Software Engineer
Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
Full Time
Experienced
PalmPay is a pan-african fintech company currently operating in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania and expanding to other markets this year. We are reinventing the payments experience by making it easy and reliable for everyone to transfer money, pay bills and shop online.
About the role
About the role
- Contribute to the design, architecture, and development of our products and services.
- Produce highly scalable, high-quality software in a fast-paced environment.
- Find innovative solutions to challenging problems.
- Improve performance, scalability, and availability of our internal systems.
- Diagnose and debug issues in a production environment.
- Over 3 years of professional programming experience, with at least 2 years of recent, hands-on work in Java.
- 2+ years of domain expertise in fintech, banking, or financial services, with a deep understanding of industry-specific requirements, compliance, and high-availability systems.
- Deep understanding and practical application of Object-oriented Programming (OOP) principles, including SOLID design, Clean Architecture, and advanced software design patterns.
- Expertise in Test-Driven Development (TDD) and behavior-driven testing methodologies, ensuring robust, maintainable code.
- Advanced proficiency in Web/API environments, including: HTTP protocols
- Designing and consuming RESTful services
- Creating efficient, secure, and high-performance APIs
- Demonstrated ability to perform and excel under pressure, consistently meeting deadlines while driving high standards of work.
- Strong aptitude for self-directed learning, staying current with emerging technologies, and adopting modern engineering practices.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate complex technical challenges effectively.
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