Key Facts

Remote From:

Full time

Senior (5-10 years)

English

Hard Skills

JavaScript (Programming Language) Java (Programming Language) Nodes (Networking) Agile Software Development JavaScript Libraries Relational Database Management Systems GraphQL NoSQL CI/CD Styled-Components JavaScript Libraries JavaScript Libraries Bootstrap (Front-End Framework) Data Sharing

Other Skills

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Team Leadership
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Problem Solving

Roles & Responsibilities

5 to 8 years of professional software development experience.
Proficiency in JavaScript and at least one backend language such as Golang, Node.js, Java, or Scala.
Experience designing and building scalable, reliable services and APIs (REST, GraphQL).
Strong knowledge of relational databases, schema design, and software testing.

Requirements:

Lead a cross-functional agile team to develop scalable products.
Design and implement flexible APIs and microservices.
Build and maintain high-availability, resilient services.
Collaborate with team members and share best practices.

WaystoCap

Information Technology & Services

About WaystoCap

WaystoCap takes the pain out of working internationally for businesses all over the African continent, improving their ability to trade. We help them find partners internationally, and regionally; sourcing the most competitive prices; offering better payment terms; and supporting the entire trade.WaystoCap is a technology driven trading platform focused on Africa. We are backed by some of the best early stage US and international investors including Battery Ventures (investors in Google), 4DX Ventures (investors in Flutterwave) and Y Combinator (Airbnb and Dropbox).

Company type: Startup

Industry: Information Technology & Services

Founded: 2018

Company size: 11 - 50

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Job description

A bit about us:

Hi! We're WaystoCap a Y Combinator startup backed by top tier VCs, and we are building a B2B marketplace in Africa.

A little more about what we do:

We do more than just a listing or marketplace site, and help our buyers and sellers go through the entire trade process more easily, efficiently, and improved with technology.

Here is a short video about us: The African Opportunity

We want every African business to be able to trade internationally, just like any company and take advantage of cutting edge tech to solve payments, logistics, and most importantly trust issues.

Your challenge as a developer:

You will lead a cross functional agile team to help build a strong and scalable products. The team will plan, design and build innovative solutions to unlock the trading internationally and in Africa. backed by a deep understanding of microservice architecture and high availability, you will build highly scalable platform.

We are looking for Backend developer able to:

Build and maintain scalable services
Design flexible API (REST, GraphQL)
Deliver modern reliable and resilient services
Share knowledge, evangelize best practices.
Proficient with JavaScript
Fluency in any backend server language, and expertise in relational databases and schema design.

Requirements:

5 - 8 years professional development experience
Experience in programming with one of the following language: Golang, Node, Java, Scala
Proficiency in ES6 JavaScript, modern React.js
Gatsby, other static site generators or Next.js experience
Bootstrap, styled-components
Web App Performance optimization
Experience in software design and testing
Experience in database and storage technologies (RDBMS, NoSQL,...)
Experience with CI/CD pipeline
Experience working and leading an agile team

What we offer: