Senior Backend Engineer, Java

🕒 February 27

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Moniepoint Inc. (Formerly TeamApt Inc.)

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1001 - 5000 employees

💳 Fintech

🏦 Banking

Fintech • Banking • Payments

Moniepoint Inc. is Africa's all-in-one financial ecosystem that provides seamless solutions in payments, banking, credit, and business management for over 10 million businesses and individuals. Operating as Nigeria's largest merchant acquirer, Moniepoint powers the majority of Point of Sale (POS) transactions in the country. The company processes $17 billion monthly while ensuring profitable operations. With operations starting in 2019, Moniepoint continues to support businesses through its comprehensive financial services platform, making significant strides in financial inclusion across emerging markets.

📋 Description

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, and QA) to conceptualize, design, and deliver high-impact features. • Architect and build scalable, high-performance backend services using Java and Spring Boot. • Produce clean, maintainable, and well-documented code with a strong emphasis on reliability and testability. • Seamlessly integrate third-party services and APIs, ensuring robust error handling and graceful degradation. • Continuously enhance system performance and developer experience through thoughtful automation and refactoring. • Diagnose and resolve complex issues across the stack while proactively identifying opportunities for technical improvements. • Actively contribute to code reviews and architecture discussions, promoting engineering best practices across the team. • Maintain clear documentation of technical decisions, systems, and processes to support transparency and long-term scalability.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline. • 5+ years of hands-on professional experience in software engineering, with a strong emphasis on backend development. • Deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot, with a solid grasp of modern backend architecture and engineering best practices. • Proven experience designing, building, and scaling web services, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems. • Working knowledge of Agile development methodologies and CI/CD pipelines. • Strong proficiency with relational databases and ORM frameworks (e.g., Hibernate). • Exposure to frontend technologies such as AngularJS or React is a plus. • Excellent debugging and troubleshooting abilities, with a structured approach to problem-solving. • Strong communication skills and a collaborative, team-first mindset.

🏖️ Benefits

• Culture - We put our people first and prioritize the well-being of every team member. We’ve built a company where all opinions carry weight and where all voices are heard. We value and respect each other and always look out for one another. Above all, we are human. • Learning - We have a learning and development-focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks. • Compensation - You’ll receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance, paid leave, plus other benefits.