Backend Engineer

3 days ago

Lagos Nigeria Prophius Full time ₦500,000 - ₦1,500,000 per year

About Us

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.

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. 

● 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 new innovations and technologies. 

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

● 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.

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