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 and the ability to communicate clearly with both engineers and non-engineers in order to reach sound technical solutions.
Key responsibilitiesShip products to customers and internal teams (payment operations, treasury management, FX trading, compliance).
Build React web applications.
Design intuitive user interface.
Design and implement APIs in Golang.
Leverage AI-driven development practices.
6+ years of experience building web products.
Experience building APIs in Golang, Typescript or any other statically typed language.
Experience working in a small, high-paced technical team.
Product builder and customer-centric mindset.
Excellent written and verbal communication.
Ability to navigate trade-offs and balance effort vs impact.
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.
React, Typescript, Golang, Postgres, Docker, Gitlab, GCP, Cloudflare
Start dateImmediately.
LocationParis / Remote
Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience building web products
- Experience building APIs in Golang, Typescript or another statically typed language
- Experience building React web applications
- Experience working in a small, high-paced technical team
- Product builder and customer-centric mindset
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Ability to navigate trade-offs and balance effort vs impact
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.
