Software Engineer (Backend) at Klasha

About the role

Are you an entrepreneurial Backend Engineer looking to build impactful products? As a Backend Engineer at Klasha, you'll be joining a high-performing team that is the bedrock of our offering. This role would suit a resourceful, high-performance IC with experience in greenfield projects.  

We're a Seed-stage startup, so ideally you'd be comfortable wearing multiple hats. We're learning quickly, shipping regularly, and working cross-functionally to build the future of commerce in Africa. You'll join a mission-led team that cares deeply about connecting Africa with the global economy. 

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with the Frontend Engineers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.
• Developing ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends.
• Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle.
• Define and communicate technical and design requirements.
• Provide training, help and support to other team members.
• Build high-quality reusable code that can be used in the future.
• Build and scale our product with input from other team members.
• Develop functional and sustainable web applications with clean code.
• Troubleshoot and debug applications.
• Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve applications.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of designers and engineers.

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of experience as a backend engineer, ideally in a Fintech startup environment 
• Fluent application of Java (JDK version), Spring boot, Eureka, Zuul.
• Familiarity with Github, Hibernate, Apache Kafka, Postgresql.
• Knowledge of Design Patterns 
• Strong understanding of the web development cycle and programming techniques and tools.
• Focus on efficiency, user experience and process improvement.
• Excellent project and time management skills.
• Strong problem-solving, verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently or with a group.
• Ability to move fast and adapt as the business requires.
• Strong knowledge of the African and/or Global payments and logistics ecosystem would be an advantage.
• Previous experience with functional programming would be an advantage