Graduate Backend Developer, Python

About us

Our product started as a side project in 2021 and now has a few hundred paying customers, mostly in Lagos State. Small accounting firms in Lagos State use our engagement letter and e-signature tool, and most heard about us from a colleague. We started in 2021 and have grown to about 23 people. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

About the role

Our team is growing and we are hiring a Graduate Backend Developer, Python. The operations team owns services that process several million requests a day. We need another engineer who is comfortable owning them in production. You can work from home anywhere in Nigeria. We have no office requirement. Flexible schedule. We have one team call a day, usually in the morning.

What you'll work on

• Secure endpoints with OAuth 2.0, JWT validation and proper input checks
• Containerize services with Docker and deploy them to Kubernetes or ECS
• Write integration and contract tests so API changes don't break consumers
• Document APIs in OpenAPI and keep the docs current

About you

• 1-2 years of backend development experience in a production environment
• Strong SQL and relational data modelling skills
• Proficiency in at least one of Go, Java, Kotlin, Python, C# or Node.js
• Clear written communication, including design docs
• Understanding of concurrency, transactions, idempotency and retries

What you get

• Data and airtime allowance
• Annual leave
• 13th month salary
• Stock options

We are reviewing applications as they arrive, so apply early.

Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Niger Systems.