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 responsibilitiesBuild production-grade HTTP APIs with Golang.
Build API integrations with fintech partners.
Drive architectural decisions.
Build CI/CD pipelines.
Deploy resources and services to Google Cloud Platform.
Apply best SRE and security practices.
Perform rigorous testing.
Leverage AI-driven development practices.
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.
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.
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.
