# Security Engineer at Apollo Research

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> Responsibilities: - Design, implement and operate core secur

- **Company:** Apollo Research (https://jobs.trythestack.co/companies/apollo-research)
- **Location:** United Kingdom
- **Work arrangement:** On-site
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Experience level:** 5–10 years
- **Visa sponsorship:** Offered, according to the listing
- **Key skills:** Security engineering, Cloud security, Identity and access management, Infrastructure security, Endpoint management, Incident response, Threat modeling, Automation, Application security, Product security, Zero-trust architecture, Sandboxing, Detection engineering, GRC engineering, System-level thinking, Security controls
- **Posted by employer:** 2026-08-28
- **Added to The Stack:** 2026-08-29
- **Status:** May no longer be active (posted more than 60 days ago)
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/apolloresearch/855f584d-08dd-4845-93b8-dbeb6737707d (the employer's own application page)
- **Human page:** https://jobs.trythestack.co/jobs/security-engineer-apollo-research

## About the role

Responsibilities:
- Design, implement and operate core security controls: identity & access management, cloud & infrastructure security, endpoint management and incident response.
- Build paved roads and automation that make the secure path the default for engineers and researchers.
- Lead major security projects end-to-end: ideation, implementation, rollout and adoption.
- Evaluate security vendors and tooling; make build-vs-buy decisions and assess vendor posture.
- Define and communicate security roadmap, trade-offs and best practices to non-security teams to build trust and adoption.
- Perform threat modelling and design controls for novel insider risk scenarios specific to AI agent workflows.

Requirements:
- 5+ years hands-on technical security experience (application, cloud or product security); able to read code and reason about infrastructure and failure modes.
- Engineering mindset: build custom solutions when needed, prioritise automation and systems-level thinking.
- Proven ability to influence without formal authority and build cross-functional buy-in for security practices.
- Comfortable working at startup pace with ambiguity and shifting priorities.
- Experience owning or contributing significantly to an organisation's security posture that handles sensitive data.
- Nice to have: software engineering background, zero-trust architecture experience, sandboxing and detection engineering exposure.

## Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate core security controls including identity management, cloud infrastructure, and endpoint security. Establish security practices across the organization and lead major security projects from ideation to implementation.

## Requirements

Requires 5+ years of hands-on technical security experience with a strong engineering mindset. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to build custom solutions, think structurally about threat modeling, and influence teams without formal authority.

## FAQ

- **Is this Security Engineer role still open?** It was posted on 2026-08-28. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Apollo Research's site before applying.
- **Does Apollo Research offer visa sponsorship?** This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Apollo Research's site.
- **Where is this role located?** The listing gives the location as United Kingdom. It is marked on-site.
- **What skills does this role ask for?** The listing names: Security engineering, Cloud security, Identity and access management, Infrastructure security, Endpoint management, Incident response, Threat modeling, Automation, Application security, Product security, Zero-trust architecture, Sandboxing, Detection engineering, GRC engineering, System-level thinking, Security controls.

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