Software Engineer (Identity)
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FairMoney Microfinance Bank is hiring a Software Engineer (Identity) in Lagos on a hybrid basis. You will join the Identity engineering squad to build reliable, scalable backend systems for identity verification, KYC, authentication, and customer onboarding. The role uses modern engineering practices, AI-assisted development tools, and an AWS-based stack including Go, Ruby on Rails, and Kubernetes.
- Hybrid role based in Lagos with FairMoney Microfinance Bank
- Focus on identity verification, KYC, authentication, and onboarding systems
- 4+ years backend development experience required
- Go language preferred; other backend languages considered with willingness to transition
- AWS stack: Kubernetes, RDS Aurora, DynamoDB, S3, Lambdas, and Kinesis
- Cross-functional collaboration with Product, Risk, and Compliance teams
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- Required4+ years of relevant experienceThe job post includes a minimum experience signal.
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Original source description
You will contribute to backend projects, collaborate with other engineers and cross-functional teams, and help deliver secure, high-quality solutions. You will also have the opportunity to use AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices to improve productivity and software delivery.
As a Software Engineer (Identity) at FairMoney, you will work as part of our Identity engineering squad, building reliable and scalable systems that support identity verification, KYC, authentication, and other critical customer onboarding processes.
If you are a backend engineer who enjoys solving technical problems, building reliable systems, and working on products that have a direct impact on financial services, we want you to join our team!
Responsibilities
- We are looking forward to having you work on:
- Using AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices to improve productivity and delivery.
- Identifying and resolving performance, scalability, reliability, and security issues;
- Participating in code reviews and contributing to engineering standards and best practices;
- Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining backend systems for Identity, KYC, authentication, and related services;
- Contributing to technical projects from development through deployment and maintenance;
- Working closely with Product, Risk, Compliance, and other engineering teams to deliver effective identity and KYC solutions;
- Building and supporting reliable distributed systems and backend services;
- Our Technical Stack:
- We are hosted on AWS: Kubernetes, SNS, SQS, Lambdas, RDS Aurora MySQL and PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, S3, and Kinesis;
- Our customer-facing product is an Android application;
- Our ML pipeline is API-Flask (Python);
- Prototype of a data warehouse on GCP (GCS, BigQuery, Cloud Composer);
- It communicates with Ruby on Rails or Go-lang backends (Sidekiq, RSpec);
- We run our CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions.
Requirements
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail;
Experience
building backend services and working with distributed systems;
4+ years of professional
in backend software development;
Good verbal and written communication skills;
working effectively within cross-functional engineering teams.
working with Go, or strong
in another backend language with a willingness to transition to Go;
Good understanding of software engineering principles, system design, testing, CI/CD, and production operations;
working in Identity, KYC, authentication, fraud prevention, onboarding, or related domains;
using AI coding assistants, LLM-based developer tools, or AI-assisted development workflows.
in fintech, banking, payments, or other financial services environments;
working with AWS or other major cloud platforms;
with Go and Go-based backend systems;
Familiarity with microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems;
Preferred Qualifications
Benefits
Pension Plan
Paid Time Off
Training & Development.
Private Health Insurance
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Recruitment Process
Technical interviews with members of the Engineering team for 45-60 minutes.
Screening call with a member of the recruitment team for 30 minutes.
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