Job Vacancies at Carbon Nigeria

Carbon is a pan-African digital bank with a mission to provide friction-free finance to its customers. Carbon promises to play a fundamental role in its customers’ lives wherever they are, with flexible solutions. We pride ourselves on our efficiency and with just $10mm of equity raised in 2015, we have disbursed over $100m in loans and earned more than $30mm in revenue over the last 2 years. Carbon has operations in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria, supported by a talented team spread between Lagos, Nairobi, London, Argentina, and Palo Alto so we operate with a remote-first mindset. 

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Accountant

Job Locatio: Lagos

Role

• We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Accountant to join our growing team at Carbon Microfinance Bank.
• The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing all financial transactions, maintaining accurate financial records, and ensuring compliance with all statutory regulations.
• This role is crucial in supporting our financial operations and contributing to the overall success of our innovative fintech company.

Key Responsibilities

• Bookkeeping: Manage all bookkeeping activities, including posting and reconciliation of journal entries, accruals, and adjustments.
• General Ledger: Maintain accurate and up-to-date general ledger accounts.
• Bank Reconciliation: Prepare monthly bank reconciliations.
• Payment Processing: Ensure approved payments are processed in a timely manner without delays.
• Statutory Payments and Compliance: Follow up with all remittances and ensure that all statutory deductions are paid within relevant timelines.
• Receivables and Payables: Maintain accurate records of receivables and payables and follow up on collections/payments where required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in an accounting role, preferably within the fintech or financial services industry.
• Professional certifications, e.g., ACA, ACCA, ICAN is mandatory
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and practices.
• Proficiency in accounting software and spreadsheets.
• Experience with core banking systems like Mifos is a plus
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
• Knowledge of Nigerian tax laws and financial regulations is a plus.

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2.) Senior Platform Engineer

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

About the Role

• You’ll get to work across a wide range of systems and environments.
• As a team, we’re responsible for designing, building, and operating our physical data centers, all of our networking, the services we consume from AWS, and the software we run on top, like Kubernetes, Cassandra, DynamoDB, and Terraform.
• We're investing a lot of up-front effort in building scalable, secure, and resilient systems, capable of supporting Carbon’s continued growth.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain our constantly evolving platform, infrastructure, and services that run Carbon.
• Teach and collaborate with others on how to run production systems with confidence and autonomy.
• Remain comfortable supporting teams with expertise in the areas of deployment, infrastructure configuration, and scalability in all parts of the stack.
• Help cultivate the engineering organization e.g. engineer interviews, peer mentoring, and technical evangelism.
• Apply modern software engineering practices, including writing and reviewing code.

Requirements

• Experience in building robust, maintainable, scalable applications
• Able to work comfortably in a team.
• Experience building server-side applications using JavaScript (Node.js) and Java (Spring Framework).
• Experience with VMs, containers, and serverless computer platforms. (We use AWS for computing, e.g. EC2, ECS, and Lambda)
• Experience with networking, CDNs, HTTP, and TCP/IP basics. (We use Cloudflare, and AWS VPCs, and many of our services implement JSON and/or GraphQL APIs)
• Experience with operating systems, configuration management, and "Infrastructure as Code". (We use AMIs, Docker Images, and Terraform)
• Experience with monitoring applications (We use Amazon Cloudwatch and Datadog)
• Experience with managing databases, caches, and message queues. (We use Postgres, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis, and Kafka)
• Experience as a professional "DevOps", "SRE" or "SysAdmin" role
• Experience working with programming languages (We mostly use NodeJS, Java, or Scala, but also Python, and Javascript)
• Ability to work with unfamiliar codebases, including internal, open-source, and 3rd party code we depend on.
• Knowledge of microservices (or SOA) and/or distributed systems.
• Experience in Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and/or other automated testing.
• Understanding of basic financial and accounting concepts.
• Ability to write JavaScript in TypeScript and/or ES6.
• Experience working with Fineract or any other CBA is a plus.

Benefits

• A vibrant work environment populated by a multinational team.
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Career Development & Growth.

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Recruitment process:

• Call with the People team
• Case Study ( Assessment)
• Interview.

3.) Senior iOS Engineer

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

About the Role

• We are looking for a dedicated and ambitious Senior iOS Developer to join our team.
• This is an excellent opportunity to acquire significant experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the strategic direction of the company’s mobile applications is aligned to deliver robust, secure, and efficient user experiences. 
• Design iOS applications across all Apple devices, creating technical designs and guidance for developers throughout the development lifecycle. 
• Establish and enforce best practices for iOS development, including design patterns, code reviews, and developer training. 
• Collaborate closely with the Quality Assurance team to proactively identify, address, and resolve any issues.
• Build beautiful, smooth, delightful mobile experiences.

Requirements

• BS / MS Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject. 
• Experience building native apps in iOS using Swift (mandatory).  
• Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• At least 4 years of software development experience and iOS development skills. 
• Must have published multiple original iOS apps to the App Store.
• Experience with iOS design patterns and Firebase SDKs.
• Experience and a strong understanding of APIs and remote data via REST and JSON. 
• Work knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies. 
• Solid understanding of the full software development life cycle. 
• Fast-paced and able to work to deadlines.
• Experience working with Unit / UI test frameworks
• Experience using AI productivity tools.
• Role is hybrid and should be ready to be in the office twice a week.

The following are optional but will enhance your chances of being selected 

• Knowledge of at least one backend programming language 
• Ability to work with UX prototyping tools like Figma, Adobe XD, InvisionApp, etc 
• Knowledge of GIT. 
• Test-Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and/or other automated testing skills. 
• Overall software development experience of 5+ years.
• Agile Development experience. 
• Prior experience working with financial applications 
• Experience with Swift UI, Combine, or RxSwift.

Benefits

• A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team.
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Career Development & Growth.

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