Security Engineer

YetuPay; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

YetuPay is seeking an experienced security-focused professional to help protect a digital financial platform and its users. You will contribute to security architecture, enhance controls for fintech compliance, and collaborate with engineers to embed secure development practices into delivery.

You will support secure architecture, monitoring, incident response, and resilience across cloud environments, contributing to risk-based decision making and ongoing security improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in application security, cloud security, or security operations.
• Understanding of threat modeling, logging, and resilience in operations.
• Clear communication about risks and priorities.
• Practical judgment in identifying and addressing security concerns.

Responsibilities

• Support secure architecture and effective access controls.
• Contribute to security monitoring and incident response.
• Help strengthen security controls in line with fintech and compliance needs.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve secure development practices.
• Help assess threats and support operational resilience.

Skills

App security

Cloud security

Security operations

Threat modeling

Logging

Resilience in ops

Clear communication

Risk prioritization

Judgment

Job description

Role overview

Help protect a digital financial platform, its infrastructure, and the trust of its users. You’ll contribute to security architecture and operational defenses, strengthen controls for a regulated financial context, and work with engineers to make secure development practices part of delivery.

Responsibilities

• Support secure architecture and effective access controls.
• Contribute to security monitoring and incident response.
• Help strengthen security controls in line with financial technology and compliance needs.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve secure development practices.
• Help assess threats and support operational resilience.

Requirements

• Experience in application security, cloud security, or security operations.
• Understanding of threat modeling, logging, and resilience in operations.
• Clear communication about risks and priorities.
• Practical judgment in identifying and addressing security concerns.

Nice to have

• Three or more years of relevant experience; strong fundamentals and a practical security mindset are also valued.

Benefits and work setup

• Based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, or remote.