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AI Security Engineer
Wave
Posted 4 months agoGhana; Kenya (Remote)
Location
Ghana; Kenya (Remote)
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
Mid-Level
Category
Technology
Job Description
Wave is on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent. In 2017, over half the population in Sub-Saharan Africa had no bank account—fees were too high, branches too far, and cards not accepted. Wave built financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. Launched in Senegal in 2017, Wave now has millions of users across 9 countries and is growing fast. Wave is the largest financial institution in Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire, backed by Founders Fund, Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Ribbit Capital, and Y Combinator.
Develop internal AI governance standards covering acceptable use, data handling, and audit requirements for LLM-powered tools
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Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience with at least 2 years in a security-related role
- Strong experience with Python
- Fluent English
- Experience with application security, including source code review and penetration testing
- Familiarity with common industry certifications such as ISO-27001 and PCI-DSS is beneficial
- Experience with agentic AI systems and LLM-based security tooling preferred
- Knowledge of AI governance frameworks for regulated financial services environments
- Excited about balancing security and engineering velocity
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of complex security projects
- Candidates must be based in Ghana, Kenya, US, UK, Spain, or Wave's operating markets in Africa
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain agentic SIEM/SecOps pipelines including AI-driven triage, alerting, and response automation
- Secure MCP integrations against prompt injection, tool misuse, and credential exposure
- Tune and maintain code security review agents tailored to Wave's codebase, threat model, and regulatory environment
- Centralise application-level login and permissions enforcement
- Improve secret management posture across the engineering organisation
- Conduct security reviews of public-facing APIs
- Work with product teams on new systems to enhance overall security posture
- Help infrastructure team implement database security best practices
- Mentor engineers on secure coding patterns and practices
