Jobs at Strivo Labs

Job Objectives

• We are looking for a dynamic and strategic Business Development & Partnerships Manager to drive partnerships with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), trade groups, and key industry stakeholders.
• This role will focus on building strong alliances that enhance our product distribution, increase merchant adoption, and expand our ecosystem in e-commerce, payments, and financial services.
• The ideal candidate has a proven track record of developing partnerships, negotiating deals, and managing high-value relationships that contribute to business growth.

Key Responsibilites
Partnership Development & Management:

• Identify, engage, and secure strategic partnerships with OEMs, trade groups, and industry associations.
• Negotiate partnership agreements, ensuring mutually beneficial outcomes and long-term value creation.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders to drive collaboration and expand market presence.

Business Growth & Expansion:

• Develop and implement strategies to leverage partnerships for customer acquisition, merchant growth, and revenue expansion.
• Collaborate with product, marketing, and sales teams to create tailored solutions that meet partner and market needs.
• Identify new market opportunities and channels through partnerships.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Serve as the primary liaison with OEMs, trade groups, and other industry partners.
• Organize and represent the company at industry events, trade fairs, and networking sessions.
• Ensure effective communication and alignment between internal teams and external partners.

Performance Monitoring & Reporting:

• Track partnership performance and contribution to overall business goals.
• Provide insights, data, and recommendations to senior management to optimize partnership outcomes.
• Regularly review and assess partnership agreements to ensure continued relevance and value.

KPIs

• Number and quality of OEM and trade group partnerships secured.
• Revenue growth and customer acquisition from partnerships.
• Partner satisfaction and retention rate.
• Contribution of partnerships to business expansion goals.
• Achievement of partnership and growth targets within set timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, or a related field.
• 3 - 5 years of experience in business development, partnerships, or sales within e-commerce, payments, or financial services.
• Proven track record of successfully building and managing strategic partnerships, preferably with OEMs, trade groups, or large organizations.
• Experience working across cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments.

Key Skills:

• Strong business development and strategic partnership skills.
• Excellent negotiation, influencing, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to assess market trends and partnership impact.
• Ability to build trust and maintain long-term business relationships.
• High level of initiative, integrity, and accountability.

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About the Role

• We are seeking a highly competent and detail-oriented Core Operations Officer with strong expertise in LoanDisk platform usage to lead and support the optimization of our lending and savings operations.
• The successful candidate will play a critical role in migrating all legacy and upcoming transactions into LoanDisk, ensuring smooth system integration, and enhancing the platform for High Net-Worth Individual (HNI) investment management and overall financial operations efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the migration of all legacy and ongoing transactions into the LoanDisk platform.
• Configure, manage, and optimize LoanDisk for lending, savings, and HNI investment operations.
• Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and consistency across all migrated and new transactions.
• Collaborate with product, finance, and tech teams to streamline workflows and integrations.
• Develop and maintain operational reports, dashboards, and controls within LoanDisk.
• Support compliance and risk management by embedding audit-ready processes in operations.
• Provide training and ongoing support to internal teams on LoanDisk usage and best practices.
• Continuously improve processes to enhance efficiency, reporting, and customer experience.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Accounting, or related field.
• 3–5 years’ experience in operations within lending, savings, or fintech environments.
• Proven expertise with the LoanDisk platform (configuration, reporting, optimization, and troubleshooting).
• Strong knowledge of lending operations, savings products, and HNI/wealth management processes.
• Experience in system migration or implementation projects with a focus on data accuracy and integrity.
• Solid background in financial operations, transaction reconciliation, and reporting.
• Understanding of compliance, audit, and regulatory requirements in financial services.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• High proficiency in Excel, data analysis, and financial reporting tools.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to train, support, and influence cross-functional teams.

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About the job

• We’re looking for a DevOps Engineer who thrives on automation, scalability, and reliability.
• You’ll be the backbone of our engineering team, ensuring our backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure run smoothly and securely in the cloud.
• If you love building CI/CD pipelines, managing AWS environments, and making sure applications scale without breaking, this is your chance.

