DevOps Engineer – Application Security (Cape Town)

About the role

This position focuses on Application Security Engineering within a leading payments technology company. You will design and build platforms, tooling, and automation that protect millions of daily payment transactions across South Africa. The role is based in Cape Town and offers a competitive salary.

Key responsibilities

• Develop secure‑by‑default Java libraries for authentication, encryption, and logging.
• Create and maintain tooling that detects security risks before code reaches production.
• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and automate vulnerability remediation.
• Collaborate with Software Engineers, Platform Engineers, DevOps teams, and Security stakeholders to embed security throughout the development lifecycle.

Required profile

• Minimum 2 years of experience in Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or a related field.
• Strong backend development background with Java.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS and Infrastructure as Code.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Go.
• Understanding of modern cloud‑native development practices and CI/CD pipelines.

Required skills

• Java
• AWS
• Infrastructure as Code
• Python
• Bash
• Go
• CI/CD pipelines

What we offer

• Competitive salary ranging from R60 000 to R70 000 per month.
• Opportunity to work on high‑volume, high‑availability payment platforms.
• Collaborative and innovative engineering environment.