Senior Engineering Manager, Proactive Security

Deliveroo
London - The River Building HQPosted 27 March 2026

Job Description

Senior Engineering Manager, Proactive Security Who We Are Join us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat, where impact, innovation and growth drive everything we do. Our Engineering teams tackle complex technical challenges across a global, three-sided marketplace, building and scaling systems that serve millions of customers, riders and partners every day. From real-time logistics to resilient infrastructure and marketplace optimisation, we design, build and operate technology that powers Deliveroo’s growth at scale. We’re looking for a Senior Engineer Manager, Proactive Security to join our London (Hybrid - 3 days from the office) team. In this role, you will lead a Europe based team of Security Engineers and Software Engineers that are building and maintaining security products and in-house platforms that enable proactive security outcomes with “security paved paths” to ensure a safe, reliable and resilient delivery network. Get to know our Proactive Security Engineering team — what drives us, how we work, and what you can expect. The Team At Deliveroo we’re striving to build London’s best and most admired Security Engineering organisation as part of our global team based across North America and Europe. Our London based Security Engineering team is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager, Proactive Security to manage, mentor and coach our engineering teams across our Security Engineering and Software Engineering pillars of the London based Proactive Security team. We’re dedicated to building a collaborative and supportive culture. We set goals and objectives and offer advice. We empower our engineers to find solutions to problems at global scale. We trust them to use their time wisely. Our teams are solving unique and difficult problems at scale in an energetic and hyper-growth environment. Our business is growing incredibly quickly and we need experienced technical managers to help us scale. This is a London based position reporting directly to the Global Director of Proactive Security based in the US. What You’ll Be Doing - Line manage Security and Software Engineers as part of our London based Proactive Security team. - Lead, scope and set project goals and continue to support and develop your team - Grow a diverse, highly-skilled group of Security and Software engineers, gaining fantastic exposure to scaling a tech team at a unique pace and global reach. - Create a learning environment for your team and act as a “player-coach” mentor for engineers and up and coming tech leads and managers. - Become instrumental in improving and implementing processes and values that scale effectively - Provide technical mentorship to engineers building and deploying large-scale services globally - Collaborate with cross functional teams including core product, infrastructure, design, operations, and more. What You’ll Need to Thrive - Proven leadership experience as a Senior Engineering Manager with direct experience leading Security Product and/or Security Engineering teams. - Experience managing both Managers and Individual Contributors - Strong technical skills, architectural knowledge, problem solving, and experience setting strategic direction with cloud native infrastructure - Experience as a Software Engineer or Security Engineer and Manager building security products at scale. - A management style that is collaborative and supportive as a “player-coach” encouraging your team to continually optimise their processes and practices and improve quality and stability of their code base while also supporting growth and career progression - Set clear goals and objectives and offer deeply technical advice, setting your team up for success - Experience building teams, recruiting and being a partner to the Recruiting Team - Cross-functional work experience and collaborative problem solving Requirements - Experience as a Software Engineering Manager in an Information Security or Infrastructure ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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