Traction Apps is a one-stop platform for small businesses to accept payments, run their businesses, and access capital for growth, We are building the operating system for SMEs in Africa!
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We are looking for driven passionate problem solvers and self-starters to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the development and execution of best-in-class people strategies which will drive Traction forward as an employer of choice and support the organization in achieving its vision, mission, and strategic goals.
Overview of the Role:
Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server- side logic
Writing reusable, testable, readable and efficient code
Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications and APIs
Implementation of security and data protection
Integration of data storage solutions which may include databases, key-value stores, blob stores, etc.
Participation in the process of creating technical specifications
Integration and unit testing developed code
Mentoring fellow developers
Actively taking part in the research of new technologies and solutions
Working closely together with front-end developers
Owning delivery end-to-end and releasing code to several deployment environments without hitches or inconsistencies.
Treating team success as personal success
Translating learning into systematic improvement
The development of tests and documentation as required
Integration of external services where necessary
Attributes of the Ideal Candidate
4 - 7+ years’ experience in backend engineering
Experience designing APIs taking a RESTful approach and provide adequate documentation for API users
Preferred stack is Golang, NodeJS, Java
Experience with Test Driven Development and writing high coverage tests
Ability to deploy code, manage, monitor and scale servers required. AWS Experience is preferred
Experience with containerization. Docker, Kubernetes similar technologies a plus. Computer Science or related degree
A track record of responsibility and an ability to think critically though difficult technical problems
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