Engineering

Backend Engineer

Abuja · Nigeria · Hybrid · Full-time

Design and build resilient services, data access layers, and integrations for enterprise workloads—with emphasis on correctness, performance, and operability.

What you will do

• Implement domain logic, APIs, and integration adapters with clear contracts and error handling
• Model schemas, migrations, and query patterns for performance and data integrity
• Implement caching, rate limiting, and backoff strategies where appropriate
• Work with security requirements: secrets rotation, least-privilege DB access, audit trails
• Support on-call rotation for owned services; improve dashboards and alerts over time
• Profile and optimize hot paths; document tradeoffs for reviewers and clients
• Coordinate with frontend, mobile, and partner teams on versioning and compatibility

Required qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of professional backend-focused development
• Bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent
• Strong proficiency in at least one backend stack (Node.js/TypeScript, Java, Go, .NET, or similar)
• Deep SQL skills and experience with PostgreSQL or equivalent relational databases
• Understanding of distributed systems basics: idempotency, retries, eventual consistency, messaging
• Experience building and consuming REST APIs; familiarity with OpenAPI/Swagger is a plus
• Comfortable with Linux environments, logging, metrics, and basic networking concepts

Preferred qualifications

• Event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SNS/SQS, etc.)
• Multi-tenant SaaS or B2B integration patterns
• Financial services, health, or other regulated-domain experience