Security Software Engineer Tech Foundations

Job description

Overview

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 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 35,000+ companies of all sizes, serving more than 880K members, and have reached €650M+ in ARR.

Our team of 650+ people (still growing) operates across France, Spain, Belgium, and Canada.

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:

• 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.
  
  
• Member & Customer-led: We are obsessively focused on solving customer problems and creating delightful experiences while building trust.
  
  
• Excellence like Athletes: We maintain high standards and talent density, using the Keeper Test to ensure exceptional performance.
  
  
• Enlightened Despots: We combine distributed ownership with accountability, empowering decision-makers while maintaining responsibility.
  
  
• Radically Transparent: We make information accessible and written-first, promoting async communication while protecting sensitive data.
  
  
• Kind, Methodic Optimists: We collaborate genuinely without ego, support teammates, and maintain positive intent while assuming the best.
  
  
• Empathetic Challengers: We give direct feedback with empathy, praise strengths, and focus on growth through candid communication.
  
  
• Bold & Creative Contrarians: We think differently to achieve greatness, challenge expertise with first principles, and embrace calculated risks.
  
  
• Disciplined Executors: We focus on making good decisions quickly, maintain accountability, and break down problems into manageable pieces.
  
  
• Fight for Simplicity : We eliminate unnecessary processes, stay concise and articulate, and maintain smart frugality while solving problems pragmatically.
  
  

In our engineering team, we build the infrastructure, interfaces, and applications to provide first-class service to our members, health professionals, and ourselves.

We move fast, with ownership, and are proud to tackle big problems.

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

Joining Alan as a Security Software Engineer means you’re at the forefront of protecting sensitive health data and ensuring our systems are resilient against threats.

Read our Engineering career path article for more details.

Mission: Tech Foundations enables Product Crews to experiment and ship product increments quickly, fostering product quality and reliability with security as a nonnegotiable attribute.

Scope:

• Infrastructure enablement for product crews (hosting improvements, CI/CD, ...)
• Security and compliance facilitation (authentication, database anonymization...)
• Developer productivity enhancements (local environment setup, monorepo tooling, custom CLI and dashboards ...)
• Design and development unification (Design System, ...)

Focus for 2025: We will grow the team significantly to further increase our impact.

We want to improve the quality of our foundations, from infrastructure to code foundations (backend/frontend/mobile).

We also have ambitions around our security stack and enhanced tools and processes for developers.

Is it you we’re looking for?

We are looking for experienced Security Engineers to help us strengthen our security posture across our engineering organization:

• Strong background in application and infrastructure security.
  
  Application Security Testing and 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.
  
  
• Experience in protecting organisations from cyber threats and have experience working with platforms to monitor, detect, and respond to security incidents.
  
  
• Passionate about building secure products and systems.
  
  
• Familiarity with cloud security and modern web application security

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

• Well-versed in Object Oriented programming such as Python, Java, C#, and enthusiastic about web technologies such as modern JavaScript.
  
  
• Willing to work in Python/JavaScript (but you don’t need to have experience with those 2 languages!).
  
  
• Passionate about building products.
  
  
• Self-starting and entrepreneurial.
  
  
• Humble and still willing to grow (no matter your seniority!).
  
  
• Collaborative, enthusiastic about teamwork, learning, and teaching.
  
  
• Fluent in English (no need to speak French!).
  
  

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

But above all, we are looking for high potential and curiosity: show us this when you apply!

At Alan, we believe that being in good health is a basic need, and it starts with our employees.

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.
  
  
• All the tools you need .
  
  Top of the range equipment: Macbook Pro, keyboard, monitor, and more.
  
  
• 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 country (permanent contracts).
  
  
• Transport .
  
  Country-specific commuter benefits.
  
  
• Learning & Training opportunities .
  
  Flexible Training policy with budget to attend and speak at conferences when opportunities arise.
  
  
• Personal growth through coaching : Every Alaner is paired with a dedicated coach from day one to maximize impact and development.
  
  
• Parental leave .
  
  Extended parental leave for all new parents (permanent contracts).
  
  

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