• Application Deadline:
• Position: Backend Engineer


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 2 - 3 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

About the Role

• Klasha is looking for an analytical, results-driven, fast-moving backend engineer to join our team and help to build an exciting payments and logistics startup in Africa.


• The backend engineer will use his or her understanding of programming languages and tools to build our product, write clean code, formulate more efficient processes, solve problems, and create a more seamless experience for users. You should have excellent communication, computer, and project management skills.


• To succeed as a backend engineer you should be focused on building a better, more efficient program and creating a better end-user experience. You should be knowledgeable, collaborative, and motivated.


• We're looking for mid-level engineers preferably in Lagos, Nigeria.

Responsibilities

What you will be doing:

• Collaborating with the Frontend Engineers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience


• Developing ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends


• Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle


• Define and communicate technical and design requirements


• Provide training, help, and support to other team members


• Build high-quality reusable code that can be used in the future


• Build and scale our product with input from other team members


• Develop functional and sustainable web applications with clean codes


• Troubleshoot and debug applications


• Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve applications


• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of designers, developers, and system administrators

Requirements

You should apply if you:

• Interested candidates should possess relevant qualifications


• 2-3 years of experience as an engineer


• Fluency or understanding of specific languages, such as Java, PHP, or Python


• Strong understanding of the web development cycle and programming techniques and tools


• Focus on efficiency, user experience, and process improvement


• Excellent project and time management skills


• Strong problem solving, verbal, and written communication skills


• Ability to work independently or with a group


• Ability to move fast and adapt as the business requires


• Strong knowledge of the African payments and logistics ecosystem will be an advantage

Key Competencies:

• For successful performance in this role, the candidate must demonstrate:


• Knowledge of backend programming languages


• Knowledge of popular frameworks


• Data structures and algorithms


• Familiarity with Servers


• Knowledge of APIs


• Problem-solving


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

Our people are the heart of the business, so we prioritize welfare and offer a wide range of competitive benefits including but not limited to:

• All the latest technology you need to do your role


• Private health insurance


• Calm membership


• Free lunch in the office


• Budget for French language classes


• One-time home office set-up allowance


• Hybrid; remote + office hours and flexible working conditions


• Access to Klasha Sessions development training courses


• Diesel and fuel allowance for remote working


• Work-from-anywhere weeks; Work from anywhere for three weeks in a year


• Paid birthday day off


• Team building events


• Bank holidays swap


• Access to mental health wellness services


• Paid parental leave.