Luo is one of the fastest-growing FX and cross-border payments companies in Africa. We help African businesses pay their international suppliers faster, more transparently, and more competitively than traditional solutions.
After becoming a leading player in a few markets in record time, we are looking to grow our engineering team and keep building the financial infrastructure for FX and cross-border payments in Africa.
Role overviewYou will join a small team of experienced engineers and contribute to a diverse range of internal tools and customer-facing products. Your solutions will help grow and run a payment infrastructure that processes millions of euros of transactions per day.
This role requires a customer-centric mindset, the ability to balance effort and impact, and clear communication with both engineers and non-engineers to discover great technical solutions.
Key responsibilitiesBuild and ship React web applications.
Design intuitive user interface.
Communicate cross-team to collect requirements and feedbacks.
Contribute to product research and create wireframes.
Work closely with backend engineers to design APIs and coordinate shipping.
Perform rigorous testing.
Leverage AI-driven development practices.
6+ years of experience building web products.
Experience working in a small high-paced team.
Product builder and customer-centric mindset.
Excellent written and verbal communication.
Ability to navigate trade-offs and balance effort vs impact.
React, Typescript, Golang, Postgres, Docker, Gitlab, GCP, Cloudflare
Start dateImmediately.
LocationParis / Remote
Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience building web products.
- Experience building and shipping React web applications.
- Proficiency with TypeScript.
- Experience working in a small high-paced team.
- Product builder and customer-centric mindset.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Ability to navigate trade-offs and balance effort vs impact.
- Experience collaborating with backend engineers to design APIs.
- Familiarity with Golang.
- Experience with Postgres.
- Experience with Docker and GitLab.
- Experience with GCP and Cloudflare.
- Experience performing rigorous testing and QA.
- Experience leveraging AI-driven development practices.
What We Do
Luo is a fast-growing cross-border payments company specializing in the African market. It provides a digital platform that enables African businesses, particularly in West and Central Africa, to make international payments to suppliers in foreign currencies like USD and EUR more efficiently and competitively than traditional solutions. The company offers services including currency exchange and working-capital financing via a mobile application.
