Full Stack Engineer at Sahara Group

Sahara Group is a leading international energy and infrastructure conglomerate with operations in over 38 countries across Africa, Middle East, Europe and Asia. Spanning three decades, we have broken ground and challenged stereotypes across the global business landscape. The women and men who make up our organization are our strongest levers for growth.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Full Stack Engineer

Job Identification: 487
Location: Lagos

Description

• We are seeking a Full Stack Engineer to help modernize the process of transferring value, with a focus on payments and reducing reliance on traditional financial systems.
• In this role, you will contribute to building fast, transparent, and secure transaction solutions that empower digital merchants and financial institutions to boost earnings and revenues while delivering exceptional customer service.
• The ideal candidate will bring experience in developing fintech-based products, with a particular emphasis on payment processing systems.

Role Accountabilities

• Design and build scalable REST APIs on Node.js/Express, Go, and Typescript backend
• Develop, test, tune for performance, and deploy microservices.
• Collaborate with the team, optimize, and refactor the back-end architecture
• Work with UX/UI teams to lead the development of pixel-perfect responsive web applications.
• Maintain high standards of quality for code, documentation, and other deliverables
• Architecture and tech stack discussions to optimize for increasing server load.
• Design, develop, and execute automation scripts using industry-standard open-source tools.
• Assist with partner integration validation and certification.
• Prepare technical documents and a handbook to accurately represent application design and code.
• Document SDKs and write developer-facing documentation.

Skills & Qualifications

•  At least 5 years’ experience building full-stack web projects with a significant focus on back-end code and business logic.
• At least 3-5+ years of experience within the payment processing space is preferable and working with the Go programming language.
• Advanced level of JavaScript, Node.js, Typescript, and various Go frameworks and tools
• Ability to architect and develop service-based backends: APIs, code, and data.
• Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure such as Amazon AWS and GCP
• Experience in documenting complex systems, establishing style guides, and reviewing/editing 
• others' writing.
• Proficiency with databases such as MySQL, MongoDB, Apollo GraphQL, and RabbitMQ.
• Familiarity with DevOps tools like Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins is a plus.
• Experience in building SDKs and developer-facing documentation.
• Proficient in documenting complex systems, establishing style guides, and reviewing/editing others' writing.

Application Closing Date
18th April, 2026 at 11:00 PM.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online