Jumia / recrute CDD
Senior backend developer
– Jumia Pay (Full Time)
Jumia is the leading pan-Africa e-commerce platform. Founded in 2012, Jumia’s mission is to improve the quality of everyday life in Africa by leveraging technology to deliver innovative, convenient and affordable online services to consumers, while helping businesses grow as they use our platform to reach and serve consumers.
Our platforms consist of our marketplace, which connects sellers with consumers, our logistics service, which enables the shipment and delivery of packages from sellers to consumers, and our payment service, which facilitates transactions among participants active on our platform in selected markets. Through our online platforms, consumers can access a wide range of physical and digital goods and services, fashion, electronics, beauty products and also hotel and flight bookings or restaurant delivery.
With over 3,000 employees in 14 countries spanning across 6 African regions, Jumia is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by very high-profile shareholders. Jumia is committed to creating sustainable impact for Africa. Jumia offers unique opportunities in a vibrant and booming environment, creating new jobs, new skills, and empowering a new generation. We are looking for talented people with a passion for Africa to join our team and embark on our exciting journey!
Main Responsibilities:
- Design and implementation of web-based services that are high performing and scalable
- Expand our micro-services architecture
- Evolve your technical capabilities to the next level while using state-of-the-art technologies
- Work with a multidisciplinary team (Developers; DevOps, QA Engineers, Product Owners) oriented to continuous delivery
- Construct and verify (unit test) software components to meet design specifications
- Take ownership for your code to be qualitatively high and you will support your colleagues in code reviews
- Respect and follow the code of conduct, general rules and principles of the company
Requirements:
- Solid knowledge of software engineering principles, algorithms, data structures and Object Oriented Design – Minimum 3/5 years experience
- Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
- User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
- Experience with web-oriented technologies (Java/J2EE, GoLang, NodeJS)
- Strong experience with ORM (Hibernate) and SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
- Knowledge of product development best practices, continuous delivery and testing (Version control, Unit-Testing or Continuous integration and delivery)
- Passion to analyze and solve complex technical problems
- Aware of Performance and Security topics on web development
- Experience with Agile Methodology
- Proactiveness, team player and positive attitude
- Adaptable, meticulous, innovative with good problem-solving skills
We Offer:
You will belong to an international talented team, evolving in a fast-paced environment. Our people are inspiring, ready to take challenge, and will support you in working on an international scale impacting tens of millions of revenue and users. Our commitment to our teams is to turn everyone into the finest in their area by providing constant support.
We are passionate about what we do, and we have fun while doing it. And above all, we believe that nothing is impossible.