Platform Engineer at Migo Money Inc

What you will do

• As an experienced platform Engineer, you will develop new microservices from scratch, as well as support and evolve existing microservices.
• You will be part of a growing team of talented software developers, integrating Migo’s services with new financial partners and serving new markets in Nigeria and beyond.
• You will create project specifications, and lead projects to completion. We would look to you to implement best practices in development and system architecture.

Who we are looking for?

• You should be a talented software developer, able to write clean, efficient, and readable code. You should be skilled at covering your code with unit tests and other automated tests. You are comfortable as a member of a team, able to contribute to and improve a codebase developed by your coworkers.
• You are a clear and concise communicator, with an ability to discuss ideas with a wide range of stakeholders, both technical and non-technical. You appreciate hearing different points of view and wait to hear others’ point of view before offering your own.
• You have a pragmatic approach to building systems, see multiple ways of solving problems, and are able to discuss the tradeoffs of each solution.
• You bring with you a depth and breadth of experience using many different technologies. You are empathetic, self-aware and respect all cultures. You are fun and enlightening to work with, and you have a good work/life balance with hobbies and interests you are happy to share with others.

You are a good fit if:

• You have a degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• You have several years of experience building production-quality software infrastructure
• You are fluent in Java
• You have experience in designing and delivering medium-to-large-scale projects to production
• You have a proven track record of delivering large, multi-faceted projects with little guidance
• You have experience designing and building RESTful microservices using modern technologies, e.g. Docker and Kubernetes
• You have experience working on large-scale, distributed systems
• You have experience working with AWS or other cloud-based services
• You have experience writing unit tests and other automated tests
• You have experience at a rapidly growing startup or with cutting-edge teams at a larger tech company

Bonus points if:

• You are familiar with Scala and/or Python
• You have expertise with front-end technologies, particularly React
• You have experience in the financial sector

Migo’s Tech Stack:

• Java, with some Scala and Python
• Micronaut for microservices and APIs
• Docker and Kubernetes to package and run services on AWS
• Pulsar and SQS for event streaming and queueing
• Ansible for cloud configuration
• Swagger (OpenAPI) for API documentation