Principal Security Engineer

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia PaperCut Software Full time
Job Description

Are you ready to tackle the toughest security challenges for a global market leader and one of Australia's few product software companies with international reach? Do you like your code to be secure, your influence valued, and your coffee strong? If so, we want to hear from you.

At PaperCut, security isn’t just an afterthought—it’s our obsession. We've been on a multi-year security uplift focus. We are also one of only two Australian software companies registered as a CNA (Certified Numbering Authority). As we see ourselves as "complete stack," this can prove hard, as we have our hands on the whole of our tech stack, and we need experts to do security across all of this.

Reporting to our Head of Engineering, this is an ongoing full-time contract, with Hybrid working based 3 days per week in our Melbourne office.

Some of the things you’ll do...

  • Embedding security into everything: Work with teams across the organisation to ensure security is baked into every stage of the software development lifecycle.

  • Tackling the big risks: Lead risk assessments and create proactive solutions to mitigate vulnerabilities, address emerging threats, and anticipate evolving attack vectors.

  • Setting the standard: Design and implement security policies and standards that foster secure coding, robust testing, and early detection of vulnerabilities.

  • Leading the charge on incidents: When things go sideways (rare, but it happens), you’ll help us lead the charge, from containment to root cause analysis, ensuring we come back stronger every time.

  • Mentoring and inspiring: Be the security specialist, mentoring engineers and fostering a security-first culture. 

  • Collaborating globally: Work with external globally recognised security researchers as part of our pen-test, bounty, research, and uplift programs. Security doesn’t stop at our walls—it’s a team sport, and you’ll be helping us connect with the industry to ensure we're a team player.

A little bit about you

  • You’ve designed and implemented security strategies across complex systems, from low-level native code to web apps and IoT integrations.

  • You have hands-on experience managing incidents from discovery to resolution, and you’ve turned lessons learned into measurable improvements.

  • You’re a mentor, sharing your expertise in secure coding, threat modelling, and vulnerability management to up-skill your team.

  • You’ve worked in a product-focused company and know the value of balancing innovation and commercial, with risk management.

  • You’re ready to solve the challenges of cloud security, compliance, and emerging threats.


Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

What else can you expect from us?

  • PaperCutters are eligible for an annual bonus where we Share the Success of our collective achievements.
  • You receive generous leave options, including up to 18 weeks of parental leave.
  • Empowered development options with a spend-as-you-like annual training budget.
  • We're led by our values in everything we do - Caring, Honest, Intelligent and Nimble (CHIN).
  • Our Camberwell office has free parking and unlimited coffee from our in-house espresso machine.
  • Our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging programmes are highly visible day-to-day.

More about PaperCut

We like to say we're the most exciting company in the most boring part of IT. We're an award-winning market leader in Print Management solutions.

Proudly B-Corp Certified, PaperCut helps hundreds of millions of people around the globe minimise waste while having a secure and easy printing experience. Simply put, our code saves trees, and in 25 years, we have saved 360,000 trees and counting. Now, through our Forest Positive programme, PaperCut Grows, we help customers turn their printed pages into newly planted trees.

Now is an exciting time to join PaperCut as we accelerate the transition of our product suite to cloud and beyond.

Our commitment to you
Our hiring process lets you show off the very best version of yourself while learning all about us at the same time. Our pinky promise is a candidate experience that's enjoyable, thorough, and fair. That's our way of inspiring the world's brightest minds to become PaperCutters.

As an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion, we proudly encourage people from all walks of life to apply (even tea drinkers). We welcome you to highlight any alternative working arrangements you might need during your application.

PaperCut is a proud 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to responding to every applicant.

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