What you’ll be doing

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining AWS cloud infrastructure for e-commerce at scale.
• Setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployments.
• Automating infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Monitoring system performance, uptime, and reliability.
• Collaborating with backend engineers to optimize APIs, databases, and microservices.
• Managing databases, caching, and load balancing to handle high-traffic applications.
• Implementing logging, monitoring, and alerting (CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Enforcing security best practices across infrastructure and deployments.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer / Cloud Engineer.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, etc.).
• Experience with Node.js backend deployments (Express).
• Solid skills in Docker & Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB) and caching (Redis).
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Strong understanding of networking, security, and performance optimization.
• Bonus: Experience with e-commerce platforms or high-scale systems.

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About the job

• We’re looking for a WooCommerce Developer who loves building high-performance online stores that scale.
• If you enjoy turning business requirements into smooth shopping experiences, writing clean and maintainable code, and collaborating with product + design teams to build ecommerce solutions people love, this is your chance.

What you’ll be doing

• Developing and customizing WooCommerce-powered ecommerce stores.
• Translating Figma or design mockups into responsive WordPress/WooCommerce themes.
• Building and customizing plugins to extend WooCommerce functionality.
• Collaborating with UI/UX designers, backend engineers, and product managers.
• Implementing best practices for performance optimization, caching, and SEO.
• Ensuring cross-browser and cross-device compatibility.
• Debugging and troubleshooting production issues on WordPress/WooCommerce sites.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience as a WordPress/WooCommerce Developer.
• Strong knowledge of PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and MySQL.
• Experience with WooCommerce theme and plugin development.
• Familiarity with REST APIs and WordPress hooks/filters.
• Understanding of accessibility, responsive design, and performance optimization.
• Comfortable with Git and modern development workflows.
• Bonus: Experience working on high-traffic ecommerce websites.

Why join Strivo Labs?

• Innovative, collaborative culture where your work directly impacts customers.
• Opportunities to experiment with the latest e-commerce technologies.
• Work with a passionate team solving big challenges.

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About the job

• We’re looking for a Shopify Engineer who loves building scalable, high-performance ecommerce experiences that delight users.
• If you enjoy customizing Shopify themes, extending functionality with apps and APIs, and collaborating with product + design teams to create beautiful online stores, this is your chance.

What you’ll be doing

• Developing and customizing Shopify themes to deliver pixel-perfect ecommerce experiences.
• Building custom Shopify apps and integrations with third-party services and APIs.
• Working with Liquid, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frontend frameworks to extend Shopify’s capabilities.
• Collaborating with UI/UX designers, backend engineers, and product managers to ship features quickly.
• Optimizing storefront performance, SEO, and accessibility for millions of users.
• Ensuring mobile-first, responsive design and cross-browser compatibility.
• Debugging, troubleshooting, and supporting production issues.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience as a Shopify Developer/Engineer (Shopify Plus experience is a big plus).
• Strong knowledge of Shopify’s Liquid templating language, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience customizing Shopify themes and working with the Shopify App ecosystem.
• Familiarity with Shopify APIs (REST and GraphQL) and webhook integrations.
• Understanding of e-commerce performance optimization, SEO, and responsive design.
• Comfortable with Git and modern development workflows.
• Bonus: Experience scaling ecommerce systems for high-traffic sites.

Why join Strivo Labs?

• Build products that impact millions of users across Africa and beyond.
• Innovative, collaborative culture where your work directly drives growth.
• Opportunities to explore Shopify Plus and the latest commerce technologies.
• Work with a passionate, fast-moving team solving big challenges in e-commerce.

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About the Project

• We are building a functional MVP on Bubble for a fintech/e-commerce initiative. The platform will showcase fintech functionality, onboarding flows for merchants and customers, and live order processing with integrated payments.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and develop an end-to-end marketplace MVP using Bubble.io.
• Implement customer flows: account registration, browsing catalog, cart, checkout, repayment plan simulation.
• Implement merchant flows: merchant onboarding, catalog upload, order management dashboard.
• Integrate third-party payment gateway (e.g., Paystack/Stripe) for live payments.
• Build OTP-based delivery confirmation workflow using SMS/email APIs.
• Create customer and admin dashboards (orders, payments, tracking).
• Ensure responsive, mobile-first design with intuitive UX.
• Set up notifications (order confirmation, shipment, repayment reminders).
• Apply Bubble privacy rules and security best practices to protect user data.
• Work with the product manager to align design and workflows with long-term roadmap.
• Provide documentation and handover guidance for future transition to a custom-coded platform.

