Remote Senior Application Security Engineer

Description:

• Moniepoint Inc. is Africa’s all-in-one financial ecosystem, helping 10 million businesses and individuals access seamless payments, banking, credit, and business management tools since 2019.
• As Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, it powers most of the country’s Point of Sale (POS) transactions and processes $22 billion monthly for its customers while operating profitably.
• The company is seeking a passionate Application Security Engineer to drive security across its services and development pipelines.
• The role involves championing security best practices, embedding application security into product lifecycles, and empowering engineering teams to build and release safe products.
• Key responsibilities include acting as a Security Champion across product teams, designing Secure by Design solutions, promoting Secure Coding standards, leading Vulnerability Management & Remediation, developing standard security packages, conducting Penetration Testing, and enabling continuous improvement through collaboration and knowledge transfer.

Requirements:

• Candidates should have 5+ years of hands-on experience in application security (AppSec), DevSecOps, or similar roles.
• A background as a software engineer with a keen interest in security is required.
• At least 2 years of experience working in an engineering team is a plus.
• A deep understanding of the secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) and secure-by-design engineering principles is necessary.
• Candidates must be skilled in security scanning tools (e.g., SAST, DAST, SCA), incident and remediation workflows, and security automation.
• Proficiency in reading and writing code for Java/Python/JavaScript and familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) is essential.
• Proven experience with pentesting or red-team engagements, identifying and exploiting application-level vulnerabilities is required.
• Excellent communication skills are necessary to translate technical risks into actionable steps and help engineers incorporate security improvements.
• Candidates should be comfortable building trust as a security mentor and champion, raising security maturity across teams.
• Contributions to security tooling/open-source projects are a plus.
• OSCP, OSCE, GXPN, or similar offensive security certifications are advantageous.
• Experience with container security is also required.

Benefits:

• Moniepoint prioritizes the well-being of every team member, fostering a culture where all opinions carry weight and all voices are heard.
• The company emphasizes a learning and development-focused environment with knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks.
• Employees will receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance, Employee Stock Options, annual bonus, and other benefits.