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Overview

Watu is a Nairobi asset finance company founded in 2015 that funds motorcycles, three-wheelers and phones. It uses digital underwriting and remote device management to lend to customers without credit histories. The company operates in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and other African markets.

News

News Business Today Kenya 21 days ago
Watu Cuts Motorcycle Deposit for New Boda Boda Riders
Watu Credit Cuts Motorcycle Deposit for New Boda Boda Riders - Business Today Kenya
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Watu Credit over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
56
Postings analysed
11
Stack modernity
78/100AI adopter
Languages
SQL55%
Python36%
Java27%
JavaScript27%
Frameworks & libraries
Playwright18%
Selenium18%
Angular9%
Hibernate9%
Databases
Google BigQuery18%
MySQL9%
PostgreSQL9%
Cloud & platforms
AWS18%
Apache Kafka18%
Databricks18%
GCP18%
AI & ML
LLM9%
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Full Watu Credit tech stack 56 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Growth

Hiring Momentum
49/100
Stable
Open positions
26
3 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
18 days
faster than 58% 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.
Sales
19% ▼
Analytics
16% ▼
Finance
14% ▲
Customer Success
11% ▼
QA
8% ▼
Operations
8% ▲
Actively hiring for Operations (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Dar es Salaam Oct 2026
Added Rest API to stack Sep 2026
Added SLI/SLO/SLA to stack Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack Sep 2026
Added Vector to stack Sep 2026
Added RAG to stack Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Fabric to stack Sep 2026
Added Google BigQuery to stack Sep 2026
Added ETL/ELT to stack Sep 2026
Added dbt to stack Sep 2026
Added Databricks to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
10
Hiring now
9
Countries
8
Busiest office
Nairobi
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Nairobi Kenya
HQ
4 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for QA, Data Science
seen since Sep 2026 company site, job postings
Lagos Nigeria
Sales office
5 open roles 5 posted in 90 days
hires for Sales, Customer Success, Finance
seen since Sep 2026 company site, job postings
São Paulo Brazil
Engineering / R&D
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for Analytics, Backend
seen since Sep 2026 company site, job postings
Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Regional office
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days
hires for Operations
seen since Oct 2026 company site, job postings
Freetown Sierra Leone
Support & operations
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days
hires for Customer Success
seen since Sep 2026 company site, job postings
Johannesburg South Africa
Regional office
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days
hires for Sales
seen since Sep 2026 company site, job postings
Kampala Uganda
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days
hires for Finance
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Mukono Uganda
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Marketing
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Arua Uganda
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Operations
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Kigali Rwanda
Regional office
2 posted in 90 days
seen since Sep 2026 company site

Jobs

≈ $12k – $36k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Nairobi
Java
Rest API
Management
Agile
Apply
In office • São Paulo
Python
SQL
Power BI
Looker
Apply
≈ $46k – $135k per year (Estimated) • Remote (Serbia) • Serbia
Java
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
LLM
DevOps
AWS
GitHub
Cybersecurity
OWASP Top 10
PCI DSS
Management
Agile
Scrum
Kanban
QA
Swagger
Apply
≈ $42k – $100k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • São Paulo
JavaScript
Java
Kotlin
TypeScript
Maven
Spring Boot
Hibernate
Spring Security
Apache Tomcat
Kotlin
Mockito
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
RabbitMQ
Apache Kafka
Frontend
Webpack
RxJS
Angular
Bootstrap
Sass
Mobile
JUnit
Dependency Injection
DevOps
Rest API
WebSockets
HAProxy
CI/CD
Jenkins
Git
AWS
Docker
Nginx
SOAP
Cybersecurity
OWASP Top 10
Apply
≈ $12k – $32k per year (Estimated) • In office • 3+ years exp • Nairobi
Python
SQL
Databricks
Google BigQuery
Microsoft Fabric
AI/ML
dbt
RAG
DevOps
GCP
Git
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Apply
In office • São Paulo
Python
SQL
Zapier
Apply
≈ $12k – $32k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Nairobi
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
Node JS
Prisma
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
Rest API
Docker Compose
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
CI/CD
Jenkins
Git
Docker
QA
Selenium
Playwright
Apply
In office • 2+ years exp • Nairobi
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
Node JS
Prisma
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
Rest API
Docker Compose
CI/CD
Jenkins
Git
Docker
QA
Selenium
Playwright
Apply