Senior Backend Engineer at Flutterwave

Flutterwave was founded on the principle that every African must be able to participate and thrive in the global economy. To achieve this objective, we have built a trusted payment infrastructure that allows consumers and businesses (African and International) make and receive payments in a convenient border-less manner.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer

Location: Lekki, Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Category: Products - Innovation

The Role

• We are looking for an experienced Senior Frontend Engineer, Join our dynamic Product Innovations Team and contribute to building cutting-edge financial products that redefine the industry.
• As a senior backend engineer for a product innovations team, your role would involve developing and maintaining the backend infrastructure and systems that power new product features and enhancements.
• You would work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and frontend engineers, to understand the requirements and translate them into scalable and efficient backend solutions.

Responsibilities
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Backend Development: Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable backend systems that support new financial product features and enhancements.
• API Design and Development: Design and implement well-structured and efficient APIs that facilitate seamless integration between frontend and backend systems.
• Database Management: Develop and optimize database schemas, queries, and data storage strategies to ensure high performance, scalability, and data integrity.
• Security and Compliance: Implement robust security measures and adhere to industry regulations to ensure the protection of sensitive financial data.
• Performance Optimization: Identify and address performance bottlenecks through code optimization, caching strategies, and infrastructure scaling.
• Testing and Quality Assurance: Write unit tests, integration tests, and participate in code reviews to ensure the reliability, maintainability, and quality of the backend codebase.
• Collaboration and Communication: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, provide technical guidance, and ensure smooth integration of backend systems with frontend components.
• Research and Innovation: Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies, conduct technical research, and propose innovative solutions to improve our financial products and services.
• Troubleshooting and Issue Resolution: Investigate and resolve complex technical issues, provide support during production incidents, and contribute to root cause analysis and preventive measures.

Requirements 
Required competency and skillset to be a waver:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. A relevant Master's Degree is a plus.
• 6+ years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer, preferably in the fintech or financial services industry.
• Strong proficiency in one or more backend programming languages preferrable Node Js, Python, Java, or Go.
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.
• Proficiency in working with databases, such as SQL or NoSQL, and implementing efficient data models and queries.
• Solid understanding of security best practices, data encryption, and authentication/authorization mechanisms.
• Experience with cloud platforms, such as AWS or Azure, and deploying applications using containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
• Strong problem-solving skills, ability to analyze complex systems, and a passion for delivering high-quality software solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.