Senior Node.js Engineer (Fintech / Payments / Digital Platforms/ ERP/ Asessment Platform) at KloudOpp Limited - Remote

KloudOpp Limited is a new early-stage educational technology (EdTech) and Service Provider startup based on an ambitious & exciting, yet realistic product vision.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Node.js Engineer (Fintech / Payments / Digital Platforms/ ERP/ Asessment Platform) 

Location: Remote / Nigeria-friendly
Employment Type: Full-time
Working Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 6:00pm (West African Time), with 1-hour break
Resumption Date: March 2nd

Role Summary

• We are hiring a Senior Node.js Engineer with 7+ years of hands-on backend engineering experience to build and scale mission-critical systems across:
  • Payments & Switching
  • Digital Banking
  • Crypto & Web3
  • Digital Lending
  • Fintech Infrastructure / BaaS
  • Personal Finance / Wealth
  • FX & Remittance
  • ERP & Commerce (including Fashion & Retail platforms)
  • Health
• This is not a theory or oversight role.
• You must be:
  • Deeply hands-on
  • Obsessive about clean architecture & best-practice code
  • Comfortable owning production systems
  • Result-driven, because your performance is tied to monthly milestones in an Agile delivery environment
• You will design, build, optimize, and operate high-scale, secure, event-driven, cloud-native systems used in real financial workflows.

Tech Stack (You Must Be Strong In These):

• Backend: Node.js (TypeScript), Python (for ML features)
• Databases: PostgreSQL (primary), MongoDB (unstructured data)
• Cloud: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda), Azure (Serverless & Event-Driven workloads)
• Caching: Redis
• Messaging / Events: RabbitMQ
• Architecture: Serverless, Event-Driven, Microservices, API-first systems

What You’ll Do

• Architect and build scalable, secure backend systems for fintech-grade workloads
• Design event-driven and serverless architectures on AWS & Azure
• Build and maintain high-performance APIs (REST & async/event-based)
• Own database design, performance tuning, and data integrity (PostgreSQL & MongoDB)
• Implement message-driven systems using RabbitMQ and background workers
• Write clean, testable, production-grade TypeScript code
• Enforce engineering best practices: code reviews, architecture standards, CI/CD discipline
• Collaborate in an Agile environment with clearly defined monthly delivery milestones
• Take responsibility for system reliability, scalability, and performance
• Mentor other engineers and raise the overall engineering bar
• Work closely with product and business to ship real business outcomes, not just features

Requirements
What We’re Looking For:

• 10+ years of professional backend engineering experience
• Deep mastery of Node.js + TypeScript in production environments
• Strong experience in fintech, payments, banking, crypto, or high-scale platforms

• Proven experience with:

  • PostgreSQL (schema design, optimization, transactions, migrations)
  • MongoDB for unstructured or event data
  • Redis for caching and performance
  • RabbitMQ or similar message brokers
• Strong experience with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda)
• Solid understanding of Azure serverless & event-driven architectures
• Strong grasp of:
  • Distributed systems
  • Event-driven design
  • Security, performance, and reliability engineering
  • Writes clean, maintainable, testable code
  • Comfortable owning production systems and delivery outcomes
  • Highly result-oriented and accountable to milestones

Performance & Culture:

• This role is delivery-driven
• You will have monthly milestones tied to real product outcomes

• You are expected to:

  • Ship
  • Improve system quality
  • Reduce technical risk
  • Increase platform reliability and performance
• We operate in an Agile, execution-focused environment
• High autonomy, high responsibility, high impact.

Salary

• N500,000 - N600,000 monthly
• Based on experience, delivery strength, and technical depth.

Application Closing Date
5th March, 2026.