Cyber Security Engineer (Vulnerability Management & SecOperations)

Solaris is Europe's leading embedded finance platform. Solaris’ full German banking license and proprietary modular B2B tech stack empowers its partners – from SMEs to large, multinational, non-financial companies – to offer compliant, customer-centric banking services, providing seamless experiences to customers across all industries. Founded in 2016, Solaris pioneered the Banking-as-a-Service market with an unparalleled combination of tech and banking. Solaris is headquartered in Berlin and employs 300 people in Europe.

• Conduct regular security assessments, penetration testing, and vulnerability management to identify vulnerabilities and potential threats. 
• Develop and maintain security policies, procedures and standards specific to fintech and digital financial services. 
• Provide guidance and training to other engineers and staff on security best practices and industry trends. 
• Collaborate with stakeholders to incorporate security considerations in the development and deployment of new financial services and systems. 
• Lead incident investigations related to digital financial services and financial data breaches and provide reports to management. 
• Research and stay current on industry security trends and technologies specific to fintech and digital financial services. 
• Ensure compliance with relevant financial data protection regulations and standards. 
• Provide oversight and guidance to other security team members to ensure they are meeting their responsibilities related to the protection of financial data in digital systems 
• Contribute to incident response and disaster recovery planning and execution. 
• Owners of this function make sure, that they follow the defined Policies & Procedures for the institution (which includes explicit processes defined for Tech, which are properly defined in the respective confluence spaces). 
• Take ownership of the tech responsibilities as described in our Change Management Policies.

Depending on your level of experience, your responsibilities and scope of role will range. We don’t care much about fancy titles, but rather about real personal and professional development, as laid out in our learning framework. Let’s figure together out how you can contribute to our team.

• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity or equivalent professional experience.
• You have spent 2+ years in Cybersecurity or Software Engineering roles in a high-growth environment. 
• Has proven experience within our core tech stack.
• Understands agile workflows and lean principles.
• Business proficient written and spoken English. German language skills is a plus.
• Proactive team player who actively drives the growth of those around you. With a structured, hands-on approach and genuine curiosity, you're a constant learner who openly shares knowledge with the team.
• Creative and self-reflective, and you bring an agile mindset to everything you do.