• Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer (Python)

• Location: Kenya (Remote)

Company Description:

We are a financial services company building a bank for entrepreneurs in Africa. Our mission is to empower African entrepreneurs with the tools they need to run successful businesses. With our mobile app, business owners can open a business bank account in 5 minutes and get powerful tools to run a business (Invoicing, CRM, Inventory, e-commerce +More). We are a team of 11-50 employees and backed by Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, and other top-tier investors.

Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our team. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for architecting, implementing, releasing, and supporting features that enable our collaborative product model. The successful candidate will have a passion for collaborative problem-solving, a commitment to creating high-quality products, and experience working on the back end of a technology product.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, refactor, and scale backend implementations of new and existing consumer product features
• Design and develop the backend and data layers of the software that will run across the web and mobile apps
• Work with smart algorithm processes to scale software from thousands to millions of transactions
• Set up staging and sandbox environments to test software functionality and efficiency
• Build smart data collection techniques to better understand user behaviors and experience
• Tackle software bugs and technical troubleshooting
• Support customer-witnessed testing
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Critically look at the user problems and design process flows and improve them
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand member pain points and come up with solutions
• Proactively identify opportunities for improving the reliability and scalability of our systems
• Work across the engineering team to improve and uphold high technical standards

Hiring Now: Local Liaison – Kenya

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience developing software in a production environment at a scale
• Fintech/financial services experience is essential
• Strong experience working on the backend of a technology product
• Impact and mission-driven
• Champion mentality; result and goal-oriented
• Great team player with humility
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely
• A keen and strategic problem solver
• Enjoy learning and diving into the deepest levels of how things work
• A deep understanding of Python
• High-level experience and understanding of APIs and Django Rest framework
• High-level experience and understanding of Celery, RabbitMQ
• High-level experience and understanding of socket programming
• Ability to ‘mold’ efficient queries to perform tasks on time
• Must have built awesome software before that had live active users
• Knowledge of technological trends
• Working knowledge of Git
• Ability to conduct technological analyses and research
• Experience working with transactional databases (MySQL DB, PostgreSQL) and caching systems (Memcached, Redis)
• Exposure to architectural patterns of large, high-scale mobile applications
• An appreciation for maintainable and well-tested code

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Medical cover
• Paid time off (leave days)
• Work tools
• We invest in our employees through career development & opportunities

Application Deadline: 6th April 2023

If you are passionate about using your technical expertise to help build a better financial future for African entrepreneurs, we want to hear from you! Please apply with your resume and cover letter.