Senior Software Engineer (Frontend)

Who we are

Prophius is a financial technology company committed to providing high-quality capabilities and cutting-edge solutions through Vertical Digitalization, Ecosystems/platforms design, and payment technologies.
With our HQ based in Lagos Nigeria, we are constantly pushing boundaries in the fast-evolving world of payments, and want to grow our innovative product line with added functionality and seamless user experience.

What you’ll bring

Prophius Engineers bring Fun, Smart-work, collaboration, and innovation to the table. As a Software Engineer, you will bring your technical skills as a key contributor to the evolution of the platform to launch new products.
You will-
use your technical skills to build amazingly exciting world-class products
seek to understand the business that your code supports and work to identify risks (in code, features, and design)
constantly communicate with diverse internal and external stakeholders while embracing agile practices
constantly yearn for new learnings on global fintech trends and emerging technologies

You must be comfortable practicing test-driven development because it produces high-quality, reliable, and more maintainable code. We deliver user value, solve problems, and ship code multiple times a day to improve our members’ experience and maximize value to the organization.

Role Responsibilities

Take ownership of technical solutions from coding, release, to production.
Write clean codes to develop functional web applications.
Be responsible for areas of product and service ecosystem.
Design and improve the maintainability of the code base through innovative design.
Mentor and coach junior and intermediate engineers within the Engineering team
Diagnose complex issues across various levels of the stack.
Understand the business context deeply and leverage engineering knowledge to propose creative solutions to problems.
Work collaboratively with crossfunctional teams to complete projects, showcase progress, and address problems.
Constantly improve to keep pace with new innovations and technologies.
Balance deep work with cross-team collaboration.
Work alongside front-end developers to produce efficient and user-friendly systems.
Work on other tasks as assigned by the Engineering Leadership.

Role Requirements

IT-related Education/Degree
Minimum of 4years of professional experience in at least one of the following backend technologies- ReactJS, Angular or Vue.
Knowledge of Object-oriented Programming concepts.
Knowledge of CSS Framework- Bootstrap, Materialize CSS, Semantic UI.
Understanding of JavaScript core Language concepts- DOM manipulation, Fetch API, ES6 features.
Knowledge of unit and integration testing and testing frameworks/libraries- Jest, Jasmine, Mocha.
Good understanding of relational databases, and agile methodologies.
Working knowledge of core data structures.
Familiarity with containerization (i.e. Docker), and knowledge of at least one CI/CD tool.
Experience working with AWS, architecture, and design principles.
Good Interpersonal, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
Strong passion for Software Development.

Why Prophius?

Beautiful office located right in the heart of Oniru, Victoria Island
Flexible working hours
A chance to work in a hyper-growth Fintech start-up where you will build ground-breaking, novel technology products.
You will work within an amazingly friendly team where your voice is heard and contributions truly valued.
You will be entitled to 20 working days of Paid Time off because we we need you to take the time off to recharge.
Office TGIF’s and Karaoke
We work hard and play harder! :)