Software Engineer - Become Security Engineer And Build The Systems That Keep Millions Of Paymen[...]
Acuity Consultants Software Engineer - Become Security Engineer And Build The Systems That Keep Millions Of Paymen[...]
Summary
Application Security Engineer role at a Cape Town-based payments technology company: building secure-by-default Java libraries, security tooling, and CI/CD automation to protect high-volume payment systems. Requires 2+ years' engineering experience with Java, AWS, and Infrastructure as Code; pays R60-70K per month.
This is an excellent opportunity for a Software Engineer to specialise in Application Security Engineering, building the platforms, tooling, and automation that help secure software used by millions of South Africans every day.
Based in Cape Town, this role is paying R60-70 K per month.
THE COMPANY:Since 2012, this leading payments technology company has built cloud‑native software that powers and optimises financial transactions at scale. Their platforms enable banks, financial institutions, and enterprises to deliver critical financial services to millions of South Africans every day.
Operating in a high‑volume, high‑availability environment, their engineering teams solve complex challenges across security, scalability, reliability, and performance while building resilient systems that sit at the core of South Africa's payments ecosystem.
THE ROLE:As an Application Security Engineer, you will build the platforms, tooling, and automation that help keep millions of payment transactions secure every day.
You’ll develop secure‑by‑default Java libraries for authentication, encryption, and logging, build tooling that identifies security risks before code reaches production, integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines, and automate vulnerability remediation across engineering environments.
You’ll work closely with Software Engineers, Platform Engineers, Dev Ops teams, and Security stakeholders to ensure that secure software development is the easiest path for engineering teams across the business.
THE REQUIREMENTS: 2+ years' experience in Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Dev Ops, SRE, or similar engineering roles Strong backend development experience with Java Experience building or modifying CI/CD pipelines and engineering tooling Hands‑on AWS and Infrastructure as Code experience Scripting experience using Python, Bash, Go, or similar technologies Strong understanding of modern software development practices and cloud‑native environments