Qualifications

• 3+ years proven experience building production-grade apps on Bubble.io (marketplaces, fintech, or e-commerce preferred).
• Strong knowledge of Bubble workflows, API connector, data structures, and custom states.
• Experience with payment gateway integrations (Stripe, Paystack, Flutterwave, etc.).
• Familiarity with OTP/SMS/email integrations and user authentication flows.
• Good eye for UI/UX; ability to implement mobile-responsive design without a dedicated designer.
• Understanding of data security and privacy best practices in Bubble (role-based access, privacy rules, encrypted fields).
• Strong communication, ability to work under tight deadlines, and comfort with fast-moving agile teams.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience building fintech flows (installments, repayments).
• Prior work with merchant onboarding portals or e-commerce platforms.
• Familiarity with African fintech/payment ecosystem (Paystack, Flutterwave, Remita).
• Contract Length: 1-2 months (initial MVP sprint; extension possible).

Why Join This Project?:

• Opportunity to lead a high-impact MVP build in fintech/e-commerce.
• Work on an e-commerce product with live transactions
• Gain visibility with an international product team and potential for long-term collaboration.
• Tight timeline to delivery (2 weeks) means your work will immediately go live and make impact.

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Description

• We are looking for a Technical Assistant to the Managing Director (MD) — a smart, resourceful, and execution-driven professional who will act as the MD’s right hand.
• This role blends project management, analytics, and technical execution — ensuring that high-level strategies are translated into measurable results.
• This is not a routine “assistant” role — it is a hands-on, high-impact position designed to groom you for leadership.

What You’ll Do
Direct Support to the MD:

• Manage the MD’s schedule, tasks, and communications with precision and confidentiality.
• Prepare executive briefs, presentations, reports, and proposals for internal and client-facing meetings.
• Serve as a sounding board and execution partner, helping translate vision into clear, trackable actions.

Project & Business Management:

• Act as the MD’s eyes and ears across multiple projects, ensuring deadlines, budgets, and deliverables are met.
• Develop and maintain project dashboards and trackers (finance, operations, client deliverables).
• Run weekly project reviews, identifying risks, bottlenecks, and ensuring proactive resolution.
• Drive accountability with internal teams (marketing, recruitment, tech, operations) by following up on priorities.

Technical & Analytical Support:

• Support implementation and optimization of tools — CRMs, project management platforms, automation workflows.
• Conduct market research, competitor benchmarking, and financial/operational analysis to support decisions.
• Build models and insights (Excel/Sheets, dashboards) that give the MD real-time visibility on performance.

Client & Partner Coordination:

• Track client and partner engagements, ensuring the MD is always equipped with updated information.
• Draft communications, proposals, and follow-ups that maintain professional and timely engagement.
• Escalate urgent issues, ensuring the MD has visibility before they become problems.

Who You Are

• Graduate with 3 - 6 years’ experience in project management, business operations, consulting, finance, or technical support.
• Strong with tools: Excel/Google Sheets, CRMs, project management software (Asana, Trello, ClickUp), and automation platforms.
• Exceptional organizational skills — able to manage multiple moving parts at once.
• Excellent communicator (written & spoken) with executive presence and confidence.
• Analytical thinker who thrives on solving problems and making things happen.
• Discreet, trustworthy, and reliable — able to handle sensitive information.
• Proactive and resourceful — you anticipate needs before they arise.

Why This Role is Special:

• You’ll work directly with the MD across multiple industries and ventures.
• You’ll gain exposure to C-level decision-making, high-level strategy, and execution at scale.
• You’ll develop the skills and track record to step into future leadership roles: Operations Lead, Business Manager, or Chief of Staff.
• You’ll be part of a company scaling rapidly across Africa and globally.

Compensation
Competitive, with growth prospects.

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About the job

• We’re looking for a Finance & Operations Executive - a sharp, proactive professional who thrives at the intersection of finance, operations, and leadership support.
• This role combines strong analytical capability with hands-on execution, ensuring our business runs smoothly while enabling the Managing Director to focus on strategy and growth.
• This is a high-visibility role with exposure to decision-making at the leadership level, making it ideal for someone ambitious, resourceful, and eager to fast-track their career.

