You'll join Criteo's Application & Product Security team, helping secure the products we build and operate. Working closely with Product Engineering, Platform teams, and other Security teams, you'll contribute to the security strategy of your domain while remaining hands-on. This role combines technical expertise, engineering execution, and cross-functional collaboration.
Partner with Product and Platform teams to design and build secure systems and services
Act as a trusted security advisor, guiding teams on secure design, threat modelling, and vulnerability management
Identify, assess, prioritise, and help remediate application security risks across the organisation
Contribute hands-on to security initiatives, including architecture reviews, security tooling, automation, and incident response activities
Help define and evolve security standards, best practices, and KPIs to continuously improve the security posture of your domain
Drive the adoption of security-by-design and shift-left security practices throughout the software development lifecycle
Lead complex technical projects and security initiatives, collaborating with stakeholders across multiple teams
Support security awareness efforts by sharing knowledge, mentoring peers, and promoting secure engineering practices across the organisation
Collaborate with Security, Product, and Platform teams to improve security processes, tooling, and operational excellence
You bring experience in Security Engineering, or have significantly contributed to application or product security initiatives in previous roles
You have a background in Product Engineering or SRE / Platform Engineering and a strong understanding of modern software development practices
You have experience leading complex technical projects and driving cross-functional initiatives in large-scale environments
You are comfortable acting as a subject matter expert on security topics and advising teams on risks, trade-offs, and best practices
You have experience securing distributed systems, cloud-native environments, and modern application architectures
You enjoy combining hands-on engineering, problem-solving, and technical leadership
You influence without authority, building trust and alignment across diverse stakeholders and teams
You demonstrate strong ownership, accountability, and sound judgement when handling sensitive security topics
You are passionate about improving security through scalable solutions, automation, and collaboration
We acknowledge that many candidates may not meet every single role requirement listed above. If your experience looks a little different from our requirements but you believe that you can still bring value to the role, we’d love to see your application!
Who We Are:We’re Criteo, the Commerce Intelligence Platform. Criteo helps businesses turn shopper signals into commerce outcomes while delivering more relevant experiences for shoppers. We use proprietary commerce intelligence and AI decisioning to drive relevance for shoppers and performance for businesses.
At Criteo, our culture is as unique as it is diverse. From our offices across the globe or from the comfort of home, our 3,600 Criteos collaborate together to build an open, impactful, and forward-thinking environment.
We foster a workplace where everyone is valued, and employment decisions are based solely on skills, qualifications, and business needs—never on non-job-related factors or legally protected characteristics.
🏢 Ways of working – Our hybrid model blends home with in-office experiences, making space for both.
📈 Grow with us – Learning, mentorship & career development programs.
💪 Your wellbeing matters – Health benefits, wellness perks & mental health support.
🤝 A team that cares – Diverse, inclusive, and globally connected.
💸 Fair pay & perks – Attractive salary, with performance-based rewards and family-friendly policies, plus the potential for equity depending on role and level.
Additional benefits may vary depending on the country where you work and the nature of your employment with Criteo.
Skills Required
- Experience in Security Engineering or significant contribution to application/product security initiatives
- Background in Product Engineering or SRE/Platform Engineering with strong understanding of modern software development practices
- Experience leading complex technical projects and cross-functional initiatives in large-scale environments
- Subject-matter expertise advising teams on secure design, threat modelling, and vulnerability management
- Experience securing distributed systems, cloud-native environments, and modern application architectures
- Hands-on experience with security tooling, automation, architecture reviews, and incident response
- Ability to influence without authority and build trust across stakeholders
- Strong ownership, accountability, and sound judgment when handling sensitive security topics
Criteo Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Criteo and has not been reviewed or approved by Criteo.
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Healthcare Strength — Health insurance and wellness/mental-health support are described as strong parts of the package, with high reported satisfaction for medical, dental, and vision coverage. Feedback suggests these offerings contribute meaningfully to overall benefits satisfaction.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is highlighted positively, with mentions of a 3%–5% match being common in recent reports. Feedback suggests the retirement program is a valued component of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation, volunteer time off, and additional summer days are emphasized, and time flexibility is repeatedly praised. Feedback suggests this breadth supports work-life balance perceptions.
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What We Do
Criteo is a global technology company that powers the world’s marketers and media owners with trusted and impactful advertising through our world-leading Commerce Media Platform, a suite of products that activates the world’s largest set of commerce data to drive better commerce outcomes. We help thousands of brands, publishers, and retailers reach and monetize audiences and are committed to supporting a fair and open internet that enables discovery, innovation, and choice.
