Lead Security Engineer (Data)

Company: CFC
Location: London, United Kingdom
Type: hybrid
Posted: Oct 12, 2026
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CFC, a technology-driven insurance company, is hiring a Lead Security Engineer (Data) in London. The role focuses on designing data protection controls, implementing policy-as-code for loss prevention, and leading cross-functional privacy and security architecture. Key requirements include deep experience in data classification, encryption, and digital forensics, with a strong ability to automate security controls and influence technical teams.

At CFC, technology is at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for a Lead Security Engineer (Data) to design and deliver data protection across CFC's systems, products and ways of working. This is an individual contributor leader role for an engineer who solves complex, cross-functional problems and turns security and privacy requirements into effective technical controls.

You will work with engineering, data, privacy and the business to create reusable patterns, policy-as-code, implement and automate controls, diagnose weaknesses and ensure data protection remains effective as our technology environment evolves.
In this role, you will:
  • Design, implement and operate data discovery, classification and loss-prevention controls across CFC's stores, and record coverage in the control register.
  • Create reusable patterns for encryption, masking and secure disposal, and publish them as standards for new systems.
  • Implement data-loss-prevention policy-as-code for email, endpoints and cloud stores, and record the test results for each rule change.
  • Diagnose insider and data-loss incidents to root cause, implement the control to prevent recurrence, and document both in the incident report.
  • Preserve and prepare digital evidence for insider, data-loss and sensitive investigations, maintaining chain of custody and applying recognised digital evidence principles.
  • Lead cross-functional data-protection design reviews for new products and record the decisions as standards.
  • Design technical guardrails for data handling, including generative AI tools, and publish the guardrail catalogue in the standard.
  • Build security metrics for classification coverage, loss-prevention events and encryption of sensitive stores, and publish them to data owners.
  • Advise the security function on data-protection exceptions and record each decision in the risk register.
  • Lead cross-functional data privacy and security design and threat-modelling activities, translating identified risks into layered, prioritised engineering improvements.
  • Design and implement automation for privacy and security policies and guardrails across workflows and endpoints, including use of AI augmentation.
  • Be the technical authority on data privacy and security, advising teams on complex privacy and security architecture and right-sizing controls.
You'll likely bring:
  • Deep experience designing and engineering privacy and security for a fast-moving technology forward organisation.
  • Experience designing classification, loss prevention, sandboxing, monitoring, encryption, disposal and reporting controls that other teams can apply
  • A record of data-loss or insider investigations closed with a control that stopped the same failure returning.
  • Experience handling sensitive investigations with appropriate discretion, including evidence collection, chain of custody and close working with HR, Legal and other authorised stakeholders.
  • Experience designing access and permissions for both human and non-humans to production data and addressing privacy and security weaknesses.
  • Ability to create privacy and security architectures and navigate trade-offs between compliance, security, accessibility, decentralisation and performance.
  • Ability to automate privacy and security controls through code, policy and workflow automation.
  • Strong technical judgement and the ability to influence cross-functional teams through clear architectural reasoning.
Love what you do:
We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.

Challenge everything:
We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.

Have fun, be good:
Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.
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About the Company

Name: CFC
Location: London, UK
Website: https://cfc.pinpointhq.com

CFC is a specialist insurance provider, pioneering emerging risk and market leader in cyber. Our global insurance platform uses cutting-edge technology and data science to deliver smarter, faster underwriting and protect customers from today's most critical business risk.

Headquartered in London with offices across Europe, USA and Australia, CFC has over 1100 employees and is trusted by more than 150,000 businesses in 90 countries.

At CFC, insurance isn't just about underwriting. From data science to software development, and digital marketing design, we've got something for everyone. We're passionate about pushing boundaries, thinking differently and building the insurance company of the future.

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