Senior Backend Engineer

Company Description

Moniepoint is an all-in-one financial services platform for emerging markets and the second-fastest-growing company in Africa.

Since 2019, Moniepoint’s technology has powered over 3 million people, offering personal and business banking, payment, credit, and business management tools to help them succeed. Moniepoint processed $182 billion in 2023 and currently processes the majority of the POS transactions in Nigeria.

Role Description

Engineering at Moniepoint is an inspired, customer-focused community dedicated to crafting solutions that redefine our industry. Our infrastructure runs on some of the cool tools that excite infrastructure engineers - Kubernetes, Docker, etc. 

We also make business decisions based on the large stream of data we receive daily, so we work daily with big data, perform data analytics and build models to make sense of the noise and give our customers the best experience. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on professional experience in software engineering, with a strong emphasis on backend development.
• Deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot, with a solid grasp of modern backend architecture and engineering best practices.
• Proven experience designing, building, and scaling web services, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems.
• Working knowledge of Agile development methodologies and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong proficiency with relational databases and ORM frameworks (e.g., Hibernate).
• Exposure to frontend technologies such as AngularJS or React is a plus.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting abilities, with a structured approach to problem-solving.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, team-first mindset.

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