Backend Engineer - F4B (Node.JS) 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: Backend Engineer - F4B (Node.JS)

Location: Lekki, Lagos (Hybrid)
Department: Engineering - F4B
Employment Type: Full-Time

About Role

• 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, prioritise 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)
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned.

Competency and Skill Requirement

• 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). [Knowledge and understanding of ODMs is a plus]
• Good research skills
• Good time commitment/management skills
• Attention to details
• Quick learner.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.