At Verto, we’re passionate about helping businesses in Africa connect with global opportunities. What began as a solution for trading Nigerian Naira has grown into a market-leading platform, revolutionising how thousands of businesses transfer money in and out of Africa.
We believe where you do business shouldn’t limit your success or ability to scale. Millions of companies struggle with long settlement periods, high transaction fees, and liquidity challenges when trading with African businesses. We’re on a mission to change this by creating equal access to efficient payment and liquidity solutions that are standard in developed markets.
Backed by world-class investors like Y-Combinator, Quona, and MEVP, Verto powers payments for some of the world’s most disruptive start-ups. Named Fintech Start-Up of the Year at the Fintech Awards London 2022, we process billions of dollars annually.
We’re seeking a Full-Stack Developer to Build the Future of Payments
We’re looking for an experienced Full-Stack Developer to join our fast-paced and innovative team. In this role, you’ll build scalable, distributed applications that are essential to solving challenges faced by businesses across Africa and emerging markets. You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, drive impactful development, and help shape the future of payments and fintech.
What success looks like in your first 12 months:
- Develop and deploy at least two scalable, distributed applications on AWS or other cloud platforms, directly impacting business-critical functions.
- Design and deliver RESTful APIs that power secure, high-performance web applications used by thousands of businesses.
- Improve system performance and scalability, contributing to a 25% reduction in average API response times.
- Build a robust front-end architecture using modern frameworks like Angular, delivering an intuitive user experience.
- Ensure all systems meet high standards of code quality, security, and reliability, reducing production issues by 30%.
You’ll be responsible for:
- Designing, developing, and maintaining RESTful APIs and scalable services for Verto’s suite of products.
- Building and testing highly scalable web applications and services, working with petabyte-scale data in the data governance domain.
- Creating robust system and service architectures, and providing constructive feedback to peers during design reviews.
- Leveraging cloud platforms like AWS to build geographically agnostic and flexible systems.
- Using development tools such as AWS CodeBuild, Docker, Serverless Framework, and Swagger to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Designing and implementing dockerised applications that can deploy flexibly to meet business needs.
- Developing with modern frameworks like Angular, Flutter, or React, creating intuitive and efficient user interfaces.
- Writing unit and acceptance tests to ensure reliability and high-quality code.
- Participating in the full development lifecycle, from research and prototyping to production release.
- Collaborating within a small, driven team to deliver innovative, impactful solutions.
What we’re looking for:
- 2+ years of professional development experience with any object-oriented language.
- Hands-on experience building and delivering applications using Node.js.
- Proficiency with modern web frameworks such as Angular, React.
- Strong understanding of software design principles, creating extensible and reusable code.
- Excellent knowledge of HTTP and REST standards.
- Proven experience working with relational databases like MySQL and understanding database optimisation.
- Track record of developing highly scalable distributed applications on cloud platforms, ideally AWS.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions and mentor team members.
- Flexibility and a “roll-up-your-sleeves” attitude to adapt as the role evolves.