Senior Backend Engineer (Remote) at Moni Africa

Moni is building simple solutions in a world where financial inclusion is a complex dream has changed not only the lives of mobile money agents but ours also. We can no longer imagine a world where mobile money agents do not have access to float based on social reputation and trust. Our community model is altering the current lending infrastructure and as trendsetters, we aren’t stopping. Working at Moni is like walking a runway – fast paced, thrilling, showcasing a masterpiece and filled with applause. We have a thing for creative, smart, fun and contrarian rebel

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer

Location: Nigeria (Remote)
Employment Type: Full Time

What You’ll Do

Work with our tech team to improve existing features and work on new features on the Moni app.
Collaborate with mobile engineers and product manager
Build, test and maintain APIs (NodeJs) to be consumed by mobile engineers
Integrate and consume third party APIs to solve business needs

Requirements:

A Bachelor’s Degree in any major.
5+ years experience as a backend engineer.
Experience working in a fast paced, remote environment
Experience writing and deploying production grade applications using Backend JavaScript frameworks: NodeJs + Express.
Experience building and maintaining APIs
Experience with WebSockets, Redis and SQL
Experience integrating with a Core Banking Application
Experience building Digital banking services
Understanding of git and version control
Experience working in a Fintech is a plus
Experience writing code across the Full-stack with frontend JavaScript frameworks is a big plus
Experience writing and publishing technical content and documentation is a big plus.
If you’re bilingual in English and French, that’s a big++
Take ownership of the micro-service that will be assigned to them
Experience writing unit tests
Strong understanding of Typescript
Strong understanding of Distributed systems and Micro-services

What it Takes to Succeed in the Role:

You’re a critical thinker and possess great problem-solving skills
You’re a great team player
You have led a team in the past
You demonstrate good organizational and time-management skills
You enjoy writing and talking about technology
You are able to mentor other junior and mid-level engineers.
You enjoy picking up and learning new technology
You always ensure high code-quality and maintainability.
You’re passionate about doing meaningful work that has an impact on underserved Communities

Benefits