• Application Deadline:
• Position: Senior Software Engineer (PHP)


• Job Type Full Time , Remote


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 6 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

What we are looking for:

• Our ideal candidate should have the ability to work remotely and must be passionate about developing top-notch software FinTech solutions.


• Hands-on experience (6 years minimum) as a software engineer building and maintaining scalable software products in an agile environment.


• Experience working with a team of software developers building enterprise scale products.


• A solid understanding of SDLC, best practices and design patterns.


• Excellent understanding of Cloud Infrastructure, Architectural Patterns, Object Oriented Design and SOLID principles.


• Have expertise in implementing micro services (using tools and technologies for messaging, RPC, containerization, etc.)


• Advanced knowledge of PHP and Laravel framework.


• Excellent Knowledge of caching with Redis and managing relational (MySQL, Postgres, etc.) and non-relational databases (MongoDB, Apache Cassandra, etc.).


• Advanced knowledge of version control tools like Git and CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, etc.


• Comfortable working with Docker, deploying containerizing applications in cloud environments and micro-services architecture.


• Sound leadership skills rooted in leading by example, motivating others to grow and communicating effectively to foster successful teamwork.


• Experience in Financial Technology is advantageous but not required.


• Previous experience at a high-growth fast-paced startup, or a passion to join one.

What you will do:

• Own the technical architecture of high visibility, high impact platform features. Develop scalable and extensible solutions that provide immediate business value to the company.


• Design, develop and implement custom software applications for a variety of legacy, new and modern systems with limited supervision.


• Support release planning with conceptual design and development/refinement of software engineering guidelines and principles.


• Continuously research new and best coding practices and optimise application for maximum speed and scalability.


• Collaborate with software developers/engineers, stakeholders, and end users within Agile processes to achieve project goals.


• Use appropriate tools to create comprehensive documentations for existing and new software products.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working in an agile environment.


• Knowledge of DevOps trends and working practices.


• Experience working with Elasticsearch.


• Experience working with AWS Cloud Services.


• Experience with Jira.