Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

We are a financial technology company seeking to bridge the gaps identified in Africa’s payment ecosystem with presence in 9 African countries and serving over a large number of merchants across different verticals and aggressively expanding our footprint.

We are on a mission to shape the future of commerce not just in Africa but across the globe. Our results-driven environment enables us to build better products, grow faster and empower everyone on our team to have an impact on our business and to close the payment gaps in Africa and the rest of the world. Join us to develop and build Africa’s most trusted payment gateway that helps merchants do business with ease, with style and without borders.

What we need

We are sourcing for a Senior Backend Engineer with specialty in core Java or/and Spring booth to work with our backend engineering team to complement the technical skills needed to serve as a key contributor in building and maintaining our core infrastructure and products development launch and scale. The candidate should have hands-on experience in software development and agile methodologies. S/he should be able to work independently with little or no supervision with excellent organization and problem-solving skills.

What you will do

§  Take ownership of technical solutions from coding, release, to production.

§  Write clean and scalable codes to develop functional applications.

§  Design and improve the maintainability of the code base through innovative design.

§  Use technical skills to build amazingly exciting world-class products.

§  Constantly communicate with diverse internal and external stakeholders in embracing agile practices.

§  Seek to understand how the business work to identify risks (in code, features, and design).

§  Diagnose complex issues across various levels of the stack.

§  Understand the business context deeply and leverage engineering knowledge to propose creative solutions to problems.

§  Work collaboratively to complete projects, showcase progress, and address problems.

§  Mentor and coach junior and intermediate engineers within the Engineering team.

§  Constantly improve to keep pace with new innovations and technologies.

§  Balance deep work with cross-team collaboration.

§  Work alongside front-end developers to produce efficient and user-friendly systems.

§  Work on other tasks as assigned by the Engineering Leadership.

§  5-10 years of cognate experience working with Java EE/Spring.

§  Knowledge of Object-oriented Programming concepts.

§  Good understanding of relational databases, and agile methodologies.

§  Working knowledge of core data structures.

§  Test-driven development (TDD) experience.

§  Experience working with AWS, architecture, and design principles.

§  Strong team leader and player, with the ability to improve knowledge and skills.

§  Good Interpersonal, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

§  Strong passion for Software Development.

Desired Skills:

§  At least 3 years’ experience as a Senior Software Engineer.

§  7-10 years of experience in software development

§  Experience using system monitoring tools (e.g. New Relic) and automated testing frameworks.

§  In-depth knowledge of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases.

§  Familiarity with various operating systems.

§  Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude.

§  Ability to work independently.

§  Excellent organizational and leadership skills.  

§  BSc/BA in Computer Science or a related degree.

Flexible budget + other benefits such as Family medical cover, Flexible work schedule,  Learning & development opportunity.