Senior Software Engineer JAVA Financial Technology Firm

About Company: Our client is one of the leading Financial Technology companies in Africa that is enabling Africa s commerce through its robust digital payment solutions for small midsize and enterprise businesses with a presence in several African countries including Nigeria Ghana and Kenya.

Job Summary: Our client is seeking to hire a senior software engineer with specialty in core Java or/and Spring booth to work with our backend engineering team to complement the technical skills needed to serve as a key contributor in building and maintaining our core infrastructure and products development launch and scale.

The ideal candidate should have handson experience in software development and agile methodologies. S/he should be able to work independently with little or no supervision with an excellent organization and problemsolving skills.

Key Responsibilities:

Take ownership of technical solutions from coding release to production.

Write clean and scalable codes to develop functional applications.

Design and improve the maintainability of the code base through innovative design.

Use technical skills to build amazingly exciting worldclass products.

Constantly communicate with diverse internal and external stakeholders in embracing agile practices.

Seek to understand how the business work to identify risks (in code features and design).

Diagnose complex issues across various levels of the stack.

Understand the business context deeply and leverage engineering knowledge to propose creative solutions to problems.

Work collaboratively to complete projects showcase progress and address problems.

Mentor and coach junior and intermediate engineers within the Engineering team.

Constantly improve to keep pace with new innovations and technologies.

Balance deep work with crossteam collaboration.

Work alongside frontend developers to produce efficient and userfriendly systems.

Work on other tasks as assigned by the Engineering Leadership.

Requirements

Key Requirements:

B.Sc/BA degree in Computer Science or any related field.

8 years of cognate experience working with Java EE/Spring with at least 3 years experience as a Senior Software Engineer

Knowledge of Objectoriented Programming concepts.

Good understanding of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL MySQL) NoSQL databases and agile methodologies.

Working knowledge of core data structures.

Testdriven development (TDD) experience.

Experience working with AWS architecture and design principles.

Strong team leader and player with the ability to improve knowledge and skills.

Good Interpersonal stakeholder management and communication skills.

Strong passion for Software Development. Desired Skills:

Ability to use system monitoring tools (e.g. New Relic) and automated testing frameworks.

Familiarity with various operating systems.

Analytical mind with problemsolving aptitude.

Ability to work independently.

Benefits

Compensation Highly competitive other interesting benefits

Knowledge of Object-oriented Programming concepts. Good understanding of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL databases and agile methodologies. Working knowledge of core data structures. Test-driven development (TDD) experience. Experience working with AWS, architecture, and design principles. Strong team leader and player, with the ability to improve knowledge and skills. Good Interpersonal, stakeholder management, and communication skills. Strong passion for Software Development. Desired Skills: Ability to use system monitoring tools (e.g. New Relic) and automated testing frameworks. Familiarity with various operating systems. Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude. Ability to work independently.