Senior Security Engineer - Purple Teaming
Trade Republic, Berlin
About the job
The best work of your career
Trade Republic is the largest savings platform in Europe - we operate in 18 countries, serving +10 million customers who trusted us with over 150B in assets. But we’re striving for more.
We have a bold mission to empower everyone to build wealth with easy, safe, and free access to financial systems. You will have the opportunity to grow your career by collaborating with a team of outstanding talents and state-of-the-art technology to build a lasting, positive future for millions.
What you'll be doing
As a Senior Security Engineer in Purple Teaming, you'll plan and execute purple team exercises aligned to real‑world threat actors to protect Trade Republic's critical systems and customer data. Your responsibilities include:
- Design attack scenarios covering initial access, persistence, lateral movement, privilege escalation, command‑and‑control, and exfiltration.
- Coordinate with business and engineering teams to gather requirements, understand operational constraints, and ensure testing activities align with business risk.
- Assess existing security controls to ensure they aren't just "active," but actually effective.