Scout24

Lead Security Engineer (d/m/f)

Scout24 · Berlin

Posted 19 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
19 days
Scout24's roles stay open a median of 35 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Scout24's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Scout24
high
11 stale, 1 reposted of 27 open
Hiring momentum
46 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

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About this role

As a Lead Security Engineer at Scout24, you will be responsible for shaping the security of products, cloud infrastructure, and AI initiatives. This hands-on role involves designing and implementing security controls, leading threat modeling and security architecture reviews, and mentoring other engineers. You will work closely with various teams to ensure secure development practices and effectively communicate risks and security measures.

Our read on this posting3.8out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
4/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Scout24 as an employer.

What you need

  • Strong record of hands-on security engineering and technical leadership in a medium-to-large engineering organization
  • Deep expertise in application or cloud security
  • Experience building security controls for cloud-native environments, ideally AWS
  • Strong software engineering and automation skills, comfortable writing production-quality code using technologies such as Python or Terraform
  • Practical experience with threat modeling and secure architecture
  • Hands-on experience securing AI-enabled products or machine-learning platforms

What you get

  • Competitive salary package and bonus
  • Hybrid work model with three days on-site work per week
  • 30 days of vacation per year
  • Possibility to work from abroad for 10 days per year
  • Relocation support and attractive package
  • Employee plus membership for tenants on ImmoScout24

Worth weighing

  • No specific salary figures provided
  • Role does not include direct line-management responsibilities
  • Focus on security in cloud-native environments may require specific expertise
  • Emphasis on mentoring and influencing without formal authority may require strong interpersonal skills

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Listed by Scout24 on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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