Full stack Software Engineer (Web) at Jaza Energy

Position Overview

• We’re looking for a strong backend-focused fullstack engineer to own internal tooling, APIs, and workflow automation across Ops, Finance, and Device Data. You’ll work primarily in a Laravel/PHP ecosystem, with exposure to Python and JavaScript, and be responsible for stabilising and extending our core backend systems: payment logic, integrations, data contracts, and automation workflows. This role is a mix of deep backend work (70–80%) and pragmatic fullstack tasks (20–30%) to keep internal tools fast, reliable, and easy to use. You’ll be joining a small, highly-autonomous backend team and will have an immediate impact on reducing bottlenecks, improving reliability, and unlocking new workflows for a product that takes Solar Energy to Africa’s most rural areas.”

Roles And Responsibilities

The Full stack Software Engineer responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Internal Tools Development

• Build and maintain internal web tools used by Ops, Finance, Device teams, and other internal stakeholders.
• Translate manual workflows into robust, auditable tools and dashboards.
• Migrate some Python logic into the main Laravel system.

API Layer

• Design, build and maintain RESTful APIs in Laravel/PHP.
• Ensure secure, well-documented, and backwards-compatible APIs for internal and external consumers for scale migration System Integrations
• Own integrations with payment providers, telcos, CRMs, analytics, and other  third-party systems.
• Monitor and fix integration failures and edge cases, especially those tied to money and critical ops workflows.

Workflow Automation Engine

• Implement and maintain automation logic for recurring operational workflows(collections, device events, notifications, settlement flows, etc.).
• Replace brittle manual processes with reliable automated pipelines.

Data Contracts & Reliability

• Define and maintain data contracts between services and teams.
• Ensure data correctness for financial and operational reporting, including well-tested and observable code.

Qualifications
Required

• 3+ - 5+ years of experience in full-stack web development
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken, with excellent communication skills for working across international teams
• Strong proficiency in PHP and the Laravel framework, including Eloquent ORM, middleware, and service containers
• Solid understanding of REST APIs
• Relational databases (PostgreSQL)
• Experience with Laravel's queue system, job processing, and message queuing systems such as RabbitMQ
• Working knowledge of Redis for caching, session management, and queue handling
• Experience building and maintaining internal tools and automation workflows, including scripting repetitive tasks and scheduled jobs
• Hands-on experience with Livewire for building dynamic interfaces
• Proficiency in Alpine.js and comfort with JavaScript for internal UIs
• Strong CSS skills with Tailwind CSS
• Able to read and modify Python scripts
• Intermediate DevOps familiarity, including Docker, environments, logs, and basic CI/CD
• Familiarity with DigitalOcean infrastructure, including Droplets, managed databases, and Spaces
• Experience with version control using Git and GitLab

Preferred
Experience with:

• Payment providers, mobile money, or other FinTech-style integrations
• Telco, IoT, or device data integrations
• Event-driven architectures (queues, pub/sub) and workflow engines are used for designing systems where components communicate through events.
• Particle console

Prior Experience In

• Distributed teams across multiple African markets
• Energy, infrastructure, or other operationally intensive industries
• Experience mentoring junior engineers or leading small squads

Familiarity With

• Basic infrastructure-as-code
• Monitoring/alerting tools (e.g., Sentry, Prometheus/Grafana)

Must have skills

• Experience: 5+ Years Exp Full-Stack African Markets
• Backend: PHP Laravel Eloquent ORM REST APIs
• Frontend: Livewire Alpine.js Tailwind CSS
• Data & Queuing: PostgreSQL Redis RabbitMQ/Queues
• DevOps/Infra: GitLab Docker DigitalOcean
• Soft Skills: Fluent English International Teams
• Scripting: Python (Reading/Modifying)