Principal Software Engineer (Payments Platforms)

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FairMoney is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to shape the technical direction of their payments platform. The role involves integrating with banks and payment processors, designing APIs for money movement, and ensuring system reliability. Requires 5+ years experience and expertise in Go, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Kubernetes, and AWS. Hybrid work in Lagos, Nigeria.

• Hybrid work arrangement
• 5+ years experience required
• Focus on payments platforms and banking integrations
• Key technologies: Go, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Kubernetes, AWS

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Principal Software Engineer (Payments Platforms) at FairMoney July, 2026 | MyJobMag Login Signup Employers Nigeria Ghana Kenya Nigeria South Africa UK Jobs Career Advice Post Job Search for Jobs Abia Abuja Adamawa Akwa Ibom Anambra Bauchi Bayelsa Benue Borno Cross River Delta Ebonyi Edo Ekiti Enugu Gombe Imo Jigawa Kaduna Kano Katsina Kebbi Kogi Kwara Lagos Nasarawa Niger Ogun Ondo Osun Other Oyo Plateau Rivers Sokoto Taraba Yobe Zamfara Administration / Facilities Agriculture / Agro-Allied Art / Crafts / Languages Aviation / Aerospace Banking Bursary and Scholarships Caregiver / Nanny / Social Workers Catering / Confectionery Construction and Site Engineering Consultancy Content, Editorial and Journalism Customer Care, Success and Service Data, Business Analysis and AI Driving Education / Teaching / Training Engineering / Technical Environment Health and Safety Finance / Accounting / Audit Food, Beverage and Hospitality General Graduate Jobs Human Resources / HR ICT / Computer Insurance Internships Janitorial Services Legal and Regulatory Logistics Manufacturing Marketing and Communication Media Production and Entertainment Medical / Healthcare NGO/Non-Profit Oil and Gas, Energy and Mining Pharmaceutical Procurement / Store-keeping / Supply Chain Product Management Project and Program Management Real Estate Research and Development RFP / RFQ / EOI Risk Management and Compliance Sales and Business Development Science Security / Intelligence Shipping and Maritime Sports, Fitness and Personal Care Strategic and Top Management Travels and Tours UX, Design and Architecture Volunteer BA/BSc/HND First School Leaving Certificate MBA/MSc/MA NCE OND Others PhD/Fellowship Professional Certificate Secondary School (SSCE) Vocational Close Detailed Search X Send this job to a friend Type the email of your friend Enter your email Type Your Email Message I think you may be interested in this position - Principal Software Engineer (Payments Platforms) at FairMoney. 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We rely heavily on the following tools and technologies: Go for our services PostgreSQL and MySQL for persistent storage Kafka, RabbitMQ, SNS and SQS for asynchronous messaging Kubernetes and Docker to run our services AWS for most of our infrastructure Responsibilities Direct integrations with banks, switches and payment processors across Nigeria Design, build and maintain the APIs and services that handle money movement at scale. Contribute to the architecture of the payments platform — service boundaries, data ownership, and the guarantees we make. Build for failure: idempotency, retries, reconciliation and settlement across systems we don't control. Debug and resolve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack. Lead design reviews and set the standard for engineering quality across the team. Mentor senior engineers and grow payments expertise in the org. Work closely with product, risk, operations and partner-facing teams. Requirements you have 5+ years of experience and a track record of technical leadership. you've worked in payments, banking or fintech, and you know how ledgers, settlement and reconciliation actually behave you have 2+ years of experience with Go, Java, .NET or TypeScript you've built distributed, event-driven systems and understand how they fail you're strong at API design and have integrated with external third parties at scale you have deep experience with relational databases — PostgreSQL or MySQL — including schema design, query optimisation, indexing and transactions you've worked with messaging and streaming systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ, SNS or SQS you've built and operated highly available, resilient, observable systems you're a strong debugger — you're the person others come to when production is confusing. Benefits Private Health Insurance Pension Plan Training & Development Remote work Paid Time Off. 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