Backend Software Engineer at Proten

Our client is a technology company building the operating system for African entrepreneurs and
businesses and they are currently looking to hire a Backend Software Engineer.

Location - Lekki Phase 1, Lagos Nigeria.

The Role
We’re looking for a full time backend software engineer, and architect to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software that will run across web and mobile apps
• Work with smart algorithm processes to scale software from thousands to millions of transactions
• Set up staging and sandbox environments to test software functionality and efficiency
• Build smart data collection techniques to better understand user behaviours and experience
• Ready to roll up sleeves and tackle software bugs and technical troubleshooting
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with stakeholders throughout the organization
• Support customer-witnessed testing
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Critically look at the user problems and design process flows to better improve and answer these needs
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

REQUIREMENTS

• 3 years minimum experience in backend development
• Must have a deep understanding of Python, Node.js, MySQL DB, PostgreSQL
• Good understanding of APIs and Django Rest framework
• Good understanding of Celery, RabbitMQ, Memcached
• Ability to 'mould' efficient queries to perform tasks on time
• Must have built awesome software before that had live active users
• Knowledge of technological trends.
• Working knowledge of Git
• Ability to conduct technological analyses and research.
• Excellent communication skills
• Strategic thinking
• Problem-solving aptitude