Back End Engineer at Divest

• We’re looking for a Backend Engineer who thrives on building reliable, high-performance systems. You’ll help power the infrastructure behind real-time crypto-to-fiat transactions, user management, payments, and more. This role is ideal for someone who loves clean code, scalable systems, and startup energy.

Job Expectations

• Design, build, and maintain backend services using Node.js and TypeScript.
• Develop scalable APIs for payments, user authentication, crypto processing, and notifications.
• Implement robust authentication flows (JWT), rate limiting, and fraud prevention strategies.
• Optimize MySQL queries and schema for performance and scale.
• Manage background job queues (e.g., BullQueue) for transaction processing.
• Integrate caching strategies with Redis.
• Collaborate with frontend and mobile teams to ensure smooth product delivery.
• Participate in code reviews, system architecture discussions, and technical planning.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure seamless deployment.

Critical Competencies

• 3+ years of experience building production-ready backends with Node.js (TypeScript preferred).
• Strong understanding of REST API design principles.
• Proven experience with MySQL, including schema design and performance tuning.
• Solid understanding of Redis, background job queues (Bull, BullMQ, etc.), and event-driven systems.
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and version control.
• A strong sense of ownership and accountability — you take pride in building systems that don’t break.
• Comfortable thinking proactively about security, scalability, and data integrity.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• Deep understanding of DigitalOcean Infrastructure and DevOps practices

Bonus Point

• Experience in fintech, crypto, or payment systems.
• Familiarity with blockchain APIs, crypto custody tools, or Web3 integrations.
• Set up and manage performance monitoring and alerts using tools like Sentry or similar.

Cultural Competencies

• Entrepreneurial and experimental — thrives in a startup environment.
• Bias for action and growth, not afraid to fail fast and learn quickly.
• Mission-driven and passionate about expanding financial access in Africa.
• You work well with people of different backgrounds, identities, values and cultures
• You listen well, seek to understand and respond with empathy
• You give and take constructive feedback to and from colleagues at any level
• You are extremely curious and love working collaboratively
• A knack for continuous growth, learning and knowledge sharing