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Senior Backend Engineer

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About the role

Our client is a leading financial services institution in Africa, delivering large-scale digital banking, payments, and lending platforms used by millions of customers across the continent. They are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer (Java) to play a key role in designing, building, and operating mission-critical backend systems within a regulated financial environment.

Required Skills

SQL System Design Microservices Java Spring Boot

Preferred Skills

AWS Docker CI/CD Kubernetes Microsoft Azure Google Cloud (GCP) PostgreSQL MySQL MariaDB Apache Kafka

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop scalable backend services using Java (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud).
  • Architect and maintain microservices and API-based platforms for high-volume financial transactions.
  • Build and optimise data access layers using relational and NoSQL databases.
  • Implement secure authentication, authorisation, and data protection mechanisms.
  • Ensure system reliability, performance tuning, and fault tolerance in production environments.
  • Lead code reviews, enforce engineering best practices, and mentor mid-level engineers.
  • Collaborate with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipelines, containerisation, and cloud deployments.
  • Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to long-term platform strategy.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory, audit, and security standards common to financial services.
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