Backend Engineer
About Kuda
Kuda, which means ‘love’ in Shona, is more than a fintech - it’s a movement to make financial services accessible, affordable, and truly rewarding for every African.
Backed by over $100 million from some of the world’s most respected investors, we’re building a smarter alternative to traditional banking - offering seamless money transfers, business banking, and instant access to credit, all through your device.
At Kuda, we don’t just build products - we build people. We share the love in how we collaborate, carry everyone along as we grow, break boundaries to challenge what’s possible, and show up every day committed to doing better.
If you’re driven by purpose, excited by impact, and ready to help redefine the future of finance in Africa, you’ll feel right at home here.
We’re on the lookout for a passionate Senior Frontend Engineer who is a creative problem solver and excited about to disrupting banking in Nigeria.
Role
We are looking for a result-driven and analytical software engineer (backend) who will troubleshoot and improve existing backend applications and processes. S/he will use his or her understanding of programming tools and languages to analyze current codes, formulate more efficient processes, solve problems and create a more seamless experience for users.
Responsibilities
- Main focus on coding and debugging
- Build high-quality reusable code that can be used in the future
- Develop functional and sustainable web applications with clean codes
- Troubleshoot and debug applications
- Conduct tests and optimise performance
- Work together with engineers building client-facing applications to integrate UI elements with server-side logic
- Implement modern technologies to improve legacy applications
- Collect, analyse and address technical and design requirements
- Help to create reusable code and libraries for future use
- Train and support internal teams
- Interact with developers, designers and system administrators to identify new features
- Stay informed about emerging technologies
Requirements
- 5+ years of industry experience
- Bachelors or higher in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent
- Strong computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and data structures background
- Model of software engineering best practices, including agile development, unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, debugging, and troubleshooting
- Solid experience with C#, .Net, .Net Core
- Strong computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and data structures background
- A deep understanding of Source Code Management
- Possess an in-depth understanding of Cloud Technologies (Azure, AWS)
- A great understanding of databases and SQL
- An in-depth understanding of REST APIs, SOAP & RPC
- Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Experience in technical writing and API documentation
- Familiar with project management tools (e.g Trello, Jira, etc)
Personal Attributes
- Willing to embrace and enrich Kuda culture of empathy, teamwork and passion
- Have a strong desire for learning and growth
- Passionate about improving developer productivity
- Strive for speed and quality
- Desire to automate
Benefits
Why join Kuda?
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritise your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:
A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team
Pension
Career Development & growth
Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
Competitive paid time off (Parental, Moving day, Birthday, Study leave etc)
Group life insurance
Medical insurance
Well-fare package (Wedding, Compassionate and etc)
Awardco
Goalr - employee wellness app
Award winning L&D training
We are advocates of work-life balance, working in a hybrid in office schedule
Kuda is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Kuda is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent.
We don’t regard colour, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.