Senior / Staff Full-Stack Developer at Okra

Okra - Our mission is to digitize financial services. We are building the tools and services that will enable developers launch, optimize, & scale financial platforms and services. Our thesis is simply the fact that - financial innovation cannot exist without an Open Finance infrastructure. Essentially, the growth of the African Fintech industry is intrinsically tied to the success of an infrastructure like Okra.

Okra powers the tools that millions of people rely on to plan and manage their finances today. We are proudly working with hundreds of companies like Interswitch and D-local, and many of the largest financial institutions to make it easy for people to securely connect their accounts to the apps and services they choose. Okra’s network covers over 100 banks and financial institutions across Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and Ghana.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior / Staff Full-Stack Developer

Location: Remote
Employment Type: Full Time

The role

• We seek Senior or Staff Full-stack developers to join our Core Platform and Core Services teams that build deep financial integrations, streamlined APIs, and delightful UIs for end users to interact with.
• As a senior engineer in the team, you will be responsible for leading key products and features, as well as initiatives to level up our overall software quality.
• You will be key in influencing your team members and fostering a world-class team by applying your skills and experience to build extensible, scalable, maintainable, performant, and secure financial systems.
• You offer a breadth of experience in building software across the entire end-to-end full-stack technology layers and components and a depth of expertise in at least one part of the stack at a level that sets the standard for the entire team.
• Okra brings multiple years of experience in the African ecosystem, a diverse team working across continents, and a culture that puts customer focus, trust, idea-meritocracy and world-class execution front and center.
• You will own key initiatives, interact across teams, and see your impact.

What you will do

• Take full technical ownership of one or more features or products
• Contribute to multiple frontend and backend repositories
• Review contributions from other team members and other teams
• Work with other teams to integrate with multiple systems
• Coach and mentor junior developers.
• Support product ideation with technical insight
• Help convert product requirements into a technical approach
• Help break down ambitious goals into small, actionable iterations
• Support architecture and development best practice decisions
• Help set new technical standards and lead their adoption

What will help you succeed

• Multiple years of experience as a Senior Full-stack Developer
• Good understanding of Okra's current stack of Node.js, React, MongoDB, Kafka, Puppeteer, Docker, and Socket.io
• Deep expertise in at least one of the components of the Okra stack
• Hands-on experience in integrating with banks and other financial institutions
• Understanding of industry-specific regulations and best practices
• Understanding of established frontend, API, and database best practices
• Enjoying solving problems that have no direct or obvious solution.
• Strong skills in troubleshooting and debugging in complex systems
• Ability to collaborate with both business and technical partners.

Nice to have:

• Experience with web and application scraping
• Experience working with and migrating to TypeScript
• Test-driven development experience
• Experience working with microservices and async integration patterns.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply

Note

• You should still apply if you aren’t ready for the the level of this role yet or don’t check all the boxes. We care about potential. We are willing to start a great candidate with lower expectations alongside a path and the support to grow in time.
• We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.