Senior WAAP Security Platform Engineer (Remote)

Andela; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Andela is seeking a Senior Web Application Firewall and Security Platform Engineer to design and build production‑grade WAAP architectures, APIs, and automation tooling. You will accelerate security engineering with AI-assisted development and collaborate with cloud teams to ship reliable systems quickly.

The ideal candidate leads with Python, has deep WAAP domain expertise, and is fluent in Azure/AWS cloud platforms, infrastructure‑as‑code, and secure API design.

Qualifications

• 7+ years professional software development and infrastructure engineering experience.
• 3+ years focusing on Python.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement secure, scalable Web APIs and security automation services.
• Design, develop, test, and publish Python SDKs and tooling for WAAP lifecycle management.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding while maintaining quality gates.
• Develop AI-driven operational and security solutions using LLMs/RAG for traffic analysis and policy enforcement.
• Architect, deploy, and operate enterprise WAAP policies across global apps and APIs.

Skills

Python

Web APIs

WAAP security

Cloud platforms

AI-assisted engineering

Mentorship

Communicator

Tools

FastAPI

Terraform

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Andela is seeking a Senior Web Application Firewall and Security Platform Engineer to design and build production‑grade WAAP architectures, APIs, and automation tooling. You will accelerate security engineering with AI-assisted development and collaborate with cloud teams to ship reliable systems quickly.

The ideal candidate leads with Python, has deep WAAP domain expertise, and is fluent in Azure/AWS cloud platforms, infrastructure‑as‑code, and secure API design.