Backend Engineer

Who we are

Fido empowers millions across Africa to take control of their finances with ease. As a leader in cutting-edge financial technology, Fido clears the way for building credit, securing instant loans, making smart investments, and obtaining tailored insurance. No banker’s hours, no hidden fees—just endless opportunities.

From city centers to rural communities, Fido is breaking barriers and creating financial freedom, providing access to innovative tools and services that foster growth and empowerment. By leveraging advanced technology, Fido is shaping a future of opportunity and financial inclusion across the continent.

Join the team and be a part of leading this transformative change, driving impact where it matters most.

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What you will do

• Design and implement the infrastructure of the system including the risk, payment and interaction applications.
• Architect and build a highly scalable data platform for diversified and complex data flows
• Have end to end ownership: Design, build, ship, measure and maintain our backend services
  
  

• 3-5 years in software development - Python and/or Java advantage
• Experience designing and maintaining large scale applications
• Deep familiarity with cloud infrastructures and architectures - specifically AWS
• Experience designing with both NoSQL and relational databases - DynamoDB, Aurora etc.
• Deep familiarity with serverless and microservice architecture
• DevOps skills such as Docker, Kubernetes, Cloudformation, etc. - advantage
• Significant knowledge in big data language - familiarity with a variety of big data technologies in the big data world
• Designing Dataflows for ML in production - advantage
• BSc in computer science or equivalent