Security Engineer

Seqera exists to advance science for everyone through software

We provide software for scientists solving today's most complex and important challenges from pioneering innovative therapeutics to unveiling the secrets of our universe. The journey began a decade ago with Nextflow — open software that helps over 100,000 global scientists analyze and process data, with more power and flexibility than ever before.

Today, Seqera consolidates fragmented data and diverse computing resources into a unified platform. Our modern biotech stack is trusted by over 150 leading life sciences organizations. Empowered with modern software engineering, organizations conduct science faster, on larger datasets, and with more confidence. Seqera accelerates discoveries in an open world.

Would you like to be a part of a company with a bigger purpose and make it successful with your own ideas? If yes, keep reading!

About the role

We are seeking a Security Engineer to join our growing security team and help strengthen Seqera’s enterprise-level security posture. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with Engineering and partner with teams across the company to ensure security is embedded throughout our platform — from pipeline configuration to the data analysis experience. Our goal is to help customers enhance the security of their research environment by integrating Seqera into their infrastructure. If you thrive in a dynamic, innovation-driven environment and want to make a meaningful impact at the intersection of technology and scientific advancement, this is your opportunity to shine!

Would you like to be a part of a company with a bigger purpose and make it successful with your own ideas? If yes, keep reading!

What You'll Do

Incident Detection:

• Deploy, configure, and maintain a robust Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution.

• Develop and fine-tune detection rules, use cases, alerts, and dashboards to identify and mitigate security threats.

• Research threats and attack vectors that impact Seqera’s applications and infrastructure.

Incident Response:

• Participate in incident response activities, including containment, eradication, and recovery.

• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures.

Security Infrastructure:

• Develop and maintain an internal security toolset

• Devise and bolster defence-in-depth through secure-by-default frameworks, architectures, and processes.

Product security and SDLC:

• Get a deep understanding of Seqera’s software development life cycle, system architecture, delivery mechanisms and configuration management. Enable us to perform threat modeling and security assessment of all of these systems

• Create solutions and processes to identify, resolve and mitigate security vulnerabilities and risks. Develop innovative ways to prevent and detect security incidents.

• Partner with the Engineering team to build secure scalable and maintainable products, tools and infrastructure.

Education:

• Mentor, educate and share security standards and processes with all parts of the organisation.

• Partner with the infrastructure team, engineering team and compliance team to maintain and further improve our cloud security posture.

• Help spread security knowledge within Seqera and nurture a healthy security culture among engineering teams

About you

• You have experience deploying and maintaining SIEM solutions but are eager to learn and contribute to other fields of expertise within security

• You are a fast learner and are able to navigate across multiple functions and complex systems.

• You are able to work both independently and as part of a team. You strive to drive collaboration, and decision making and have deeper opinions on security design.

• You have experience in identifying and responding to complex incidents across endpoint, network, and cloud.

• You have experience with assessing risks, based on your understanding of the threat landscape and our systems.

• Focus on the end-to-end lifecycle of solving a problem and solution for it and not just implementing a security technology.

• Experience in one or more programming/scripting languages

• You excel in clear and effective communication, adept at conveying complex security concepts to diverse audiences across the organization.

Nice to have:

• Experience integrating security into the software development lifecycle

• Experience in cloud security across multiple clouds including AWS, GCP, Azure, and private or on-prem/HPC solutions

• Experience with Infrastructure As Code to enable code-driven security configurations in a multi-cloud environment

• Experience with compliance frameworks such as ISO27001, SOC 2, HIPAA,  and GxP

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Seqera, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role and your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

What will you find working at Seqera?

• Flexible working hours and remote-friendly culture.

• International working environment with more than 25 nationalities.

• Passionate & talented team.

• Continuous skills development.

• Team retreats and bonding activities.

• A culture where your opinion is valued and your decisions have a real impact on the industry.

• Excitement of a fast-growing startup in a constantly changing environment.

Great benefits

• Time off: holidays under the local legislation + 3 days given by Seqera in December of 2025, and the national/public holidays according to your location.

• Equity

• Private health insurance

• Private life insurance

• Home office allowance (valued over 1,000 USD)

• Subscription to Oliva, Mental Health App

• Learning and development budget per year (1,000 USD)

• Other specific benefits according to your location.

• Only for NY candidates: Salary Range: $120,000 - $200,000 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, and qualifications. FSA (optional) for all plans; HSA (optional) for HDHP option. 401k Pension plan

You should know

Seqera is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. However you identify or whatever your journey to this point, we welcome all candidates to apply for the position that inspires them. Come join us and help us build a global company that everyone is proud to be part of.

As we scale, we constantly improve our in-office and WFH environments and learn to help everyone have the best setup for our company's success and your personal development while always keeping the human touch in every aspect of our lives.

Why join us?

By learning from and with each other, we ensure our ability to drive innovation and make better decisions toward our mission. Most importantly, our culture provides a genuinely fun, inclusive, and challenging environment that will allow you to grow while making a huge difference in human health and beyond.