Job Vacancy at MFS Africa

What we are looking for:

• Our ideal candidate should have the ability to work remotely and must be passionate about developing top-notch software FinTech solutions.
• Hands-on experience (6 years minimum) as a software engineer building and maintaining scalable software products in an agile environment.
• Experience working with a team of software developers building enterprise scale products.
• A solid understanding of SDLC, best practices and design patterns.
• Excellent understanding of Cloud Infrastructure, Architectural Patterns, Object Oriented Design and SOLID principles.
• Have expertise in implementing micro services (using tools and technologies for messaging, RPC, containerization, etc.)
• Advanced knowledge of programming languages like Golang, Nodejs, Typescript and frameworks like Fiber, Express and NestJs.
• Excellent Knowledge of caching with Redis and managing relational (MySQL, Postgres, etc.) and non-relational databases (MongoDB, Apache Cassandra, etc.).
• A good understanding of concurrency and how to scale applications leveraging on concurrency.
• Advanced knowledge of version control tools like Git and CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, etc.
• Comfortable working with Docker, deploying containerizing applications in cloud environments and micro-services architecture.
• Sound leadership skills rooted in leading by example, motivating others to grow and communicating effectively to foster successful teamwork.
• Experience in Financial Technology is advantageous but not required.
• Previous experience at a high-growth fast-paced startup, or a passion to join one

What you will do:

• Own the technical architecture of high visibility, high impact platform features. Develop scalable and extensible solutions that provide immediate business value to the company.
• Design, develop and implement custom software applications for a variety of legacy, new and modern systems with limited supervision.
• Support release planning with conceptual design and development/refinement of software engineering guidelines and principles.
• Continuously research new and best coding practices and optimise application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Collaborate with software developers/engineers, stakeholders, and end users within Agile processes to achieve project goals.
• Use appropriate tools to create comprehensive documentations for existing and new software products.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Knowledge of DevOps trends and working practices.
• Experience working with Elasticsearch.
• Experience working with AWS Cloud Services.
• Experience with Jira.

go to method of application »

What we are looking for:

• Our ideal candidate should have the ability to work remotely and must be passionate about developing top-notch software FinTech solutions.
• Hands-on experience (6 years minimum) as a software engineer building and maintaining scalable software products in an agile environment.
• Experience working with a team of software developers building enterprise scale products.
• A solid understanding of SDLC, best practices and design patterns.
• Excellent understanding of Cloud Infrastructure, Architectural Patterns, Object Oriented Design and SOLID principles.
• Have expertise in implementing micro services (using tools and technologies for messaging, RPC, containerization, etc.)
• Advanced knowledge of programming languages like Nodejs, Typescript, PHP and frameworks like Express, NestJs and Laravel.
• Excellent Knowledge of caching with Redis and managing relational (MySQL, Postgres, etc.) and non-relational databases (MongoDB, Apache Cassandra, etc.).
• Advanced knowledge of version control tools like Git and CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, etc.
• Comfortable working with Docker, deploying containerizing applications in cloud environments and micro-services architecture.
• Sound leadership skills rooted in leading by example, motivating others to grow and communicating effectively to foster successful teamwork.
• Experience in Financial Technology is advantageous but not required.
• Previous experience at a high-growth fast-paced startup, or a passion to join one.

What you will do:

• Own the technical architecture of high visibility, high impact platform features. Develop scalable and extensible solutions that provide immediate business value to the company.
• Design, develop and implement custom software applications for a variety of legacy, new and modern systems with limited supervision.
• Support release planning with conceptual design and development/refinement of software engineering guidelines and principles.
• Continuously research new and best coding practices and optimise application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Collaborate with software developers/engineers, stakeholders, and end users within Agile processes to achieve project goals.
• Use appropriate tools to create comprehensive documentations for existing and new software products.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Knowledge of DevOps trends and working practices.
• Experience working with Elasticsearch.
• Experience working with AWS Cloud Services.
• Experience with Jira.

go to method of application »

What we are looking for:

• Our ideal candidate should have the ability to work remotely and must be passionate about developing top-notch software FinTech solutions.
• Hands-on experience (6 years minimum) as a software engineer building and maintaining scalable software products in an agile environment.
• Experience working with a team of software developers building enterprise scale products.
• A solid understanding of SDLC, best practices and design patterns.
• Excellent understanding of Cloud Infrastructure, Architectural Patterns, Object Oriented Design and SOLID principles.
• Have expertise in implementing micro services (using tools and technologies for messaging, RPC, containerization, etc.)
• Advanced knowledge of PHP and Laravel framework.
• Excellent Knowledge of caching with Redis and managing relational (MySQL, Postgres, etc.) and non-relational databases (MongoDB, Apache Cassandra, etc.).
• Advanced knowledge of version control tools like Git and CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, etc.
• Comfortable working with Docker, deploying containerizing applications in cloud environments and micro-services architecture.
• Sound leadership skills rooted in leading by example, motivating others to grow and communicating effectively to foster successful teamwork.
• Experience in Financial Technology is advantageous but not required.
• Previous experience at a high-growth fast-paced startup, or a passion to join one.

What you will do:

• Own the technical architecture of high visibility, high impact platform features. Develop scalable and extensible solutions that provide immediate business value to the company.
• Design, develop and implement custom software applications for a variety of legacy, new and modern systems with limited supervision.
• Support release planning with conceptual design and development/refinement of software engineering guidelines and principles.
• Continuously research new and best coding practices and optimise application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Collaborate with software developers/engineers, stakeholders, and end users within Agile processes to achieve project goals.
• Use appropriate tools to create comprehensive documentations for existing and new software products.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Knowledge of DevOps trends and working practices.
• Experience working with Elasticsearch.
• Experience working with AWS Cloud Services.
• Experience with Jira.