DLP Security Engineer

About Bolt Bolt is shaping a future where cities are built for people, not cars. What started as an ambitious project of a 19-year-old in 2013 has grown into a global mobility platform used by more than 200 million customers and 4.5 million driver and courier partners across 50 countries.

From ride-hailing and food delivery to scooters, e-bikes, and car-sharing, Bolt helps people move through cities every day. Small, autonomous teams drive this work, combining the speed and ownership of a startup with the scale of a global technology company backed by more than €1bn in funding.

And we're just getting started.

Why join Bolt?

• Build the future of mobility and help transform how people live and move in cities.
• Tackle challenges at scale that span technology, operations, regulation, and growth.
• Take real ownership early. Small, lean teams mean your decisions matter from day one, and you'll learn fast alongside some of the best people in the industry.
• Join one of Europe's leading technology companies, backed by world-class investors including Sequoia.

About The Role As a DLP Security Engineer, you will enhance the security posture of Bolt's internal data by analysing user events and processes to identify gaps and recommend mitigating controls. You'll investigate internal and external misuse cases, mature our threat intelligence and detection engineering efforts, and support the wider security team through on-duty rotation, incident response, and post-incident analysis.

Main Tasks And Responsibilities

• Investigating data-loss incidents and near misses, and contributing lessons learned in postmortems to prevent recurrence.
• Improving our data loss prevention program by understanding how internal data is stored, moved, and processed across Bolt's environment.
• Building and tuning detections with the detection engineering team to produce more actionable, less noisy alerts.
• Consuming threat intelligence to mature our program and identify Bolt data leaked to the deep, dark, or public web.
• Participating in on-duty rotation (from 0900AM to 1700AM on Mondays to Fridays) to triage and resolve security cases affecting our internal assets.
• Analysing the business impact of security issues and sharing results with affected teams and stakeholders.

About You

• You have hands-on experience in information security, with a focus on data loss prevention, detection engineering, or incident response.
• You understand how data flows through modern cloud and SaaS environments, and how internal or external actors can exfiltrate it.
• You have experience with DLP tooling and security logging/monitoring (e.g., SIEM, endpoint, email/CASB, or cloud-native DLP).
• You bring scripting or programming skills (e.g., Python) to automate analysis and improve security workflows.
• You have a solid grasp of threat actor tactics and forensic indicators of data theft or exfiltration.
• You communicate clearly and collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to drive risk mitigation.

Why you’ll love it here

• Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.
• Enjoy a rewarding salary and stock options, knowing that as Bolt succeeds, so do you.
• Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.
• Celebrate 5 years at Bolt with a 1-month paid sabbatical to recharge.
• Connect with colleagues at annual company events and smaller team gatherings.
• Balance flexibility and in-person collaboration with our hybrid model, including at least 12 monthly in-office days.

Some perks may differ depending on your location and role. At Bolt, using AI daily is a baseline expectation for everyone. If there’s a faster, smarter way to do your work, we expect you to find it. You’re still responsible for the output, so the standard stays high when using AI tools.

Experience is great, but what we really look for is drive, intelligence, and integrity. So even if you don’t tick every box, please consider applying!

Everyone is welcome Bolt is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, nationality, religion, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are happy to make reasonable accommodations throughout our hiring process. If you require any adjustments, please let us know.