Security Lead

You ensure our software is secure by design, from architectural choices all the way to the code that is ultimately deployed. Your strength lies in understanding how applications fail: how data flows through complex systems, where trust boundaries lie, and what happens when they are breached. You view the organization through the lens of a security architect and ensure that security is embedded in the way we think, design, and build.

This is what you will do

• Conducting security architecture reviews and secure design assessments for new features, services, and platform capabilities.
• Define and maintain security design patterns, reference architectures, and guardrails for a multi-tenant SaaS environment.
• Assessing trust boundaries, data flows, and authorization models within the platform.
• Leading and guiding teams in threat modeling using methodologies such as STRIDE, PASTA, or attack trees to identify and mitigate risks early in the design phase.
• Identifying and assessing technical risks and translating them into concrete, prioritized
• Promote secure coding practices within engineering teams and improve the quality of security-focused code reviews.
• Promoting the maturity of security testing (SAST, DAST, SCA, secret detection) as an integral part of the development process, rather than as an afterthought.
• Serve as the leading expert in the field of application-related vulnerabilities, such as injection, broken access control, insecure deserialization, API security issues, and more.
• Define and take ownership of ANVA’s security strategy and translate it into a clear, actionable roadmap with measurable results.
• Translating compliance and regulatory requirements into technical measures that teams can actually implement.
• Raising security awareness and fostering a culture in which security is an integral part of engineering quality, rather than a final check at the end.
• Using AI as a catalyst for security innovation and proactive risk detection.

Your milestones

• Develop a clear, actionable security roadmap that is widely understood and supported within the engineering department.
• Make security architecture and secure design reviews a standard part of our development process.
• Systematically integrate threat modeling, secure coding practices, and application security testing into our development lifecycle.
• Demonstrably improve the security maturity of our SDLC and delivery processes.
• Building a security-conscious engineering culture in which security-by-design is the norm.
• Play a key role in strengthening the security posture of ANVA’s multi-tenant SaaS platform.

At ANVA, you get more than just a job. You’ll have the opportunity to grow, the responsibility to make a difference, and colleagues who are working alongside you to shape the future of the insurance industry.

We work hard, but we always look out for one another. We focus on personal growth, on having fun, and on maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Because when you feel good about yourself, you perform better.

For over 50 years, we at ANVA have been developing software for the insurance industry. What began as an industry-led initiative has grown into an innovative fintech company used by more than 10,000 professionals every day. With our software, we help insurers, Managing General Agents advisors serve millions of customers more effectively and efficiently.

From our offices in Amersfoort and Bergen op Zoom, our team of around 200 colleagues is shaping the future of financial services. We do this using smart technology; for us, AI isn’t just an experiment, but a core and essential component in the development and continuous improvement of our platform. But beyond smart technology, what really sets us apart is our teamwork: collaborating, taking initiative, and getting a little better every day.

When you walk into ANVA, you’ll notice it right away: there’s a great mix of focus, innovation, and fun here! You’ll be working alongside smart, thoughtful, and curious colleagues who love to get things done but also know how to keep things in perspective. We work hard, brainstorm a lot, learn quickly, and celebrate both small and big successes along the way. Where will you end up? A place where your ideas are welcome, new ideas are valued, your growth is taken seriously, and your colleagues are always willing to brainstorm (or grab coffee)!

Sounds like a place where you could settle down? Great. We'd love to get to know you.