Technical Lead (Core Finance) at Nomba (Formerly Kudi)

We are building an ecosystem that simplifies how businesses accept payments, make payments and manage operations. This journey started in 2016 with simplifying access to financial services using "Kudi.ai" a chatbot integration that responds to financial requests on social apps.

It then morphed into powering a community of independent businesses we call Agents who act as neighborhood banks offering basic financial services such as cash withdrawal, transfer and bill payments to all Nigerians, especially those in underserved communities.We believe this technology and innovative solution can power all kinds of businesses whether they are accepting payments for goods and services or helping others access cash or send money. So, we created easy-to-use tools with flexible options for all kinds of businesses to accept, process and manage payments online and offline. As we stay true to our mission to make financial services accessible and affordable, we are one step closer to bringing a lasting change to Africa and Africa's commerce.

At Nomba, we mean business.

About the role

As Technical Lead Manager (TLM), you will be responsible for all levels of our vast technology stack from design to deployment; developing intelligent and resilient mission-critical systems which handle hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions monthly. You will also be responsible for significant architectural decisions, guiding the rest of the team technically, managing your team's work and workload and using all of the tools at your disposal along with your initiative to get stuff done.

• Architect, design and develop distributed fintech services, written in Java, Javascript and Rust.
• Provide ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements to existing services.
• Manage your team, providing mentoring, code reviews, architectural design etc.
• Design and delegate work tasks amongst your team and manage your team's workload.
• Performance review direct reports and continuously maintain and improve team's output.
• Take full responsibility for products throughout their entire lifecycle, from design to development to maintenance to decommission. 
• You will join fast-paced team of engineers
• You will be a point of call for technical matters

About You

• 5+ years experience developing in Java (Spring Boot or Dropwizard frameworks) in a professional capacity
• 5+ years experience developing with MongoDB or relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• 3+ years experience developing NodeJS in a professional capacity
• Previous experience working in a modern fintech organisation/environment.
• Knowledge of fundamental computing topics, e.g. networking, databases, concurrency, parallelism, locking, algorithms, data structures, performance monitoring, optimisation, etc.
• Bachelors or higher in Computer STEM course.
• Strong affinity for technical design, testing and system architecture
• Experience working with containers
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Ability to work autonomously and lead technically

Nice to have

• Experience with Rust 
• Experience with Python

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