Java Developer – Backend Engineer (FinTech)

About the role

We are a fast‑growing fintech focused on financial inclusion in Nigeria. As a Java Developer you will join one of our core engineering squads to design, build and maintain the backend services that power our lending, savings and payment products.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and maintain Java applications using Spring Boot.
• Build scalable, secure micro‑services and RESTful APIs that support business‑critical financial products.
• Implement event‑driven solutions with Kafka and manage distributed systems in cloud‑native environments.
• Collaborate with product, infrastructure, QA and other engineering teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews and technical design sessions.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and optimise application performance using observability tools.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.
• Proven experience developing backend applications with Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience building and operating distributed systems in production.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably AWS and Amazon EKS.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and communication skills.

Required skills

• Java
• Spring Boot
• RESTful API development
• Micro‑services architecture
• AWS (Amazon EKS)
• MySQL or other relational databases
• Kafka
• Redis
• Grafana and Prometheus for monitoring