Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead at Yoco

We’re a diverse and zealous team, committed to constructing some of the world's leading finance technology products, while providing an unparalleled experience to our customers. If you're passionate about adding new value to a robust team and diverse group of customers, have a love for all things tech and wanting to learn and be challenged, we are the company to join.

ROLE | WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING?

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Being a highly technical, hands-on and effective manager for a team of 5 - 7 engineers.
• Writing code for our mobile and web applications using React, NodeJS, React Native and Redux (with some gentle sprinkles of Objective C and Java as required).
• Building APIs and services on our back-end using Scala and PostgreSQL.
• Developing and managing a team of talented Engineers, including task planning and code reviews.
• Supporting and leading others who are doing the same.
• Working with our Product Management(s) as well as our design and UX minds to ensure that we deliver continuous value to our growing base of customers.
• Doing the hard and complicated to make it easier and simple.

IDEAL CANDIDATE | WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Key requirements to perform responsibilities:

• 5+ years as a professional Software Engineer.
• BSc Computer Science or equivalent is highly encouraged.
• Experience with both back-end and front-end development.
• A clear, real passion for software engineering.
• Strong ability to work independently while still being collaborative and inclusive.
• Feeling a sense of excitement when offering input and contributing to the broader product discussion.
• Proven ability in taking a feature or product all the way from conception to completion and release.
• Nature, mould and lead junior developers.
• You feel empowered by learning new things and using modern technology.
• You are excellent at solving complicated problems, understanding real-world issues and delivering high-performance software.
• You can deliver stable yet flexible software that allows us to iterate quickly in order to deliver features.
• You build re-usable solutions that others can use to avoid re-inventing the wheel every time.

Bonus points:

• Knowledge of multiple programming languages
• Experience leading teams, designing and architecting products, working with customers
• Experience in the payments industry.