Security Software Engineer

🐼 Who we are

You. Better. With Alan.

Alan's vision is to make prevention the new norm of care for all. Our mission is to help people live in good health to 100 while helping employers feel proud, turning health benefits from a cost centre into their most valuable investment.

We're building a vertically integrated health partner that seamlessly unites insurance and smart healthcare delivery into one system.

By connecting all aspects of care - private, public, and direct to consumer - we create the most member-centric healthcare experience. Through deep engagement, we empower everyone to overcome day-to-day health obstacles and live healthier lives.

We partner with 32,000+ companies of all sizes, serving more than 700K members, and have reached €500M+ in ARR.

Our team of 600 people (still growing) operates across France 🇫🇷, Spain 🇪🇸, Belgium 🇧🇪, and Canada 🇨🇦.

🤘 How we do it ?

People joining Alan are often surprised and delighted by our innovative working method. We have a set of cultural values that guide our approach to work, such as:

1. Mission is the Boss: We have a mission-first focus with long-term thinking, where all employees act as owners seeking the company's success above all else.

2. Member & Customer-led: We are obsessively focused on solving customer problems and creating delightful experiences while building trust.

3. Excellence like Athletes: We maintain high standards and talent density, using the Keeper Test to ensure exceptional performance.

4. Enlightened Despots: We combine distributed ownership with accountability, empowering decision-makers while maintaining responsibility.

5. Radically Transparent: We make information accessible and written-first, promoting async communication while protecting sensitive data.

6. Kind, Methodic Optimists: We collaborate genuinely without ego, support teammates, and maintain positive intent while assuming the best.

7. Empathetic Challengers: We give direct feedback with empathy, praise strengths, and focus on growth through candid communication.

8. Bold & Creative Contrarians: We think differently to achieve greatness, challenge expertise with first principles, and embrace calculated risks.

9. Disciplined Executors: We focus on making good decisions quickly, maintain accountability, and break down problems into manageable pieces.

10. Fight for Simplicity: We eliminate unnecessary processes, stay concise and articulate, and maintain smart frugality while solving problems pragmatically.

⭐️ The Security team ⭐️

We do security as we do everything else — that is, not quite the traditional way, but always in line with our leadership principles.

Joining the Security Engineering team at Alan means you're at the forefront of protecting sensitive health data and ensuring our systems are resilient against threats. Our team is dedicated to:

• Developing and maintaining secure systems: We focus on critical areas such as secure file transfer, global user authentication, and security improvements to email communication.

• Incident detection and response: We enhance our capabilities to detect security incidents early and respond effectively, ensuring minimal impact for our customers.

• Vulnerability management: We proactively manage vulnerabilities in our software and infrastructure to prevent potential exploits.

Being part of this team means you'll collaborate closely with other engineering teams and departments, embracing challenges, and making a significant impact on the security posture of the entire organization.

You'll have the opportunity to work on a variety of security initiatives, from hands-on technical solutions to strategic risk management tasks.

For this opportunity, we are aiming to hire within the C1-F level range.

⭐️ Is it you we’re looking for? ⭐️

We are looking for experienced Security Engineers to help us scale our security controls and ensure our systems are resilient against threats.

You would be a good fit at Alan if most of this sounds like you:

• SAST (Static Application Security Testing), DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing), Penetration Testing are not just buzzwords for you, you have hands-on experience using these techniques to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities in web and mobile applications.

• You're passionate about protecting organisations from cyber threats and have experience working with SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) platforms to monitor, detect, and respond to security incidents.

• Passionate about building secure products and systems.

• Willingness to work in Python and/or JavaScript, with a strong understanding of coding best practices and secure coding standards.

• Excellent problem-solving skills, able to work independently and as part of a team.

• Strong communication skills, capable of working with cross-functional teams and influencing security best practices across the organization.

• Humble and still willing to grow (no matter your seniority!).

• Fluent in English (no need to speak French!).

But above all, we are looking for someone with a hacker mindset, with high potential and curiosity. Everything else is a bonus.

For more details on how engineers can grow at Alan, take a look at our Engineering career path.

🙌   Perks & Benefits

At Alan, we believe that being in good health is a basic need, and it starts with our employees. This is why Alaners are provided with a stimulating environment and perks ensuring they are happy, efficient and spend only high-quality time with co-workers.

Therefore, we offer:

• Fair rewards. Generous equity packages complement your base salary, for permanent contracts only.

• Flexible Office. Amazing office space at our HQ, sponsored co-working hubs or a full-remote experience with home office equipment sponsorship, we want you to live where you’re the happiest.

• All the tools you need. Top of the range equipment: Macbook Pro, keyboard, laptop stand, monitor, and Bose noise-canceling headphones.

• Flexible vacation policy and flexible working hours. Organize your time as you wish.

• Delightful healthcare insurance: Extremely comprehensive health insurance - 100% for you and your children, 90-100% for partners depending on your country (permanent contracts only).

• Transport. Country-specific commuter benefits.

• Learning & Training opportunities. A highly flexible Training policy free books and budget to attend and speak at conferences if the opportunity arises.

• Personal growth through coaching: At Alan, coaching isn't just a perk - it's core to who we are. Every Alaner is paired with a dedicated coach from day one, who helps maximize their impact, nurture engagement, and navigate Alan's values to develop their full potential. Learn more about our coaching culture.

• Parental leave. Extended parental leave for all new parents, for permanent contracts only.