Backend Developer at Future Africa

Job Requirements

• 3-5 years previous professional working experience with backend development
• Ability to work with Microservice architecture, TypeScript, JavaScript ES6, Node.js, Nest.js, PostgreSQL and Socket.io
• Communicate fluently in English
• Ability to work during WAT business hours
• Ability to work remotely with fast wifi

Responsibilities

In this role, you'll often find yourself...

• Developing and maintaining all server-side network components.
• Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests.
• Collaborating with front-end developers on the integration of elements.
• Designing back-end services for various business processes.
• Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.
• Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.
• Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.

Prior Experience

This role could be perfect for you if...

You're a User-Focused Product Engineer
You get satisfaction in building products that matter from the ground up with a deep understanding of how engineering choices impact the user experience. You weave together web, desktop, and database development with ease, continuously developing versatility in both frontend and backend engineering. You have a proven track record of shipping features that impact product KPIs.

You're a Code Mentor
You admire the code and the team that builds it. You have several strong opinions but you express them without ego. You pride yourself on making the Engineers around you better. You're skilled at embracing and improving a team's coding style, documentation, and decision-making. You've embraced continuous integration in your life, not just your work. You've worked on enough teams to know how and why to engage in cross-team conversations with Product, Business, and Engineering Leaders.

You're a Problem Solving Savant
You crack the puzzles others can't. When a team needs a really difficult problem to be solved, they call you. To say that you are technically savvy is an understatement. You know coding technologies like the back of your hand. You have a robust experience working with a range of technologies, language and modern framework. Portfolio includes 3+ years of working with Microservice architecture, TypeScript, JavaScript ES6, Node.js, Nest.js, PostgreSQL and Socket.io