Security Engineer

Healthcare is usually slow and boring. We believe in its potential to be exciting and entertaining. But changing the healthcare experience is hard – and we’re gonna need all the help we can get…!

About Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus (or 'Euc' for short) is an Australian founded digital healthcare company that is on a mission to solve the world’s biggest healthcare challenges - think fertility, and behavioural change around chronic conditions such as weight loss, diabetes, and mental health.

Founded in Australia in 2019, we have now helped over 500K patients globally by combining technology, design and operational excellence to help patients access the best clinical support when they need it - wherever they are.

Our 5 clinics (Juniper, Pilot, Kin, Software, & Compound) focus heavily on personalising the experience for different demographics and are powered by a growing team across 5 countries (Australia, UK, Germany, Japan, and the Philippines).

We’ve raised over AUD$160M in funding from Aussie and Silicon Valley investors who were early backers of Uber, Canva and AirBnb. With plans to launch into several more markets, offline channels, and tackle new conditions.

We’re looking to continue building our team of executional weapons who are passionate about healthcare, aren’t afraid to work hard, and invest in others through direct and honest feedback. This approach enables us to make the most impactful changes to improve the health of millions of patients globally.

About the role (What you’ll be doing)

As Security Engineer you will join our Trust Team (IT and Cybersecurity) at Eucalyptus and contribute to building and maintaining a reliable, global and effective digital health platform. You will drive security initiatives and engineer systems to help uplift the security posture, culture and trust in our custom healthcare platform.

• Partner with engineering teams: Partner with engineering teams to identify key security risks in their projects, perform threat modelling assessments and improve their security knowledge.
• Identify and manage vulnerabilities: Perform security testing against our applications, networks and cloud infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities. Work with teams across the business to manage vulnerability remediation.
• Build internal security tooling: Engineer security tooling to automate processes, implement security guardrails and security self-service tooling.
• Respond to incidents and prepare for an attack: Participate in incident response exercises and develop incident response playbooks. Respond to security alerting and perform log analysis.
• Advise stakeholders: Support stakeholders across the business with security queries.

About you (Who you are)

As a key member of our security engineering team, you will:

• Have at least 2 years of experience in security roles at software companies or as a consultant who has worked with software companies.
• Be able to code effectively in at least one modern language (Python, Go, JavaScript etc.).
• Have experience with using and managing cloud services - we use Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Have an ability to build systems and internal tooling to efficiently achieve security objectives
• Good understanding of web application vulnerabilities and how to remediate them.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly in communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Be able to work with others effectively and seamlessly to achieve security objectives

Why you should join Euc

• Our teams are incredibly passionate - Our talent bar is high and our work ethic is strong. You’ll get to stretch yourself everyday and work amongst people who care deeply about our patients. You’ll be given autonomy to tackle interesting problems and receive regular feedback from a supportive team
• We move at incredible speed - You’ll work with team mates who build in the open by sharing their work freely, this helps us learn and iterate quickly so we can deliver high quality outcomes faster than our competitors. You’ll **spend a lot of time outside of your comfort zone learning and iterating frequently, we wouldn’t have it any other way
• We will invest in your career - You’ll get access to an annual professional development budget, mentors and buddies to ensure that you have the support you need to level up. You can expect regular performance and pay reviews as your career grows. We're championing the next generation of talent – Euc has been recognised in Hatch's Hotlist as a Australia's top employer, as rated by Gen Z's.
• We are all owners - You’ll be given equity to ensure that you are able to benefit in the upside of your contribution in helping Euc grow. Your ideas will be valued regardless of your role, you will have ownership over the projects you work on which will feel both terrifying but extremely fulfilling
• We play as hard as we work - You’ll experience our frequently catered wellness themed talks, exercise classes, whoops to track your wellbeing, free barista coffees, funded social clubs and quarterly rooftop parties…we know how to let our hair down!
• We’ll have your back when you need us the most - You’ll be able to lean on a range of leave offerings to support you when needed, this includes: personal health and professional development leave, a generous parental leave that offers 20 weeks paid leave for a primary carer, additional miscarriage leave (see more on Kin Fertility’s #WeNeedMoreLeave campaign), as well as our Employee Assistance Programme

At Eucalyptus, we value individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we embrace the unique qualities each person brings. When you apply, please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.