Senior Software Engineer – Security Platforms

Cambridge, ENG, GB, United Kingdom

Job Description

Job ID 2025-15048


Date posted Aug. 21, 2025


Location Cambridge, United Kingdom


Category Software Engineering



We're looking for a Software Engineer to build the internal platform that powers our security development lifecycle. You will design and maintain a backend-focused service that ingests, normalizes, and correlates security artifacts, enabling centralized risk visibility, audit readiness and automated compliance workflows.


Key Responsibilities

Design & implement a backend platform that schedules ingestion, normalization, storage, and historical tracking of security artifacts (BOMs, SAST/SCA findings, fuzzing results) in a scalable, tool-agnostic fashion. Develop and maintain ETL pipelines and database schemas for high-throughput ingestion and historical trend analysis. Expose data via well-documented REST APIs for dashboards, automation, and downstream integrations. Collaborate with security and engineering teams to define metrics, alerts, and dashboard views that surface critical trends and anomalies. Instrument observability and performance monitoring (metrics, dashboards) to ensure maximum throughput and reliability. Develop custom solutions for aggregating BOMs into hierarchical system views and conducting searches across products. Document processes, data models, and operational runbooks to enable smooth adoption.

Required Skills and Experience

Strong coding ability in Python and comfortable in scripting (e.g. bash). Shown experience building backend services and data pipelines in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Solid understanding of CI/CD concepts (Gitlab CI, GitHub Actions or similar), infrastructure-as-code workflows (Terraform), and automated deployments. Comfortable with containerization technologies (Docker) and deployment methodologies Familiarity with SQL for building and querying relational databases. Clear technical writing to document data schemas, APIs, and dashboard usage.

"Nice to Have" Skills and Experience

Experience with Grafana, Prometheus, or similar observability platforms. Familiarity with SAST and SCA tools (e.g., Coverity, Black Duck) and experience understanding their findings. Experience defining and visualizing key security and performance metrics within dashboard solutions. Experience with security data formats (e.g. SARIF)

Join us to build the foundational security platform that elevates visibility across Arm--apply today!


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Accommodations at Arm


At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email accommodations@arm.com. To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud, or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.


Hybrid Working at Arm


Arm's approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team's needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.


Equal Opportunities at Arm


Arm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don't discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD3582540
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Cambridge, ENG, GB, United Kingdom
  • Education
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