Junior Security Engineer (Fintech)

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.