Experienced Backend / Devops Tech Lead at Wesley MicroFinance Bank

Wesley Microfinance Bank Limited is a unit microfinance bank licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria to operate in Lagos State. It was incorporated as a private limited liability company in August 2009. It is a faith-based financial institution well positioned to monopolize the financial services industry with its unique set of electronic banking products.

The bank is fully insured by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation and is duly licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria to carry on the business of providing financial services such as savings and deposits, loans, domestic fund transfers, other financial and non-financial services to clients. As a bank, our strength lies in opportunities that would bring growth and advancement to the populace comprising our target groups. The Bank has a sales-driven culture, which enables it to cross sell products and services. Wesley MFB is committed to the mission to deliver digital financial solutions across the global community.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Experienced Backend / Devops Tech Lead

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to join our team in building a cutting-edge digital bank. The successful candidate will have a strong background in backend development and will be comfortable working with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• As a Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and implementing the server-side logic for our digital banking platform. This will include working on the development of new features, as well as the maintenance and improvement of existing functionality. You will also be responsible for ensuring that the platform is scalable, secure, and reliable.
• To be successful in this role, you should have a strong understanding of backend technologies and frameworks, as well as experience working with databases and APIs.
• You should also be comfortable working in a fast-paced, agile environment and be able to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines. Experience with AWS is a must.
• If you are passionate about building innovative digital banking solutions and have a track record of delivering high-quality software, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.
• You will help us build scalable, efficient cloud infrastructure. You’ll implement monitoring for automated system health checks. Lastly, you’ll build our CI pipeline, and train and guide the team in DevOps practices.
• If you find these interesting, we’d like to meet you.

Responsibilities (Job Competencies and Capabilities)

• Build and maintain highly available production systems.
• Design cloud infrastructure that is secure, scalable, and highly available on AWS
• Work collaboratively with software engineering to define infrastructure and deployment requirements
• Provision, configure and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure defined as code
• Ensure configuration and compliance with configuration management tools.
• Administer and troubleshoot Linux based systems.
• Build and maintain operational tools for deployment, monitoring, and analysis of AWS infrastructure and systems.
• Perform infrastructure cost analysis and optimization.
• You'll be responsible for the server-side code and APIs of our web applications. You'll be involved in the entire product development lifecycle including the design, development, deployment and maintenance of new and existing features.
• Your work will be the driving force behind all back-end activities.
• You have experience with coaching and mentoring other developers
• You can oversee and drive projects forward

Requirements
To succeed at this role, you will require:

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant fields.
• At least 5 years + of experience building and maintaining AWS infrastructure (VPC, EC2, Security Groups, IAM, ECS, Code Deploy, CloudFront, S3)
• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code
• Ensure quality projects are delivered within defined timelines
• Maintain high standards of quality for code, documentation and other deliverables
• Experience with modern frameworks and design patterns.
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g., HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, and .Net.) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js and Amber)
• Familiarity with databases (e.g., MySQL, Oracle, Postgress, MongoDB), web servers (e.g., Apache)
• Experience in Version control system like GIT.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.

Application Closing Date
16th January, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Application with Cover Letter to: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the mail.