Founding Cybersecurity Lead Engineer (Cape Town)

Black Pen Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Pen Recruitment is seeking a Lead Engineer (Cyber security) in Cape Town to own and scale a cutting-edge AI security platform. This founding-level technical leadership role offers equity participation and significant ownership as the platform is hardened for scale and accelerated go-to-market execution.

You will work closely with the founder in a high-ownership, hands-on environment. Ideal candidates have 8+ years of software engineering experience, strong Python/TypeScript/Node.js,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong TypeScript, Node.js and Python experience.
• Solid PostgreSQL knowledge with complex database interactions.
• Experience with authentication, OAuth, API integrations and secure systems.
• Strong cloud experience, with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) desirable.
• Ownership of production codebase and pragmatic decisions.
• Startup-mindset and ability to work independently with the founder.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the production codebase with founder oversight.
• Hardening, scaling and extending the platform.
• Collaborate across teams to drive architecture and implementation decisions.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Node.js

PostgreSQL

OAuth

REST API

Gunicorn

Tools

Flask

Jinja2

Express

React

Drizzle ORM

PostgreSQL

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Black Pen Recruitment is seeking a Lead Engineer (Cyber security) in Cape Town to own and scale a cutting-edge AI security platform. This founding-level technical leadership role offers equity participation and significant ownership as the platform is hardened for scale and accelerated go-to-market execution.

You will work closely with the founder in a high-ownership, hands-on environment. Ideal candidates have 8+ years of software engineering experience, strong Python/TypeScript/Node.js,