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 customer-facing products, internal tools and financial systems. Your solutions will help grow and run a payment infrastructure that processes millions of euros of transactions per day.
Key responsibilitiesDrive architectural decisions.
Build production-grade APIs with Golang.
Build API integrations with fintech partners.
Apply best DevOps and SRE practices
Perform rigorous testing.
Leverage AI-driven development practices.
Be in touch with stakeholders, founders and business realities.
6+ years of backend development experience.
Strong experience working with SQL databases.
Experience making architectural decisions and navigating trade-offs.
Experience managing infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform or any other major cloud provider.
Experience working within a high-pace scale-up team.
Proficient with LLM-driven development.
Payment platform for businesses in Africa.
Internal tools for payment operators, treasury analysts and FX traders.
Use of AI to OCR and approve invoices.
KYC onboarding flows.
Anti-Money Laundering and Transaction Monitoring systems.
Core Banking System and Ledger System.
Payout automations with banking partners.
When hiring, we favor engineering skills over any particular stack.
We also prefer to use the right tool at the right place rather than fall in love with any specific technology.
For reference, this is what we use the most as of today:
Golang, Typescript, React, Postgres, Docker, Gitlab, GCP, Cloudflare
Start dateImmediately.
LocationParis / Remote
Skills Required
- 6+ years of backend development experience
- Strong knowledge of Golang
- Strong experience working with SQL databases
- Experience managing infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform or other cloud providers
- Experience working in a high-pace team
- Proficient with LLM-driven development
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.
