• Application Deadline:
• Position: Junior Frontend Engineer



• Job Type Full Time



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND



• Experience 1 - 3 years



• Location Lagos




• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  
  

Who We Are

• We firmly believe in the vast potential of the African continent.


• At straitPay, we are committed to unlocking this potential.


• straitPay was born from the vision of fostering financial prosperity and driving economic growth across Africa.


• At our core, we facilitate effortless money transfers from the diaspora to enable bill payments, airtime purchases, investments, and seamless interactions in local currencies. We invite you to be a part of this remarkable journey.

Who We’re Looking For

• We’re looking for a Frontend Engineer (React Native / React) who is early in their career but hungry to grow fast.


• You don’t need to know everything, but you must:
  
  
  
  • Care about clean, usable products
  
  
  • Be willing to learn quickly
  
  
  • Take ownership of what you build
  
  
  
  


• You’ll work closely with Engineers, product managers and designers to bring our fintech products to life.

What You’ll Do

• Build and ship user-facing features across mobile (React Native) and web (React)


• Turn designs and wireframes into clean, functional UI


• Integrate frontend applications with backend APIs


• Fix bugs and improve performance across devices


• Contribute to improving code quality, structure and best practices


• Work with the team to ship features quickly and reliably


• Continuously learn and apply better frontend engineering practices

What Success Looks Like in This Role

• You ship features that work and improve over time


• You ask good questions and learn quickly


• You take feedback well and apply it


• You start owning small parts of the product end-to-end.

What You’ll Need (Core Requirements)

• 1–3 years of experience in Frontend or Mobile Development


• Working knowledge of JavaScript (ES6+)


• Experience with React OR React Native


• Basic understanding of HTML, CSS and responsive design


• Familiarity with APIs (REST) and how the frontend connects to the Backend


• Experience using Git for version control


• Ability to debug issues and think through problems logically.

Nice to Have (Not Required):

• Experience with, or exposure to, Fintech and Financial services, Payments or related financial products


• Experience with TypeScript


• Understanding of performance optimization on mobile


• Familiarity with state management (e.g. Redux, Zustand, Context API)


• Experience shipping an app (personal, academic or professional).