Wave
Application Security Engineer
Wave
$144k - $167k
Worldwide (Remote)
Python
Kubernetes

Application Security Engineer

Overview

Wave is hiring an Application Security Engineer to help make Africa the first cashless continent by ensuring the security of their financial services.

Job Description

Wave is a financial services company focused on making Africa the first cashless continent. They provide financial services that are instantly available and accepted everywhere, even in places where infrastructure is lacking.

Responsibilities

  • - Be responsible for application security
  • - Work with product teams to enhance security posture
  • - Centralise application-level login and permissions enforcement
  • - Develop a data protection inventory
  • - Conduct security reviews of public-facing APIs
  • - Work with IT Team to fix non-conformities found during audits

Required Skills

  • - Minimum of 5 years of professional experience with at least 2 years in a security-related role
  • - Strong experience with Python
  • - Fluent English
  • - Experience remediating non-conformities
  • - Interest in security-focused source code review and penetration testing
  • - Interest in growing and mentoring a team

Benefits

  • - Subsidized health insurance for you and your dependents
  • - Retirement contributions
  • - 6 months of fully paid parental leave
  • - Subsidized fertility assistance
  • - Flexible vacation (30-40 days per year)
  • - $10,000 annual charitable donation matching

About the company

We’re on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent. On a continent where over half the population has no bank account, Wave is building the first modern financial network — no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere!