Backend Developer at Believe Resourcing

Company Introduction:

My client is a full-service, app-based digital bank. Their mission is to be the go-to bank not just for those living on the African continent, but also for the African diaspora wherever they might live, anywhere in the world. Their product is free of ridiculous banking charges and great at helping customers budget, spend smartly, and save more. They have raised the largest seed round ever seen in Africa and completed a Series A financing round in February 2021, led by some of the world's smartest venture capital investors.

With offices in London, Lagos, and Cape Town, and further offices opening across Africa during 2021, They are fast becoming recognised as the leading 'Neobank' for Africans.

To help them grow into a company that can bring meaningful change to the way people across Africa get access to great financial products and services to take control of their personal finances, they are actively looking for bright, talented, driven people who are excited by their mission. If this sounds like a great way to spend your valuable time, then please get in touch with me immediately and start 2022 off with a bang!

Benefits:

They are an African-born digital bank. They aim to bring meaningful change to the way people across Africa access great financial products and services. They are challenging traditional banking and have ambitions to become the go-to bank for ‘every African on the planet’.

They have successfully raised funding to fuel their product growth and geographical expansion.

Their goal is to build a team of smart and kind individuals who work together to solve interesting and challenging problems, shaping the future of banking for all Africans.

The Cape Town team shares offices in Claremont to enable connection and collaboration, but they currently follow a remote-first work policy and offer flexible working hours

They look forward to offering great perks and benefits, to create a rewarding environment that supports work-life balance.

Role Overview:

They are looking for a result-driven and analytical software engineer (backend) who will troubleshoot and improve existing backend applications and processes. S/he will use his or her understanding of programming tools and languages to analyze current codes, formulate more efficient processes, solve problems, and create a more seamless experience for users.

Roles and responsibilities:

• The main focus is on coding and debugging

• Build high-quality reusable code that can be used in the future

• Develop functional and sustainable web applications with clean codes

• Troubleshoot and debug applications

• Conduct tests and optimise performance

• Work together with engineers building client-facing applications to integrate UI elements with server-side logic

• Implement modern technologies to improve legacy applications

• Collect, analyse and address technical and design requirements

• Help to create reusable code and libraries for future use

• Train and support internal teams

• Interact with developers, designers, and system administrators to identify new features

• Stay informed about emerging technologies

Requirements:

• Although they offer flexible working conditions you would need to be based in Cape Town or be prepared to relocate

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of industry experience

• Bachelors or higher in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience

Skills & Experience:

• Strong computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and data structures background

• Model of software engineering best practices, including agile development, unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, debugging, and troubleshooting.

• Solid experience with C#, .Net, .Net Core

• Strong computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and data structures background

• Have a deep understanding of Source Code Management

• Have in-depth understanding of Cloud Technologies (Azure, AWS)

• Have a great understanding of databases and SQL

• Have in-depth understanding of REST APIs, SOAP & RPC

• Have in-depth understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

• Can do technical writing and API documentation

• Are familiar with project management tools (e.g. Trello, Jira, etc)

• Have good problem-solving skills

• Have strong verbal and written communication skills

Personal Attributes:

• Have a strong desire for learning and growth.

• Passionate about improving developer productivity

• Strive for speed and quality

• Desire to automate