Senior Backend Engineer (Financial Technology)

Job Description

Work Schedule : Hybrid

Employment Type : Full-Time

About Company : Our client is a financial technology company dedicated to building innovative solutions that redefine how businesses and individuals interact with digital financial services.

The company is seeking to hire a Senior Backend Engineer, who will play a key role in developing, maintaining, and scaling their product stack. S / he will be responsible for building high-performance backend systems, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional products.

This role is ideal for a technically strong, business-aware, and solution-oriented engineer who thrives in an agile, innovative environment.

Key Responsibilities :

§   Take ownership of technical solutions from coding, release, to production.

§   Write clean code to develop functional web applications.

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

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

§   Constantly improve to keep pace with innovations and technologies.

§   Balance deep work with cross-team collaboration.

§   Work alongside front-end developers to produce efficient and user-friendly systems.

Work on other tasks as assigned by the Engineering Leadership

Requirements

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

§   Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in the following backend technologies

§   Java and JavaScript / Node.js

§   Knowledge of Object-oriented Programming concepts.

§   Good understanding of relational databases and agile methodologies.

§   Working knowledge of core data structures.

§   Understanding of test-driven development (TDD).

§   Familiarity with containerization (i.e., Docker) and knowledge of at least one CI / CD tool.

§   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.

Benefits

Compensation : Base pay ranges BTW N800k – N1.2m Monthly + other interesting benefits