Part-time External Security Architect (12-16h/week, 9-12 months)

We are looking for a External Security Architect to join us on a part-time basis (approx. 30–40% of a full-time role, or 12–16 hours per week). The contract will be for a fixed period of 9–12 months. The role is suitable for candidates seeking flexible part-time employment or freelancers interested in a stable, long-term engagement.

Responsibilities

·       Act as a consultant for engineering teams on secure software design and development practices

·       Lead and perform security reviews of applications, systems, and infrastructure

·       Evaluate results from external audits and drive effective risk mitigation strategies

·       Plan, commission, and oversee security audits across products and processes

·       Assessment of known vulnerabilities and definition of mitigation measures

·       Provide architectural guidance and long-term security strategy for software and cloud environments

·       Design and document security concepts, policies, and standards

·       Support and lead incident response and management activities.

Requirements

·       Minimum 3 years of experience in security roles within finance, SaaS, banking, or government industries

·       Strong expertise in application security, cloud security, cryptography, DevSecOps, and identity management

·       Demonstrated experience with regulatory compliance and security audits

·       Solid understanding of secure software architecture and risk management principles

·       Hands-on experience in modern software environments (Java, Kubernetes, AWS)

·       Excellent verbal and written communication skills in German and English

·       Strong collaboration skills with engineering, DevOps, and compliance teams.

Benefits

• A chance to be a part of a casual but professional environment where you will have a safe place to try, fail and learn
• Have full ownership over your code
• Coaching from our tech leads to advance your soft and technical skills and set your development path
• Defined and organized the onboarding process for both, the company and the project
• Competitive compensation depending on experience and skills
• Sport clubs – from fishing to basketball, whatever rocks your boat
• Awesome referral fees - because great people know great people
• Work-life balance – this is the company that really supports your professional, family and personal goals
• Freedom to decide how you want to work - partly or fully remote or from our offices.