HIRING – Backend Developer, JAVA (Financial Technology Firm)

Nigeria Full-time Undisclosed
Job Description
Location: Lagos (Mainland)

Work Schedule: Hybrid

Job Type: Full Time

About Company:

Our client is a Nigerian payment company that provides cutting-edge payment technology that allows businesses and individuals to make and receive payment globally licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria as a Payment Solution Service Provider (PSSP).

The company is seeking to hire a Senior Software Backend engineer with a specialty in core Java or/and Spring booth to work with their backend engineering team to complement the technical skills needed to serve as a key contributor in building and maintaining its core infrastructure and product development launch and scale.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in software development and agile methodologies. S/he should be able to work independently with little or no supervision with excellent organization and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

▪ Take ownership of technical solutions from coding, and release, to production.

▪ Design and improve the maintainability of the code base through innovative design.

▪ Use technical skills to build amazingly exciting world-class products.

▪ Constantly communicate with diverse internal and external stakeholders in embracing agile practices.

▪ Seek to understand how the business works to identify risks (in code, features, and design).

▪ Diagnose complex issues across various levels of the stack.

▪ Understand the business context deeply and leverage engineering knowledge to propose creative solutions to problems.

▪ Work collaboratively to complete projects, showcase progress, and address problems.

▪ Mentor and coach junior and intermediate engineers within the Engineering team.

▪ Constantly improve to keep pace with innovations and technologies.

▪ Balance deep work with cross-team collaboration.

▪ Work alongside front-end developers to produce efficient and user-friendly systems.

▪ Work on other tasks as assigned by the Engineering Leadership.

▪ Write clean and scalable codes to develop functional applications.

Requirements

Key Requirements:

▪ B.Sc/BA degree in Computer Science or any related field

▪ 7 years of cognate experience working with Java EE/Spring, with at least 3 years experience as a Senior Software Engineer

▪ Knowledge of Object-oriented Programming concepts.

▪ Test-driven development (TDD) experience.

▪ Experience working with AWS, architecture, and design principles.

▪ Strong team leader and player, with the ability to improve knowledge and skills.

▪ Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude.

▪ Ability to work independently.

Benefits

Compensation – Base Pay ranges BTW NGN500,000.00 – NGN850,000.00 Monthly Net Subject to quality and level of experience Other interesting benefits
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Job Snapshot
  • Posted: May 24, 2026
  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Location: Nigeria
  • Source: External