Kenya; Portugal; South Africa Remote (Country)

JUMO is hiring a Security Engineer

About the Role

The role involves protecting digital assets by designing and maintaining security controls, conducting risk assessments, and supporting secure development practices across the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and mitigate potential security risks in systems and networks
  • Design and implement robust security solutions
  • Conduct regular vulnerability assessments and penetration testing
  • Monitor for security breaches and respond to incidents promptly
  • Ensure compliance with industry security standards and regulations
  • Support secure software development lifecycle practices
  • Collaborate with development teams to integrate security features
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of emerging security threats
  • Develop and enforce security policies and procedures
  • Perform security audits and configuration reviews
  • Manage identity and access controls
  • Implement encryption and data protection strategies
  • Evaluate third-party security posture
  • Assist in disaster recovery and business continuity planning
  • Provide security training and awareness to internal teams
  • Troubleshoot security-related issues
  • Maintain logs and security documentation
  • Work with cloud infrastructure to ensure secure deployment
  • Support incident response and forensic investigations
  • Contribute to threat modeling exercises
  • Ensure secure API design and implementation
  • Review code for security vulnerabilities
  • Stay current with security trends and patch management
  • Coordinate with external security assessors
  • Promote a culture of security across departments

Compensation

Competitive salary and benefits package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model

Team

Collaborative engineering environment focused on security and product integrity

Our Mission

We build financial technology that expands access to economic opportunity for underserved communities around the world.

What We Value

Ownership, impact, and continuous learning are central to how we operate and grow as a team.

Available for qualified candidates

About company
JUMO

We provide the plug-and-play infrastructure behind a new generation of data orientated financial products.

JUMO was founded in 2015 and is now the market leading infrastructure provider in Africa powering banks to deliver a new generation of credit and savings products to millions of entrepreneurs in emerging markets.

By building software infrastructure that can flexibly be applied by banks, mobile money operators, and digital platforms, JUMO unlocks new revenue streams for partners, reaches untapped customers, and delivers real financial impact in emerging markets.

Whether you’re seeking strong, risk-adjusted capital returns, aiming to grow mobile wallet usage or growing customer loyalty with financial services, JUMO’s proven AI-driven technology offers the lowest cost, fastest time-to-market, and highest governance standards in real-time digital lending and savings.

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Job Details
Department Security Team
Category security
Posted 2 hours ago