Senior Security Engineer

What Do We Do?

Born in 2021 from the desire to make cities less polluted and quieter, Electra is helping to shift usage towards electric mobility by tackling the main barrier: charging.

Electra is constantly innovating to make electric vehicle charging easier , with a network of fast charging stations (20 minutes on average) and a maximally simplified user experience.

Based in Paris, Lyon, Bordeau, Nantes, Brussels, Madrid, Zurich, Vienna, Munich, Milan and Amsterdam, Electra's teams aim to deploy a network of 15,000 fast charging points by 2030 , proud to contribute to the energy transition in Europe.

In 5 years, we have:

• Deployed +700 stations and over 4000 fast-charging points

• Secured thousands of stations to establish Electra as a leader in the European market

• Opened several offices in France and Europe

• Raised over 1 billion in equity and debt financing from renowned investors and institutions

• Joined the French Tech Next 40 and won the European Scale-up of the Year 2024 award

• Assembled a team of over +250 talents and this is just the beginning !

Your Mission

Electra is deploying thousands of fast charging points across Europe. The infrastructure behind them is evolving fast and we will be increasingly relying on AI agents that will operate with real autonomy in production environments.

Your Responsibilities

As a Security Engineer, you will join an agile, compact Information Security team as AI-powered systems act with increasing independence and the security paradigm shifts.

We need someone who can:

1. Help us secure these systems as they scale understanding that the rules of the game are changing and wanting to be part of shaping how a small, agile team adapts to it.

2. Handle emerging cyber incidents with autonomy

3. Build AI-powered security workflows automating and supporting our foundational processes with tailored AI agents.

Your Profile

Technical Skills

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Required:

• Working knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and CI/CD security (Github)

• Proven experience in incident detection and response : alert triage, log analysis, forensic investigation, and containment in a SaaS/cloud context

• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and the ability to translate attacker TTPs into detection logic or hardening actions.

• Comfortable working across macOS endpoints and SaaS platforms

• Professional English and French spoken and written.

Nice-to-have

• Experience building or using AI/LLM-powered tooling in a security or engineering context (automation, triage agents, prompt-based workflows)

• Hands-on experience monitoring and securing AWS environments

• Familiarity with container security (Docker, Kubernetes) and/or supply-chain scanning tools

• Knowledge of macOS security or a strong willingness to jump in

Mindset

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• Strong bias towards action in a fast-paced environment . You can make decisions and move fast - even with incomplete information - and course-correct as you learn

• Versatile and adaptable. You're a "Jack or Jane of all trades." You comfortably dive into unfamiliar domains - infrastructure, compliance, vendor assessment, endpoint forensics - and deliver without waiting for someone to hand you a playbook.

• Autonomy with ownership. You deliver solutions end-to-end, from scoping to implementation to documentation, with minimal supervision.

• AI enthousiast. You're curious about - and ideally already experimenting with - AI-powered tools and workflows. You see AI as a force multiplier for a small security team, not a threat to be avoided.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. You can understand how the business works and can connect technical decisions to business impact. you can adapt your communication style to different messages and audiences, whether technical or non-technical.

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. You have tackled complex security issues during time-sensitive incident responses, demonstrating adversarial and systemic thinking with a pragmatic, risk-based approach

What Electra Offers You

• A key role in a massive international rollout of Europe’s largest fast-charging network

• Opportunities to grow across engineering, operations, and strategy

• A collaborative and mission-driven environment

• Real impact on the energy transition and the future of mobility

• An attractive compensation package with fixed and variable components (evaluated and paid quarterly)

• Brand-new offices in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris

• 2 days of remote work per week

• Alan health insurance (50% covered by Electra)

• Meal vouchers via Swile card (10/day, 50% covered by Electra)

• 25 paid vacation days + 12 RTT (reduction of working time) days

• SYNTEC collective agreement (including vacation bonus, additional leave for special occasions, etc.)

• A quarterly company-wide event with the entire Electra team

• Sustainable Mobility Package

• Access to the company benefits platform (CSE) with numerous perks (culture, sports, etc.)

• Access to a platform dedicated to mental health, supporting your well-being at work and beyond, including up to 4 sessions per year with certified practitioners, covered by Electra

Even if your profile doesn't match 100% of every criterion, we encourage you to apply. At Electra, we strive to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable, safe, and free to be themselves.

We are committed to equal opportunities and do not tolerate any discrimination based on religion, cultural background, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.

We value potential, motivation, and a learning mindset just as much as experience.

Recruitment Process

1. TA Interview Raphaël

2. Hiring Manager interview/Use Case Ryan & Gregor

3. Team fit Thomas