Senior Software Engineer: Backend

ABOUT CELLULANT:

Cellulant is Africa’s leading payments company, providing seamless, secure and innovative solutions that empower businesses, banks, and global brands to thrive in a fast-changing global economy. 

With a presence in over 24 countries and 200+ payment methods across cards, bank transfer and mobile money, our single API payment platform, Tingg, simplifies collections, disbursements, and reconciliations. It processes over 1 million transactions daily for market leaders in various sectors, such as Airlines, Telecoms, E-commerce, Ride-Hailing, Retail, and Remittances. 

By simplifying how people pay and get paid, we drive trust, commerce and scale – and connect companies to their ambitions.

OUR STORY:

Across Africa, payments are more than transactions. They are gateways to prosperity, connecting people, businesses and communities to opportunities and growth. 

From enabling a logistics company in Lusaka to pay suppliers across borders, to enabling a hospitality brand in Lagos to scale effortlessly, to supporting an airline in Nairobi to reconcile payments from multiple platforms, Cellulant is the bridge that makes it all possible. 

Through trusted technology and customer-centric innovation, we build connections that inspire progress, strengthen economies and transform payments into a tool for progress.

Since our founding in 2003, we've continuously adapted and grown, leveraging our experiences to simplify payments for businesses. We are driven by an unshakable belief that seamless people-centred payments are the key to unlocking prosperity. 

Today, Cellulant powers online and offline payment processing, allowing businesses to collect payments, send payouts, and accelerate business growth.

OUR VISION
To enable seamless payments across Africa for businesses, banks and consumers.

Read more about us and our group leadership team.

Role Summary:

As a Senior Software Engineer, you work in a team that owns the design, development, and operations for mission-critical applications of the payments business. You are responsible for developing backend applications using best practices. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivering complete features and maintaining existing ones. 
• Design and implement scalable distributed systems using Kubernetes, Docker, and other tools in the Cloud Native landscape.
• Build configuration and deployment assets required to deploy and run the distributed applications. 
• Work with the frontend and API engineers to define RESTFul API Specifications. 
• Creating self-contained, reusable, and testable microservices and components.
• Participating in Sprint planning and tracking work items
• Work well with technical and non-technical people to deliver high-value results
• Ensure that all written code and architecture is high quality, scalable, and performant
• Take initiative in refactoring and keep things simple
• Take full ownership of a feature set, from the first discussion to going live.
• Using test-driven development to write well-tested code.
• Fixing bugs fast and taking your time to solve hard problems well.
• Prototyping new ideas to help with initial feature definition, participating in architecture and code reviews.
• Ability to communicate with team members and stakeholders - especially in writing

Educational Requirements, Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of industry experience building and operating large-scale, highly available distributed systems.
• 7y+ Experience with Java on large-scale projects.
• Strong knowledge of building cloud-native applications using Java and Springboot. 
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Highly skilled in unit and automated testing in Springboot.
• Experience building multi-tenant distributed SAAS applications
• Experience with CI/CD.
• Experience with performance analysis and optimization in Java is a strong plus.
• Proven software architecture experience.
• Ability to understand and break down large features into complete solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work well with all levels of engineers and other disciplines.
• Proficient, autonomous, and rigorous behavior.
• Bonus Points: You’ve mentored teammates on new ways to deepen their technical craft

Why work for us?

At Cellulant, transforming payments in Africa isn't just a job; it is our mission. We believe by simplifying the way people pay and get paid; we are accelerating businesses, opening up markets, bridging wealth gaps and connecting Africa to the global economy.

Some exciting things about us...

• We have an Extensive Footprint: We have an office presence in over 10 countries, and our products serve 35 countries across Africa with a global workforce of about 300 employees.
• We believe that innovation is at the Heart of Fintech: Thousands of companies use our technology to deliver seamless payment experiences. Our customers range from various sectors such as Airlines, Telecoms, E-commerce, Ride-Hailing, Retail, to Remittances.
• We Support a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce: We focus on the growth and development of our employees through well-developed, individualized career paths ensuring you reach your full potential in a supportive and delivery-oriented environment.
• We Put our Employees First: We offer market-related compensation, generous personal time off and, markets permitting, medical and life insurance benefits.
• We Seek Collaborative Builders: At Cellulant, we believe that great ideas happen when we come together. We, therefore, nurture a collaborative work environment that challenges, engages and empowers each person to contribute to the growth and success of the business.
• We Solve for Africa’s Digital Economy: We’re solving payment challenges on the continent to create opportunities and accelerate economic growth for all of Africa.

At Cellulant, your contribution is rewarded competitively. We use clear career levels and role titles, and benchmark our base pay against data and a well-established internal process. Your actual salary will reflect your experience, skills, impact and the scope of the role, as well as our business needs and prevailing market conditions.