.

BELONG?

Then send us your complete application documents (CV and certificates) via our application portal. And if you have any questions about your application or the application process, Bianca Mioc is available personally at +49 40/890584-0.

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