PalmPay Limited is a pan-African Fintech company currently operating in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania and expanding to other markets this year. We are reinventing the payment experience by making it easy and reliable for everyone to transfer money, pay bills and shop online.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer – Merchant Tech Support

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Implementation and Coding: Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following best practises
• implementation, testing, delivery, and maintenance of product features
• Creating detailed technical solution plan
• API Documentation: o Create detailed and user-friendly documentation for API, including usage guides, integration steps, and troubleshooting information. o Keep documentation up-to-date with any changes or enhancements to the libraries.
• Integration with Payment Solutions: o Collaborate with payment solutions architects to ensure seamless integration between API libraries and the core payment processing systems. o Optimize API calls for performance and efficiency.
• Collaboration and Communication: o Work closely with product managers, software engineers, and other stakeholders to understand integration requirements and provide technical solutions. o Communicate effectively with merchants and partners to assist in the development process.
• Security and Compliance: o Implement and adhere to security best practices in API development. o Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations related to payment solutions.
• Continuous Improvement: o Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices. o Proactively suggest and implement improvements to the API libraries to enhance performance, security, and user experience.

Qualifications
Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.

Experience:

• 3-5 years proven experience in designing, building, and maintaining systems.
• Strong proficiency in Java and experience with the Spring Boot framework.

Technical Skills:

• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
• Experience with relational databases (e.g MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g MongoDB, Redis)
• Experience with API security, encryption, and compliance.
• Knowledge of containerization technologies and orchestration tools is a plus.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g Git).

Soft Skills:

• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.