Vacant Positions at Abacus

Job Summary:

• The Accountant will be responsible for managing day-to-day accounting operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance with Kenyan statutory requirements, and supporting budgeting and audit processes.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting & Financial Operations

• Maintain accurate books of accounts in accordance with IFRS and company policies
• Record and reconcile general ledger entries, bank statements, and intercompany transactions
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports
• Manage accounts payable and receivable, including invoicing and collections

Statutory Compliance (Kenya)

• Prepare and file PAYE, VAT, and Withholding Tax returns with KRA
• Ensure compliance with Kenyan tax laws and regulations
• Coordinate statutory deductions (NSSF, NHIF) and payroll reconciliations
• Support internal and external audits and respond to audit queries

Budgeting & Controls

• Assist in budget preparation and variance analysis
• Monitor expenses and ensure cost controls
• Support cash flow planning and forecasting

Coordination & Support

• Liaise with banks, auditors, tax consultants, and regulatory bodies
• Support management with financial analysis and reports as required
• Maintain proper financial documentation and records

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• CPA (K), ACCA, or equivalent qualification (preferred or in progress)
• Minimum 2–3 years of relevant accounting experience
• Strong knowledge of Kenyan tax and statutory requirements
• Experience working with accounting software (Odoo) 

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Role Summary

• We are seeking a Cybersecurity Architect with strong pre-sales and solutioning experience to support enterprise clients globally and specifically across Africa. The role focuses on designing and presenting end-to-end cybersecurity solutions aligned with client requirements and SLAs.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cybersecurity solution design during pre-sales engagements
• Support RFPs, client discussions, and technical presentations
• Design secure architectures across cloud, network, IAM, and SOC domains
• Act as a technical advisor for financial services, telecom, health-tech and FMCG clients

Required Skills

• 3+ years in cybersecurity architecture / solutioning
• Strong pre-sales / consulting background
• Experience with Google Security Operations (Chronicle) OR Mandiant (Google Security Platform),
• Cloud security expertise (GCP preferred)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Advanced cybersecurity certifications

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Role Summary

• The Mid AI Developer is responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and supporting AI-powered applications and intelligent automation solutions that solve business problems and enhance digital products. The role focuses on building scalable AI solutions using Large Language Models (LLMs), AI agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and cloud technologies, while securely exposing and integrating AI services through Google Apigee X. The incumbent works closely with architects, software engineers, data engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and production-ready AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered applications and intelligent automation solutions.
• Build and integrate Generative AI, LLM, RAG, and AI agent capabilities into enterprise systems.
• Design and develop secure APIs using Google Apigee X to expose AI services and enterprise capabilities.
• Integrate AI models, enterprise applications, and cloud services using RESTful APIs and Apigee X.
• Develop prompt engineering, AI orchestration, and workflow automation solutions.
• Implement API security using OAuth2, JWT, API Keys, rate limiting, quotas, and threat protection policies.
• Develop, test, optimise, and maintain AI-enabled applications and reusable API components.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for AI applications and API deployments.
• Monitor AI application performance, API health, and production environments, resolving issues and optimising performance.
• Contribute to AI governance, API standards, security best practices, and reusable development frameworks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable, and business-focused AI solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related field.
• 3–5 years' software development experience, including experience developing AI-enabled applications.
• Hands-on experience with Google Apigee X and API development.
• Experience with Python, REST APIs, cloud platforms, CI/CD, and Agile delivery.
• Experience with Generative AI, LLMs, AI orchestration frameworks, and cloud AI services is highly advantageous.

Key Technical Skills

• Typescript, Google Apigee X, REST APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger, LangChain or similar AI frameworks, OpenAI APIs, Google
• Vertex AI, Azure AI or AWS AI services, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, AI agents, OAuth2, JWT, Git, Docker, CI/CD, vector databases, SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud platforms (GCP/Azure/AWS).

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Role Summary

• The Senior Developer will be responsible for managing both front-end and back-end development processes, implementing solutions from conception to final product according to business needs. The senior developer is required to implement and oversee the design, development, and maintenance of fully-fledged and functioning platforms

Key Responsibilities

• Work within a Software Development team, following Agile development methodologies.
• Work with Project management and solution architects to estimate and scope out projects.
• Work with the Creative team during planning, discovery, and production phase.
• Work with both front-end and back-end development teams to create and optimize solutions.
• Optimizing code for performance.
• Comment code and produce documentation to industry standards as needed.
• Produce code to the highest standards while adhering to industry accepted architecture and design pattern techniques and methodologies (e.g., MVC, SOA, OOP, DI etc.)
• Defining and developing API's.
• Contribute to the analysis and design of software products and tools.
• Evaluate and advise on the technical feasibility.
• Create quality prototypes for a clearer understanding of UI designs.
• Test and confirm software is fit for purpose with intended audiences.
• Recommend and implement refinements and improvements.
• Follow formal Software Engineering best-practices.
• Mentoring and guiding team members
• Monitoring and measuring customer experience and KPIs
• Managing periodic reporting on the progress to the management and the customer

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience

Experience

• At least 6+ years of experience in building Applications
• At least 4+ years of experience with React, TypeScript
• Good understanding of OOPs concepts.
• Strong hands-on knowledge on HTML5, CSS3, ES6+
• Strong understanding of the React Virtual DOM, JSX and API
• Hands on experience on REST APIs, GraphQL and WebSocket
• Experience with a State-management framework like Redux (with middleware) or MobX
• Understanding of cloud-based technologies, Azure, SQL and relational databases, SOAP and REST Web-Services, JSON, XML, MSAL.
• Comfortable with concepts like Container/Presentation components, Higher Order Components
• Worked with UI libraries like Material-UI, Semantic UI, Bootstrap or similar
• Good understanding of CSS in JS, aka scoped-css or Styled Components
• Unit testing with Karma + Mocha or Jest
• Experience on working with frontend build systems and automating the same using Grunt / Gulp
• Experience on MVC frameworks (Backbone.js, or similar) and knowledge of common JavaScript design patterns will be good to have
• Experience of working with server-side JavaScript frameworks based on Node.js
• Exposure to Style Guides, Atomic Design
• Exposure to Scrum and Agile methodologies.

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Job Overview:

• We are looking for a skilled and proactive Security Specialist to design, implement, and manage secure architectures across modern application environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in API security, microservices architecture, and DevSecOps practices, ensuring robust protection of systems, data, and digital assets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement secure API and microservices architectures aligned with industry best practices
• Develop and enforce API security frameworks, including authentication, authorization, and threat protection mechanisms
• Integrate security practices within DevSecOps pipelines, ensuring secure code deployment and continuous monitoring
• Manage and implement consent management services in compliance with data privacy regulations
• Conduct security assessments, vulnerability testing, and risk analysis across applications and infrastructure
• Collaborate with development, DevOps, and product teams to embed security across the SDLC
• Monitor and respond to security incidents, ensuring timely mitigation and reporting
• Stay updated with emerging security threats, tools, and compliance standards

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Proven experience in application security, API security, or cybersecurity roles
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and secure API development
• Hands-on experience with DevSecOps tools and practices (CI/CD security, SAST, DAST, etc.)
• Knowledge of API security standards (OAuth2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, API gateways)
• Experience with consent and identity management solutions
• Familiarity with cloud security (AWS, Azure, or GCP) is a plus
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications such as CISSP, CEH, CISM, or relevant cloud security certifications
• Experience with API management platforms (Apigee, Kong, MuleSoft, etc.)
• Knowledge of data privacy regulations (GDPR, etc.)

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to work on modern, scalable, and secure architectures
• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies in cloud and API security
• Collaborative and growth-driven environment