Backend Developer Job at Cowrywise

Cowrywise is a fintech company democratizing access to premium financial services by making these services available to the mass market cheaply.

We are currently recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Backend Developer
Job Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Job Type: Full Time

Responsibilities

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient Python code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performance efficient applications
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Integration of data storage solutions
• Create REST APIs that connect with third party payment providers

Requirements

• Sound Knowledge of Python web frameworks (Django, Flask, Falcon)
• Working knowledge of Database Systems (Mysql, Postgres)
• Familiarity with using linux commands (centos or ubuntu)
• Familiarity with uwsgi, gunicorn, nginx and apache
• Ability to use git
• Fair understanding of building RESTful APIs with Django rest framework
• Familiarity with Oauth2 and JWT Authentication
• Bonus points for celery, Redis, Docker, Ansible, RabbitMQ