Senior Backend Engineer ES

Senior Backend Engineer
ES

Did you know, $48 billion was sent overseas to Sub-Saharan Africa last year, but $3. 3 billion was lost in fees? Africa is the most expensive continent to send money to, and it’s time for something better. Join a mission-driven FinTech startup, building a product to increase economic opportunities for Africans across the globe!The product is all about empowering people in Africa to get them better access to financial services, with East Africa as the initial focus (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania). Their personal finance app already has 300k+ users, and their focus is currently on money transfers, charging a considerably less fee than competitors in the space, Founded in 2018, you’d be joining the business as 1 of the 1st 30 people!They’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to build new features and scale the platform using Go. You’ll be involved in all product decisions and help shape the platform’s backend strategy, features & technology. You’ll be working closely with the CTO, 3 other Senior Backend Engineers & Frontend/ Mobile Engineers. The main challenges for this role are in system design & supporting the company's growthTech Snapshot: Go, gRPC, AWS, ECS, Terraform, Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, VaultRemote Working: 100% RemotePackage: Up to €115, 000 + Benefits + StockYou:Have 5+ years experience crafting the back-end to a scalable platform, ideally using Go for 1+ yearsHave made high impact decisions and implemented modern architecture on a scalable B2B/ B2C/ SaaS/ FinTech productHave got stuck into most areas of DevOps (Google Cloud, CI/ CD, Containerisation using Docker, Infra-As-Code) - as much as you can bring!Please apply or message me to discuss this further!