Senior Software (Backend) Engineer (.NET) Job at Leatherback

Leatherback is a global digital cross-border payments service provider positioned to transform how treasury solutions are delivered to businesses and individuals in frontier countries. We provide a single access point that empowers individuals and businesses to be truly global. We do this by building best-in-class financial, payment, and commerce solutions that remove barriers to global growth and mobility for all citizens of the world.

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Senior Software (Backend) Engineer (.NET)

Job Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job Type: Full time

Summary

• We are looking for an experienced backend software engineer to help us build and maintain software systems in support of our business and partners.
• If you are an experienced software engineer with a passion for good design and architecture, with great interpersonal skills we want you!
• The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for providing and contributing to new software development efforts on the most current .NET technology stack and Azure.

Responsibilities

• Create systems that are durable and flexible by developing for change – favour configurability over customization
• Create an enterprise-grade framework for engineers to leverage, with security, scalability
• Generate technical documentation to communicate architectural and design decisions
• Develop complete test plans, tests, and strong code coverage
• Resolve defects during QA testing, pre-production, production, and post-release cycles
• Refactor and extend the existing codebase to fix defects and add features/functionality
• Architect and develop applications, workflows, and prototypes to meet the business needs
• Refine functional requirements and develop technical specifications
• Communicate & collaborate cross-functionally across various teams, organizations and internal and external stakeholders to drive engineering efforts

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of software development experience including:
• Strong portfolio of work showing experience developing secure and standards-compliant code across multiple platforms. (Java or .Net stack as well as Open-Source technology)
• Solid conceptual knowledge of design patterns and language-agnostic design experience
• Test-driven development mindset and strong discipline for writing extensive tests for every production code ship
• Strong understanding of APIs and web service concepts such as REST, SOAP, and XML/JSON business object representations
• Experience developing APIs utilizing REST architecture
• Ability to handle a fast-paced environment for iterative project turnarounds on mission & revenue critical, customer-facing applications
• Experience with Agile development methodologies such as Scrum and Extreme Programming
• Experience with Cassandra or Cosmos DB or other NO SQL databases
• Experience with multi-tenant architectures in the SaaS space
• Fluent in several of the following languages/platforms/libraries: Java and .NET
• Git, Jira, and Confluence experience
• Experience in queue-based systems like RabbitMQ, MSMQ, Kafka, and Event Hub is preferred.
• Knowledge of Relational databases like Oracle/SQL servers.
• Experience in .Net Core, Azure is preferred

Soft Skills & Attributes:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong collaborator.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to detail.