Engineer, Solution Developer at MTN Nigeria

Job Summary

• MoMoPSB is seeking a highly skilled Specialist, Solution Developer with a strong background in FinTech and digital solution engineering and development.
• Deep experience designing scalable systems, and the ability to lead engineering teams in delivering secure, high‑performance digital financial services solutions.
• The ideal candidate has hands‑on engineering experience, exceptional leadership capability, and proven success building and deploying enterprise‑grade products in a fast‑paced, regulated environments.

Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership:

• Lead a team of engineers, architects, testers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver world class fintech application services.
• Lead end‑to‑end architecture, development, and deployment of complex financial applications.
• Drive technical decision‑making, enforce engineering best practices, and ensure code quality across backend and frontend teams.
• Collaborate with product, security, data, and DevOps teams to design scalable and resilient systems.
• Architect and build robust backend services using modern frameworks (Node.js, Java, .NET, Go, or similar).
• Develop responsive, modular web interfaces using React, Vue, or Angular.
• Design and integrate APIs, microservices, and messaging systems.
• Build and enhance systems such as payments, wallets, transaction processing engines, KYC/AML, settlement systems, and digital onboarding flows.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (PCI‑DSS, NDPR, ISO standards, local banking regulations).
• Implement secure coding practices, encryption, and fraud‑mitigation measures.
• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Manage sprints, guide solution design, review code, and ensure timely, high‑quality delivery.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate business goals into technical execution plans.

Full‑Stack Engineering:

• Architect and build robust backend services using modern frameworks (Node.js, Java, .NET, Go, or similar).
• Develop responsive, modular web interfaces using React, Vue, or Angular.
• Design and integrate APIs, microservices, and messaging systems.
• Build and enhance systems such as payments, wallets, transaction processing engines, KYC/AML, settlement systems, and digital onboarding flows.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (PCI‑DSS, NDPR, ISO standards, local banking regulations).
• Implement secure coding practices, encryption, and fraud‑mitigation measures.
• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Manage sprints, guide solution design, review code, and ensure timely, high‑quality delivery.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate business goals into technical execution plans.

FinTech‑Focused Engineering:

• Build and enhance systems such as payments, wallets, transaction processing engines, KYC/AML, settlement systems, and digital onboarding flows.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (PCI‑DSS, NDPR, ISO standards, local banking regulations).
• Implement secure coding practices, encryption, and fraud‑mitigation measures.

Team & Delivery Management:

• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Manage sprints, guide solution design, review code, and ensure timely, high‑quality delivery.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate business goals into technical execution plans.

Qualifications
Education and Experience Requirements:

• 3 - 7 years of continuous experience as a full‑stack software engineer.
• 2+ years in a leadership or senior technical role.
• Proven experience building largescale FinTech or payments solutions.

Expertise in:

• Backend: Node.js, Java, Go, or .NET
• Frontend: React, Angular, or Vue
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
• Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines

Strong understanding of:

• Microservices architecture
• Distributed systems
• Event-driven designs (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
• API gateways & integrations
• Deep knowledge of security standards, encryption, authentication, and financial transaction integrity.