Lead Security Engineer

Description
Carry1st is Africa’s leading publisher of mobile games and digital content. Operating at the intersection of games, publishing, and fintech, we scale awesome content in frontier markets by solving hard problems. Across our publishing and Pay1st business lines, we are partnered with top global game companies like Riot Games, Activision, and Stillfront. We are backed by top investors like: a16z, Bitkraft, Google, Konvoy, Riot Games, Sony and Nas.

As Lead Security Engineer you’ll be responsible for analyzing software designs and implementations from a security perspective, and identify and resolve security issues. You will include the appropriate security analysis, defenses and countermeasures at each phase of the software development lifecycle, to result in robust and reliable software. You will also be responsible for Cyber Security countermeasures, infrastructure security posture and will own incident responses and security policies across the business.

You will…

Develop security standards, procedures, strategy plans, and roadmaps based on sound enterprise architecture practices
Write detailed problem reports, test plan documents and mitigation recommendations as needed
Design and develop security testing scenarios, advise team members on secure coding practices, and complete security reviews of new features, products, services, and vendors
Perform on-going security testing and code reviews to improve software security
Develop tools to aid penetration test automation and effectiveness and create threat models that result in more secure application design
Provide timely reporting of security related systems and events to various levels of management on a regular basis
Requirements
What makes you a great candidate?

Minimum 5 years’ experience in the field of application security
Excellent leadership, mentorship and coaching skills, with proven success as a Technical Team Leader
Proven experience with AWS security best practices, including IAM, S3, RDS and KMS.
Strong understanding of Kubernetes security concepts and best practices.
Knowledge of a variety of programming languages (Java/J2EE, Javascript) and strong capacity for debugging application and security issues
Experience in applying cyber security best practices in highly scalable applications
Self-motivation, problem solving, and ability to work in a distributed team environment
Our Stack

Backend code written primarily in Java, and one application in PHP
Hosting in AWS with use of KOPS, ECR, EC2, RDS, S3, ELB, ElastiCache, ElasticSearch, Route53 – managed with Terraform IaC
DevOps/CI implemented using Jira, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, Bitbucket, Prometheus, and Grafana
Caching is implemented primarily via Redis
Queuing is implemented via RabbitMQ
Benefits
What will it be like to work at Carry1st?

Carry1st is a fast-paced and dynamic place to work. Our team is diverse and global as we operate fully remotely across 25+ countries. At Carry1st, you will have the opportunity to…

Build awesome, industry-changing products, every day
Grow with a VC-backed startup at the intersection of gaming and fintech
Work from anywhere in the world with international teammates
Own shares in the Company – enabling you to benefit from the value you create
Some additional perks…

Co-working excursions: Travel to meet your colleagues in cities around the world
Awesome equipment: Get everything you need to work effectively
Remote working allowance: Put an additional $600 / year to optimise your WFH experience
Learning and development: Attend courses, conferences and training events
Social events: Participate in regular company events to relax and connect with teammates
Birthday leave: Enjoy a paid day off on your special day
We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger.