Optasia is a real-time financial intelligence company. We build precision intelligence that unlocks financial opportunity at scale, running millions of automated credit decisions every day across high-growth markets where formal credit data is limited. Our AI-powered platform turns permitted behavioural data and real-time signals into precise, responsible credit decisions. Embedded within the systems of telcos, banks, digital wallets and other partners, it helps them extend relevant financial services to more people while maintaining strong portfolio control and opens profitable new segments that were previously out of reach. This is how Optasia turns potential into financial progress, responsibly and at scale.
We are seeking for enthusiastic professionals, with energy, who are results driven and have can-do attitude, who want to be part of a team of likeminded individuals who are delivering solutions in an innovative and exciting environment. As member of the Software Engineering team in Optasia, you will be participating in our never-ending journey to improve our way of working, by automating mundane tasks, enriching our CI/CD infrastructure, enhancing our production monitoring capabilities and optimizing our software delivering processes. You are expected to apply best practices and principles that will make development cycles shorter and assist teams in continuously delivering high-quality software.
What you will do
- Design, implement and maintain CI/CD processes & pipelines.
- Responsible for maintaining, managing and optimizing existing automated Jenkins jobs and scripts.
- Provide application build and deployment lifecycle support.
- Automate repetitive tasks in order to make the processes faster and more efficient.
- Write specifications and documentation.
What you will bring
- At least 3 years of relevant experience.
- BSc/MSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
- Solid knowledge of Jenkins & Groovy.
- Good knowledge of Linux.
- Good Knowledge of Docker.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes will be considered a plus.
- Experience with Ansible and/or other IaC tools will be considered a plus.
Your key attributes
- Excellent communication skills and team working mentality
- Passion for learning new technologies and eagerness to collaborate with other creative minds
- Sharp and highly motivated personality
- Strong desire for exploring, evaluating, and understanding new technologies
- Excellent judgment, organizational and problem-solving skills
- Experience in working with secure code development guidelines and coding practices (i.e. OWASP, NIST)
Why you should apply
What we offer:
- Work from anywhere policy (90-day per year)
- Competitive remuneration package
- Extra day off on your birthday
- Performance-based bonus scheme
- All the tech gear you need to work smart
Skills Required
- At least 3 years of relevant experience
- BSc or MSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Solid knowledge of Jenkins and Groovy
- Good knowledge of Linux
- Good knowledge of Docker
- Knowledge of Kubernetes
- Experience with Ansible or other infrastructure-as-code tools
- Experience with secure code development guidelines and practices, such as OWASP and NIST
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Strong organizational, judgment, and problem-solving skills
What We Do
We deliver Optasia, the AI Platform enabling financial access for the next billion customers. We are changing the world our way. Α versatile, data-driven B2B2X (business-to-business-to-customers and SMEs) financial technology platform for MNOs, mobile wallet operators and financial institutions, which provides them with accurate credit scoring for responsible financing decision-making. We support intelligent credit decisions, enable a broad range of financial services development and drive successful business models. All with ease, through our AI-led fully-automated decisioning algorithm, which allows us to efficiently make millions of decisions on financing, based on sophisticated data analysis. Thanks to our technology and network we provide powerful flywheel effects with repeatable and scalable growth levers, to help our partners grow and enable financial access to retail & SME customers across numerous markets. Operating since 2012 as Channel VAS and expanded in more than 35 countries in Africa, Middle East, Asia and LATAM with focus in emerging markets, Optasia Enabling credit decisions for an average of 116 million customers a month and had more than 980 million addressable subscribers in 2023, continuing to expand to new markets globally. Optasia has been chosen as an investment opportunity by top firms such as Abu Dhabi's Waha Capital in 2017, and Ethos, a leading South African investment company in late 2018. The company also obtained ISO 27001 Certification in late 2021. Founded as Channel VAS in 2012, we became Optasia in 2022, incorporating a brand identity that more broadly reflects our capabilities.
