Our mission is to power a new wave of prosperity across Africa. By enabling global digital payments on a continent that’s been largely cut off from the digital economy, we’re creating the infrastructure to power Africa’s growth in the 21st Century. Founded in 2016 by a team of ex-bankers, entrepreneurs and engineers, we provide the underlying technology platform that allows businesses to make and accept payments anywhere in Africa. Our HQ is in San Francisco with offices in Lagos, Nairobi, Accra, and Johannesburg
- We are looking for driven, passionate and committed individuals to join the team as we grow and expand across Africa and beyond.
- As our Back-end Engineer you are able to Identify, prioritize and execute tasks in the software development life cycle of a product, manage and oversee projects for the company.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Implementation, testing, delivery and maintenance of product features (new and existing).
- Creating technical reports on feature implementations.
- Research on existing/new product features and areas of improvement.
- Commitment to creating and maintaining secure coding practices (and standards).
- Providing support for product features (when needed).
- Ensure personal information of customers, employees, and other individuals the company conducts business with is processed and protected in line with applicable data privacy policies, privacy laws, and global best practices.
- Perform any other duties that may be assigned.
Competency and Skill Requirement
- 1-3 years of experience as a Backend Engineer.
- Good knowledge of Javascript for the backend (NodeJS) [Typescript is a plus].
- Good, working, knowledge of a git.
- Good, working, knowledge of the SQL query language (MySQL flavor). [Knowledge and understanding of ORMs is a plus].
- Good, working, knowledge of NoSQL databases (MongoDB especially).
- Good research skills
- Good time commitment/management skills
- Attention to details
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