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How Paystack hires

Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%

Paystack scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 5 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Overview

Paystack provides online payment acceptance for African businesses. Its APIs handle cards, transfers and recurring billing. The company was acquired by a global payments provider.

News

News TechCabal 11 months ago
Paystack suspends co-founder Ezra Olubi over sexual misconduct allegation
Paystack has suspended its co-founder and chief technology officer, Ezra Olubi, for alleged sexual misconduct involving a subordinate.
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News X (formerly Twitter) 6 years ago
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News TechCrunch 6 years ago
Stripe acquires Nigeria's Paystack for $200M+ to expand into the African continent
When Stripe announced earlier this year that it had picked up another $600 million in funding, it said one big reason for the funding was to expand its
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News stripe 6 years ago
Stripe will acquire Paystack to accelerate online commerce across Africa
Making online and offline payments easier for African businesses and enabling more global companies to enter the fast-growing region
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Paystack over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
53
Postings analysed
11
Stack modernity
85/100AI adopter
Languages
SQL55%
Python45%
JavaScript36%
TypeScript27%
Frameworks & libraries
Angular18%
React.js18%
Vue.js18%
Dagster9%
Databases
MySQL27%
Redis18%
Amazon Aurora9%
Amazon Redshift9%
Cloud & platforms
AWS45%
Kubernetes27%
Apache Kafka18%
Airflow9%
AI & ML
Claude9%
LLM9%
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Full Paystack tech stack 53 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Growth

Hiring Momentum
27/100
Slowing
Open positions
12
1 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
64 days
faster than 22% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Product
33% ▲
QA
22% ▼
Data Science
11% ▼
Security
11% ▲
Management
11% ▲
Marketing
11% ▼
Actively hiring for Product (+3 in 30 days)

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
4
Countries
4
Busiest office
Lagos
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Lagos Nigeria
HQ
4 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 75% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for QA, Security, Product
126 Joel Ogunnaike St
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Cape Town South Africa
Regional office
6 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Management, Data Science, Backend
22Fifty
seen since May 2026 job postings
Dubai United Arab Emirates
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Data Science
Al Thuraya Tower 1
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Abidjan Ivory Coast
1 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Data Science
Rue du 7 Decembre
seen since Jun 2026 job postings

Jobs

≈ $80k – $172k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • 6+ years exp • Lagos
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≈ $33k – $72k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Cape Town
Claude Code
Management
Agile
Scrum
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≈ $74k – $171k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • Lagos
AWS
IAM
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≈ $62k – $139k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Master's Degree • Dubai
Python
SQL
dbt
Scikit-learn
Pandas
NumPy
Statsmodels
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
GitHub
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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≈ $50k – $134k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • Lagos
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
CI/CD
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Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • Lagos
CI/CD
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≈ $36k – $75k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Cape Town
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
C#
C++
Node JS
Nest.JS
Express
Databases
MySQL
Redis
Frontend
Vue.js
Angular
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
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≈ $35k – $64k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Cape Town
Python
Java
SQL
Flyway
Liquibase
Databases
MySQL
Redis
Apache Kafka
Amazon Aurora
AI/ML
LLM
Anomaly Detection
DevOps
Terraform
Prometheus
CI/CD
AWS
Grafana
Amazon CloudWatch
Cybersecurity
PCI DSS
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≈ $63k – $158k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Abidjan
Python
JavaScript
SQL
Scala
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Databricks
Apache Kafka
Google BigQuery
Amazon Redshift
BigQuery
AI/ML
Airflow
Dagster
Machine Learning
DevOps
Terraform
Helm
CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Looker
Domo
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Financials

Total raised
$9.3M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2018 $8M Details
Seed 2016 $1.3M Details