Senior Security Engineer
Summary
Senior Security Engineer at Wave (mobile money fintech) leading application security across product and infrastructure: securing AI agents and MCP integrations, building SIEM/SecOps automation, AI governance, centralized identity and secrets management, and public API reviews. Requires 7-8 years' experience, 3-5 in security, strong Python, and fluent English.
You will lead application-security work with product and infrastructure teams. You will secure AI-powered agents and MCP integrations, design SIEM and SecOps automation, maintain code-security review agents, establish AI governance controls, improve identity and secrets management, review public APIs, and provide security advice and design reviews.
Responsibilities
- Design agentic SIEM and SecOps pipelines
- Secure MCP integrations against prompt injection, tool misuse, and credential exposure
- Tune and maintain code security review agents
- Develop AI governance standards
- Centralize application login, permission enforcement, and privileged access management
- Improve secrets management with ephemeral secrets and tighter access scopes
- Review public-facing APIs
- Support security projects through advice and design review
Requirements
- 7–8 years of professional experience
- 3–5 years of experience in a security-related role
- Strong Python experience
- Fluency in English
Benefits
- Annual travel to an African operating country
- Yearly $1,200 coworker-meetup stipend
- Subsidized health insurance for employees and dependents
- Retirement contributions
- Six months of fully paid parental leave
- Subsidized fertility assistance
- Flexible vacation
- $10,000 annual charitable donation matching