Prophius brings in-person payments to the storefront, offline and online without the need for extra hardware. With our HQ based in Lagos Nigeria, we are constantly pushing boundaries in the fast-evolving world of payments and want to grow our innovative product line with added functionality and seamless user experience.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Backend Engineer
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time
Department: Engineering
About The Role
- As a Backend Engineer at Prophius, you will bring your technical skills as a key contributor to the maintenance of the product stack, development and launch of new products. You will :
- Use your technical skills to build amazingly exciting world-class products.
- Seek to understand the business that your code supports and work to identify risks (in code, features, and design)
- Constantly communicate with diverse internal and external stakeholders while embracing agile practices.
- Constantly yearn for new learnings on global fintech trends and emerging technologies.
- You must be comfortable practicing test-driven development because it produces high-quality, reliable, and more maintainable code.
- We deliver user value, solve problems, and ship code multiple times a day to improve our user experience.
Role Responsibilities
- Take ownership of technical solutions from coding, release, to production.
- Write clean codes to develop functional web applications.
- Work collaboratively to complete projects, showcase progress, and address problems.
- Constantly improve to keep pace with new innovations and technologies.
- Work alongside front-end developers to produce efficient and user-friendly systems.
- 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 on other tasks as assigned by the Engineering Leadership.
Role Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in any Engineering / IT-related course.
- Minimum of 4 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.
- Good Interpersonal, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
- Strong passion for Software Development.
Why Join Prophius
- Opportunity to play a pivotal role in Prophius’ growth trajectory.
- Collaborative and innovative work culture.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Access to professional development opportunities and career growth.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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