Principal Security Engineer

Location: London (Hybrid) | Practice Area: Technology & Engineering | Type: Permanent

Lead advanced security engineering initiatives that safeguard the future of digital finance

The Role

As a Principal Security Engineer at Capco, you’ll lead the design and implementation of secure systems and processes across cloud and on-premise platforms. You’ll collaborate closely with engineering and client teams to embed security-by-design principles throughout the SDLC, integrate automated security tooling, and ensure resilience against evolving cyber threats. You’ll also use approved AI tools and AI-enabled workflows where appropriate to improve the speed, quality and effectiveness of security engineering, while maintaining human judgement, responsible AI guardrails and appropriate review and escalation.

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement enterprise-wide security controls and frameworks, using approved AI and automation where appropriate to improve security outcomes

• Embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines (SAST, SCA, DAST, container scanning) and enable secure SDLC practices

• Collabor