System Architect at MFS Africa

MFS Africa is the leading digital payments platform in Africa, enabling low-cost payments across the continent. The company works in close partnership with mobile network operators and financial institutions to bring simple and relevant payment services to African consumers and businesses. MFS Africa connects over 320 million mobile money users across Africa through its platform, which enables cross-border payment for mobile money networks, banks, money transfer operators, and large corporates.

As a fintech company, we strive towards elegance and simplicity in everything we do. Our mission is to make borders matter less, and our values are to simplify, care, and be revolutionary. We pride ourselves on world-class operations and a distributed team. Our offices include Abidjan, Accra, Johannesburg, Kampala, Lagos, London, Nairobi, and Port-Louis, and many employees work remotely from locations where we do not have offices. We are regulated by the FSC in Mauritius, BoG in Ghana, BoT in Tanzania, and FCA in the UK.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: System Architect

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Permanent
Department: Engineering 

The Role

• We are seeking a System Architect to join our team on a permanent role. You will work alongside our Senior and lead Architects in development projects.
• This role is for an experienced System Architect who has in-depth knowledge of software architecture.
• We are seeking candidates with 8+ years’ of experience in Architecture and Design. The successful candidate must possess exceptional communication skills, solid technical skills and creative problem-solving skills.
• The position’s preferred location is one of our office locations in Lagos, Accra and Kampala. You will work normal hours, Monday to Friday, 0800 to 1700 (local time), with a combination of in-person office attendance and working from home.

Key Responsibilities 

• Collaborate with our Architect team on architecture and design work.
• Work closely with the development team and product team to ensure architecture & design implementation with defined standards and guidelines.
• Iteratively refine architecture & design based on feedback from stakeholders, and team.
• Designing scalable architecture & design for systems and applications using different tools, programming languages and frameworks.
• Identifying the hardware and software infrastructure needs to accommodate the company’s architectural goals.
• Anticipate, identify, track and resolve technical issues and risks affecting delivery.
• Generally, uphold the values of the Company.

Qualifications and Experience

• 3 three-year University Degree with a proven background in math, science, finance, and engineering are required; Advanced degrees in IT like master's in computers is a plus.
• 8+ years’ of experience in development, design, and architecture
• Working experience in development projects with hands-on coding skills (Java and Python)
• Quick learning and do whatever is needed to help us accomplish our goals.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment and be open to feedback and suggestions.
• Good time management skills and the ability to prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.

Technical Skills:

• Languages: Java, Python, SQL.
• Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Mongo DB
• Cloud: AWS services (EC2, RDS, EBS, VPC, IAM, Cloud Watch, SQS, SNS, Security Groups etc.)
• Devops: Kubernetes, Jenkins
• Architecture: Togaf / ArchiMate / Zakman

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.