Backend Engineer at Yellow Card (Remote)

Job Description

Yellow Card Financial is a Financial Technology (FinTech) startup focused on building a new financial infrastructure for the African continent. Yellow Card is lowering barriers, removing fees and providing greater access to financial services. Together, we are building products and services that fulfill our mission of “financial inclusion for all”.  Yellow Card is looking to hire a Backend Software Engineer to join the team.

The company’s vision strives to form a committed team of forward-thinkers who collectively create a supportive, welcoming and highly innovative environment for all.

Type of person: 

Critical thinking, strong in your domain and can engage and lead your dream in some of the largest most intimidating companies in the world

Requirements:

• +3 years of work experience as a Backend Engineer/Developer
• Experience working in AWS or other similar cloud architecture (Google Cloud/Azure)
• Experience with Node.js, possessing a broad knowledge of JavaScript in general and Node.js internals
• Experience in Serverless Framework
• Event-driven microservice experience
• Basic understanding of the blockchain technology will be advantageous

Responsibilities

• Work with a group of engineers and cross-functional team members in the implementation of new and existing features
• Provide clear and concise communication regarding feature development statuses to the team and stakeholders
• Adhere to internal coding standards, development processes, and design best practices
• Ensure quality by performing thorough testing and leveraging peer reviews for your work and the work of cross functional teams
• Embrace and demonstrate our values: humility, creativity, and independence
• Write and maintain clean, maintainable, and well-tested code for the future (and present) of the company’s platform

Team:

• Exude your upbeat energy and enthusiasm each and every day to motivate your team to be the best they can in every aspect of what they do
• Celebrate the success of others by recognising the contributions of committed team members and their achievements
• Communicate in a fashion that is respectful and well-understood
• Collaborate with your peers to collectively think of innovative ideas that drive business through technology
• Build and utilise working relationships with internal business partners across the organisation and external business contacts