Java Developer - Backend Engineer

About the role

Renmoney is a Nigerian fintech providing loans, savings and fixed deposit solutions to under-banked individuals and small business owners. The Java Developer joins one of its core engineering teams (Banking, Loans, Core Technology Platform or Cards) to design, develop and maintain the backend systems behind its financial products and internal platforms. The role suits someone passionate about backend development, software craftsmanship and scalable, high-performance systems.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and maintain backend applications using Java and Spring Boot
• Build scalable, secure, high-performing backend services supporting business-critical financial products
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices
• Write clean, maintainable, production-ready code with a focus on reliability and performance
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Infrastructure and QA teams across the SDLC
• Take part in architecture discussions, code reviews and technical design sessions
• Monitor, troubleshoot and optimise application performance
• Build and support distributed systems with modern cloud-native technologies
• Implement messaging and event-driven solutions using Kafka

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline
• Proven experience developing backend applications with Java
• Experience building and maintaining distributed systems in production; cloud-native experience highly desirable
• FinTech, banking, payments or lending experience is an added advantage

Required skills

• Strong Java and Spring Boot proficiency
• RESTful APIs and microservices
• AWS, preferably Amazon EKS
• MySQL or other relational databases
• Kafka and event-driven architectures
• Redis caching
• Grafana and Prometheus

What we offer

• Work in an innovative fintech with a global reach
• Exposure to Java, Spring Boot, AWS (EKS), MySQL, Kafka, Redis, Grafana and Prometheus
• Contribution to high-impact financial products used by millions
• Competitive compensation and career development