Application Security Engineer
Just Eat Takeaway.com · Farringdon, Central London ·
- Category
- Security
- Company size
- 1000+
- Salary
- GBP 50,000 – 80,000 / year
Application Security Engineer at Just Eat Takeaway.com in Farringdon, Central London, working to embed security across the software development lifecycle. The role involves designing security controls (OWASP-based), running secure coding tools like SCA, SAST and secrets detection, and finding and fixing vulnerabilities, including in AI-enabled applications.
Salary: £50,000 - 80,000 per year
Requirements:- Experience defining controls for complex environments, independent of the underlying platform or technology
- Detailed knowledge of the OWASP Top 10 and how to design appropriate security controls
- Experience with secure coding tools, including SCA, SAST, and secrets detection
- Experience identifying and addressing vulnerabilities throughout the SDLC, with the ability to switch between defensive and offensive mindsets
- Experience securing AI-enabled applications and assessing common AI/LLM vulnerabilities
- Strong communication skills and proven stakeholder management within and outside technology departments
- Experience guiding and developing engineers on best practices
- Passion for learning and developing your security knowledge
- Translate security principles into requirements and controls that teams can understand and implement across our platforms
- Lead security reviews of varying scope and depth, including threat modeling, design reviews, consultations, and code reviews
- Assess vulnerabilities in AI-enabled applications and services, and use AI tools and agents to improve security analysis and developer enablement
- Champion security with developers, communicating effectively in both technical and non-technical terms
- Work collaboratively with key stakeholders and independently as needed
- AI
- LLM
- OWASP
- Security
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We are Just Eat Takeaway.com, a leading global online delivery platform connecting tens of millions of customers with restaurant, grocery, and convenience partners. As an Application Security Engineer, youll work with our global Technology teams to help implement security controls throughout the SDLC and protect our products and the data of our customers and employees. Youll partner with globally distributed development teams across different languages, tools, and methodologies, with varied work that may include consulting on time-sensitive features, facilitating threat models, and reviewing legacy applications. We value education, awareness, collaboration, and lasting improvements to security. Our international workplace is dynamic, fast-paced, fun, and supportive, and we are committed to inclusion, diversity, and belonging.
last updated 41 week of 2026