Wave Mobile Money
Senior Software Engineer
NEWKenyaFull-timeGlobal
š° USD up to 133,100
š Midš Remote
ActivePosted within the last 30 days
Job Description
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You will build and improve payment experiences for millions of customers. You will own work end-to-end: understand problems, design and implement solutions, ship to users, and help customer support resolve production issues. You will work on projects such as enabling in-store payments, integrating with utility providers for bill payments, building payroll functionality for businesses, and enabling transit payments. You will collaborate with cross-platform engineers and operate across backend, API, and mobile stacks.
Requirements
- āMinimum of 5 years of professional experience as a product engineer
- āFluent in English
- āPrior experience with backend and API systems (Python and GraphQL are a strong plus)
- āExperience with mobile platforms (Kotlin/Android and Swift/iOS are a strong plus)
- āFamiliarity with web frontend technologies (TypeScript and React are a strong plus)
- āExperience with relational and distributed databases (Postgres or CockroachDB is a strong plus)
- āFamiliarity with cloud infrastructure and IaC (GCP and Terraform) and orchestration (Kubernetes) is a strong plus
Responsibilities
- āBuild and improve payment experiences
- āOwn projects end-to-end from problem definition to shipping
- āDesign, implement and maintain backend and API services
- āShip production-ready features to mobile and web clients
- āInvestigate and resolve production issues and support customer support
- āIntegrate with external partners such as utility and merchant systems
- āDeliver reliable payment functionality for payroll and transit use cases
Benefits & Perks
- āYearly $1,200 stipend to support coworking meetups
- āSubsidized health insurance for you and your dependents and retirement contributions
- ā6 months fully paid parental leave and subsidized fertility assistance
- āFlexible vacation (most take 21-30 days exclusive of statutory holidays)
- ā$10,000 annual charitable donation matching
- āGenerous equity package
Tech Stack
CockroachDBpaymentGraphQLKotlinAPITerraformKubernetesPythonTypeScriptmobile