Backend Engineer (NodeJS) at Flutterwave
Flutterwave was founded on the principle that every African must be able to participate and thrive in the global economy. To achieve this objective, we have built a trusted payment infrastructure that allows consumers and businesses (African and International) make and receive payments in a convenient borderless manner.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Backend Engineer (NodeJS)
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time
About the Backend Engineer (NodeJS) Role
- We are looking for a driven, passionate, and committed individual to join the team as we grow and expand across Africa and beyond.
- As our Backend Engineer (NodeJS), your primary responsibility will be to implement, maintain, and where applicable, support product features (and or enhancements)
- Candidates with less that one (1) year experience may be considered for an internship position
What Your Day to Day Activities Will Be Like:
- Implementation, testing, delivery, and maintenance of product features (new and existing)
- Creating technical reports on feature implementations
- Research on existing/new product features and areas of improvement
- Commitment to creating and maintaining secure coding practices (and standards)
- Providing support for product features (when needed)
- Perform any other duties that may be assigned
Required Competency and Skillset to be a Waver
- At least 2years of working experience for a Full-time position and an internship position for candidates with less than a year of working experience
- Good knowledge of Javascript for the backend (NodeJS) [Typescript is a plus]
- Good, working, knowledge of a git
- Good, working, knowledge of the SQL query language (MySQL flavor). [Knowledge and understanding of ORMs is a plus]
- Good, working, knowledge of NoSQL databases (MongoDB especially). [Knowledge and understanding of ODMs is a plus]
- Good research skills
- Good time commitment/management skills
- Attention to details
- Quick learner
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Need Help? we are happy to support – Contact us at: people@flutterwavego.com

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