TL;DR

Junior Security Engineer (Fintech): Monitoring and optimizing security alerts, patching security vulnerabilities, and assisting with security projects to ensure the trustworthiness of financial services. Focus on application-level security, SIEM configuration, secret management, and incident response in a high-growth fintech environment.

Location: Remote. Must be based in the UK, Spain, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, or Burkina Faso. Expected to travel to operational markets (e.g., Senegal or Côte d'Ivoire) at least once a year.

Salary: Up to $95,100 USD, plus a generous equity package.

Company

%hirify_global% is a financial institution making Africa the first cashless continent by building affordable, instantly available financial services.

What you will do

Monitor, tweak, and write new security alerts.
Help product teams patch security holes.
Work on smaller security projects with senior engineers.
Centralize application-level login and permissions enforcement.
Configure and utilize external SIEM solutions.
Support investigations and incident response.

Requirements

Minimum 3 years of professional experience, with 2+ years in a security-related role.
Strong experience with Python.
Fluent English required.

Nice to have

Experience remediating non-conformities.
Interest or experience in penetration testing.
Experience with Python 3, GraphQL, Kotlin, Swift, TypeScript, React, Postgres, CockroachDB, GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes.

Culture & Benefits

Yearly $1,200 stipend for coworking meetups.
Performance reviews twice a year with bonuses/promotions.
Competitive salaries and generous equity package.
Subsidized health insurance and retirement contributions (country-dependent).
6 months fully paid parental leave and subsidized fertility assistance.
Flexible vacation (21-30 days exclusive of holidays).
$10,000 annual charitable donation matching.