What You’ll Do
Finance & Analysis:

• Prepare and manage financial reports, cash flow statements, and performance dashboards.
• Track budgets, expenses, and profitability across multiple projects and ventures.
• Provide analytical insights to guide strategic and operational decisions.

Operations & Execution:

• Support day-to-day operations, ensuring all teams remain aligned and deliverables are met.
• Implement and manage tools/systems (CRMs, dashboards, project management platforms) to drive efficiency.
• Monitor project timelines, highlight risks, and follow through on execution.

Leadership Support:

• Work closely with the MD on research, competitor analysis, and preparation of reports, presentations, and briefs.
• Organize priorities, track action items, and ensure timely follow-ups on commitments.
• Liaise with internal teams, clients, and partners to ensure information flows effectively to leadership.
• Translate big-picture ideas into clear, actionable plans.

Who You Are

• Graduate with 3 - 6 years’ experience in finance, consulting, operations, or business support.
• Strong technical toolkit: Excel/Google Sheets, CRMs, dashboards, project management tools.
• Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and organized.
• Excellent communicator — strong written and verbal skills.
• A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Trusted with sensitive information — discreet, professional, and reliable.

Why This Role is Unique:

• Direct exposure to leadership-level decision-making.
• Work across finance, strategy, and operations in one role.
• Be part of a company scaling globally, building the future of execution.
• Clear career path into roles like Operations Lead, Business Manager, Financial Controller or Chief of Staff.

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Job Objective

• We are seeking an experienced and proactive Technical Project Manager to oversee and coordinate critical projects across our financing business.
• This role involves planning, executing, and closing projects that drive business growth, improve operational efficiency, and support product and service innovation.
• The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, technically savvy, and capable of managing cross-functional teams to deliver results on time and within budget.

Key Responsibilities

• Define project scopes, goals, deliverables, timelines, and resource requirements.
• Develop detailed project plans and schedules, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Coordinate internal resources and third-party vendors for seamless execution.
• Work closely with engineering, product, and business teams to ensure smooth implementation of initiatives.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and expectations.
• Track project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and KPIs.
• Identify risks and issues early, and develop mitigation strategies.
• Provide regular status updates and reports to senior leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, reduce delays, and enhance overall efficiency.
• Support the documentation and standardization of processes across departments.
• Lead the planning and execution of change initiatives related to product rollouts, system upgrades, or operational shifts.
• Facilitate user training, stakeholder engagement, and adoption strategies.
• Schedule, facilitate, and follow up on project meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure accurate capture and dissemination of minutes, decisions, and action items.
• Maintain a clear log of deliverables and owners, and follow up to ensure timely execution.

KPIs

• On-time and on-budget project delivery.
• Stakeholder satisfaction and engagement.
• Efficiency improvements and process outcomes.
• Risk and issue resolution turnaround time.
• Team and cross-departmental collaboration effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
• Project Management Certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile/Scrum Master, or equivalent) is an advantage.
• 3–5 years of experience in technical project management, ideally within financial services, fintech, marketplace, or e-commerce environments.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver excellent results.

Key Skills & Competencies:

• Strong technical knowledge with the ability to bridge communication between business and engineering teams.
• High level of integrity and professional ethics.
• Research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work cross-functionally.
• Strategic thinking and business acumen.
• Operational efficiency and process improvement.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall).
• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Jira, Trello, Asana, MS Project).

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What you’ll be doing

• Building responsive, performant, and user-friendly ecommerce interfaces.
• Translating Figma designs into production-ready React components.
• Collaborating with UI/UX designers, backend engineers, and product managers.
• Implementing best practices for performance optimization and accessibility.
• Ensuring cross-browser and cross-device compatibility.
• Debugging and troubleshooting production issues.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience as a Frontend Engineer (React/Next.js preferred).
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Familiarity with state management libraries (Redux, Zustand, Recoil, etc.).
• Experience with REST APIs.
• Understanding of accessibility, responsive design, and performance optimization.
• Comfortable with Git and modern development workflows.
• Bonus: Experience working on ecommerce platforms or high-traffic apps.

Why join Strivo Labs?

• Innovative, collaborative culture where your code has direct impact.
• Opportunities to experiment with the latest frontend technologies.
• Work with a passionate team solving big challenges.