Backend Engineer

Moniepoint Inc. is Africa’s all-in-one financial platform, helping 20 million businesses and individuals access seamless payments, banking, credit, cross-border, and business management tools each month. As Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, they power most of the country’s point-of-sale (POS) transactions and process over $250 billion in digital payment transaction value annually.

About the Role

Engineering at Moniepoint is an inspired, customer-focused community dedicated to crafting solutions that redefine the industry. Their infrastructure runs on modern tools like Kubernetes and Docker. They also leverage big data daily, performing analytics and building models to enhance customer experience.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, and QA) to conceptualize, design, and deliver high-impact features.
• Architect and build scalable, high-performance backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Produce clean, maintainable, and well-documented code with a strong emphasis on reliability and testability.
• Seamlessly integrate third-party services and APIs, ensuring robust error handling and graceful degradation.
• Continuously enhance system performance and developer experience through thoughtful automation and refactoring.
• Diagnose and resolve complex issues across the stack while proactively identifying opportunities for technical improvements.
• Actively contribute to code reviews and architecture discussions, promoting engineering best practices across the team.
• Maintain clear documentation of technical decisions, systems, and processes to support transparency and long-term scalability.

What We’re Looking For

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on professional experience in software engineering, with a strong emphasis on backend development.
• Deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot, with a solid grasp of modern backend architecture and engineering best practices.
• Proven experience designing, building, and scaling web services, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems.
• Working knowledge of Agile development methodologies and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong proficiency with relational databases and ORM frameworks (e.g., Hibernate).
• Exposure to frontend technologies such as AngularJS or React is a plus.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting abilities, with a structured approach to problem-solving.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, team-first mindset.

Our Tech Stack

You’ll work with modern technologies including:

• Java (latest versions): Powers core backend systems with a focus on performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Spring & Spring Boot: Enables development of modular, production-ready microservices.
• Docker & Kubernetes: Supports containerized deployments and orchestration.
• PostgreSQL & DynamoDB: Leverages relational and NoSQL databases for structured data and dynamic scaling.
• Elasticsearch: Delivers fast, flexible full-text search and real-time analytics.
• AWS Cloud Infrastructure: Facilitates cloud-native deployment and management of microservices.