M-KOPA
Senior Application Security Engineer
At M-KOPA, We Finance Progress.
The scale and impact of our work is massive. M-KOPA is a fast-growing Fin Tech company offering millions of underbanked customers across Africa access to life-enhancing products and services. From our roots as the pioneer in pay-as-you-go “PayGo’” solar energy for off grid homes, we have grown into one of the most advanced connected asset financing platforms in the world, empowering a broad range of customers to achieve progress in their lives.
The successful candidate will test M-KOPA devices, and infrastructure, for security flaws by conducting hardware hacking and red teaming exercises. Particularly against mobile phones and Azure cloud infrastructure.
In this role you will be expected to;
- Lead vulnerability testing of M-KOPA mobile, IoT and automotive devices
- Conduct in-depth hardware penetration testing / research, particularly against Android mobile and embedded systems
- Identify and discover of zero-day vulnerabilities in Android applications, the underlying kernels, and hardware boards
- Lead internal penetration testing and red teaming engagements against Azure cloud applications and Windows environments
You might be a good fit if you;
- Have experience penetration testing Android applications, mobile phones and IoT devices
- Love leading hardware hacking teams and performing low level vulnerability research
- Regularly develop your own tools, e.g., fuzzers and decompilers, written in Java, C or Python
- Want to develop an internal penetration testing team, a robust red team simulation capability, and cutting-edge vulnerability research lab
If Location is remote, we will state: can be based anywhere where possible to work within a time zone -1/+3 hours UTC. We can offer a full-time permanent contract of employment to candidates’ resident in the UK, Kenya, Uganda or Nigeria, where our offices are based, together with a competitive salary (dependent on skills and experience), company bonus (dependent on company performance and OKRs), and a range of company benefits. For applicants who are resident in countries outside of where our offices are based, we can offer a 3 year consultancy contract, together with a freelance daily rate and an annual bonus incentive.
If Travel is required, we will state: You will also need to travel as needed to Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, and/or Ghana to engage with our customers and in-country teams
M-KOPA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained staff. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
M-KOPA does not collect/charge any money as a pre-employment or post-employment requirement. This means that we never ask for ‘recruitment fees’, ‘processing fees’, ‘interview fees’ or any other kind of money in exchange for offer letters or interviews at any time during the hiring process.
M-Kopa is an African connected asset financing platform that provides underbanked customers in Africa to essential products including solar lighting, televisions, fridges, smartphones & financial services.
- Founded
- Founded 2011
- Employees
- 500+ employees
- Industry
- Electric Utilities
- Total raised
- $160M raised
Senior Application Security Engineer