Backend Engineer at Prophius

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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