Graduate Backend Developer - APIs

About the job

About Sène Data

Two developers, a designer and a support lead make up most of the company, so everyone touches the product.

About the role

Sène Data is hiring a Graduate Backend Developer - APIs to work remotely from Senegal. You'll work mostly on server-side code: services, queues, databases and the glue between them. Little to no frontend work. You can work from home anywhere in Senegal. We have no office requirement. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. Reliable internet and a power backup are a must.

Day to day

Instrument services with metrics, structured logs and OpenTelemetry traces. Model data and write migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL or DynamoDB. Review code for correctness, performance and failure handling. Implement background jobs and event consumers using Kafka, SQS or RabbitMQ. Design and build REST and gRPC APIs in Go, Java or Python.

Requirements

1-2 years of backend development experience in a production environment. Proficiency in at least one of Go, Java, Kotlin, Python, C# or Node.js. Clear written communication, including design docs. Experience designing and versioning HTTP APIs. Strong SQL and relational data modelling skills. Working knowledge of message queues or streaming platforms.

Benefits

Rate: XOF 280,000-XOF 310,000 per month

Data and airtime allowance. Stock options. Pension contribution. Annual leave. 13th month salary. Medical cover.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Sène Data SARL.