Senior Backend Engineer – Payments & Integrations

iRecharge Tech-Innovations • Payment Processing & Gateways • Java • SQL • 13 days ago
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≈ $11k – $33k per year (Estimated)
Location
In office (Lagos)
Seniority
Senior · 3+ years exp
Employment
Full-Time

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iRecharge Tech-Innovations

Pay electricity bills, renew DStv, GOtv, Startimes & Showmax, buy airtime & data, pay WAEC, NECO, JAMB, insurance, transport & movie tickets on Nigeria’s No.1 bills platform.
irecharge.ng • HQ: Lagos, Nigeria • Financial Services • Payment Processing & Gateways
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Key Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain NIBSS NIP services including name enquiry, outward transfers, TSQ, inward credits, and reversals.
  • Integrate AML screening, transaction monitoring, fraud detection, and KYC providers. Build settlement and reconciliation processes with effective exception handling.
  • Lead third-party partner onboarding and technical integration.
  • Design secure APIs and integration services with appropriate authentication, encryption, and audit trails.
  • Monitor payment success rates, latency, and integration performance.
  • Lead incident diagnosis and production support.
  • Conduct code reviews and mentor backend engineers.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of backend development experience with Java and Spring Boot.
  • Hands-on experience with NIBSS NIP, either directly or through an aggregator, is highly required.
  • Experience building financial or payment integrations in Nigeria.
  • Experience with AML, fraud, transaction monitoring, KYC, or other compliance systems.
  • Strong understanding of payment processing, settlement, and reconciliation.
  • Strong REST API, SQL, and secure integration skills.
  • Knowledge of encryption, message signing, key management, and secure handling of personal data.
  • Kafka, Docker, AWS, or similar technologies are an advantage.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical decisions.
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