Mid-Level Backend Engineer at Umba

You will be working with a small, but highly technical team. We have 250k users and work to ensure continuous uptime and constant improvement. We train and deploy new machine learning models regularly and subscribe to data-driven decision making, you will not be just an implementer, but a valued opinion at the table.

Responsibilities

• Build robust and scalable software in Python
• Design and create services and system architecture for your projects, and contribute to existing infrastructure
• Help improve our code quality through writing unit tests, automation, and performing code reviews
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute ideas to our technology, algorithms, and products
• Dive into difficult problems and successfully deliver results on schedule

Skills and Qualifications

• At least 4 years of hands-on software engineering experience on a production application
• Degree in engineering preferred, but significant work that can be shared will be accepted
• Experience with Python (or other object-oriented languages) required
• Experience with Linux/Unix and scripting languages
• Java/Android, Swift/iOS, TypeScript/JavaScript/React development experience a bonus
• A track record of projects completed on time – you are a flawless executor, not a procrastinator
• Solid OOP and software design knowledge – you should know how to create software that’s extensible, reusable, and meets desired architectural objectives
• You’re so much fun to work with, that if you were working on the weekend, we’d want to join you.

Work Status

• Valid work authorization for Nigeria