Engineering-L2-Warsaw-Vice President-Secure SDLC Lead (AI)

Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Company

hirify.global is a global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm with offices around the world.

What you will do

• Lead and evolve the firm's Secure Software Development Lifecycle strategy across global engineering teams.
• Drive application security controls and security-by-design practices across SDLC, CI/CD pipelines, and modern engineering workflows.
• Lead application security reviews, threat modelling, security testing programmes, and application risk assessments.
• Oversee SAST, DAST, and emerging AI-enabled security testing capabilities.
• Partner with engineering, product, and technology stakeholders to improve developer security practices and remediation prioritization.
• Mentor security engineers and promote an application security culture across the firm.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Application Security, Secure SDLC, DevSecOps, or Product Security.
• Strong understanding of Secure SDLC principles, software development practices, threat modelling, vulnerability management, and application risk assessment.
• Hands-on experience with application security and security testing methodologies, including SAST and DAST.
• Experience integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering workflows.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to have

• Experience leading Secure SDLC initiatives in large-scale engineering environments.
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10, CWE, and NIST frameworks and standards.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled security tooling, AI security concepts, cloud-native application security, and modern software architectures.
• Background in financial services, FinTech, or another highly regulated industry.
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, GIAC, or cloud security certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Training and development opportunities and firmwide professional networks.
• Benefits, wellness, personal finance offerings, and mindfulness programs.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and reasonable accommodations during the recruiting process.