• Application Deadline:
• Position: Senior Backend Engineer (R&D)



• Job Type Full Time , Remote



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND



• Experience



• Location Nigeria




• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  
  

About the role

• Engineering at Moniepoint is an inspired, customer-focused community committed to pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Our R&D team takes this even further—leading exploration, experimentation, and innovation efforts that inform the entire organization.


• Our Research & Development (R&D) team operates at the group level, driving innovation, guiding technical strategy, and shaping the next generation of financial technology across all our business units.


• This is a rare opportunity to work at the center of our most forward-thinking initiatives, helping us imagine, design, and build what comes next. You will work on projects that span multiple domains, from designing next-generation architectures to powering new business lines, modernizing infrastructure, and shaping future-facing strategies around AI, security, KYC, automation, and more.


• If you’re excited about solving complex problems, experimenting with cutting-edge technologies, and building the future of fintech from the ground up, this role is for you.

What You'll Be Doing

• Collaborate on ideation, prototyping, and execution of new revenue-generating products and businesses.


• Lead early-stage technical design and market-fit experiments.


• Design scalable, production-ready backend systems.


• Spearhead key initiatives such as implementing an API Gateway, rethinking architecture patterns, and modernizing our CI/CD and security infrastructure.


• Contribute to group-wide strategies in areas like AI adoption, KYC modernization, change management, and long-term technical planning.


• Partner with multiple business units to align R&D outcomes with group objectives.


• Identify inefficiencies and transform existing workflows, systems, and tools to boost operational excellence.


• Drive developer experience improvements through automation, refactoring, and standardization.


• Assess, experiment with, and recommend emerging technologies for adoption across the organization.


• Support engineering teams with innovation initiatives and guide toolchain modernization.


• Write clean, maintainable, well-documented code with a focus on reliability and testability.


• Debug complex issues and provide technical guidance across multiple stacks.


• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and knowledge-sharing sessions.


• Document systems, decisions, experiments, and methodologies to support transparency across teams.

What We're Looking For

• We’re seeking innovative, curious, and highly skilled engineers who are driven to build what doesn’t yet exist. You thrive at the intersection of research and execution while being comfortable exploring cutting-edge ideas and grounding them in strong engineering principles. 


• Strong backend engineering expertise, with the ability to design and implement scalable, reliable systems from scratch.


• Energized by ideation, rapid prototyping, and validating new business opportunities through technical experimentation.


• Strategic mindset and can contribute to architecture evolution, including API gateways, CI/CD modernization, security enhancements, and platform-wide improvements.


• Comfortable working across multiple domains including AI, KYC, infrastructure, automation, change management, and can adapt quickly as priorities evolve.


• Partners with diverse stakeholders across business units to align technology initiatives with organizational goals.


• Keen eye for identifying inefficiencies and a passion for modernizing processes, tool chains, and developer workflows.


• Debugs complex issues, providing technical leadership across stacks, and elevating engineering standards.


• Excels at documentation and transparency, ensuring that experiments, decisions, and systems are well-understood across teams.