AZA Finance IT Jobs in Ghana
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We, AZA Finance are passionate technologists who believe in making a difference to the lives of those living in emerging markets. We aim to change the landscape of finance and remittance.
Our development team is a group of skilled self-reliant engineers that have the ability to work together to solve complex problems and provide simple solutions for our customers. We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in one of our offices. The post holder will report to the Software Engineering Manager.
This role is hybrid but is open to candidates in South Africa, London, Dakar, Lagos, Accra, Madrid, Kampala and Nairobi.
How your skills and passion will come to life at AZA
- Mentor, train and support engineers in order to develop our in-house engineering skills.
- Innovate, develop, maintain and contribute to the existing AZA codebase and its associated applications.
- Improve our overall system development process via process improvements.
- Optimise application performance and test coverage.
- Deliver presentations demonstrating application feature delivery.
- Work with our product team to refine product requirements.
- Feasibility and effort estimations.
- Provide support to our customers including triaging any issues.
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Requirements
What we are looking for:
- Significant experience in a similar role Good knowledge of working with Ruby and Ruby on Rails. Preferably someone who has worked with Ruby and Ruby on Rails for a minimum of 5 years.
- Working knowledge of Javascript specifically React.
- Good knowledge of using automated testing frameworks such as RSpec and Cypress.
- Good knowledge of source control using Git.
- Familiarity with the agile development methodology specifically Scrum.
- Familiarity with deploying and managing applications on the cloud.
- Good knowledge of software deployment tooling and orchestration.
- Good knowledge of databases systems, especially PostgreSQL.
- Confidence in refactoring and working with both new and existing codebases.
- A strong and flexible work ethic.
- Excellent communication skills.
Desired
- Preference to participate in pair-programming and using GitHub pull requests to review code of others.
- Confidence in refactoring and working with both new and existing codebases.
- Familiarity with container frameworks, especially Docker and Kubernetes.
Benefits
- A competitive salary and benefits package.
- Global / regional network / exposure in FinTech / Blockchain industry.
- One of the hottest, fastest scaling startups in Africa.
- Casual work environment.
- Great work-life balance.
- We value autonomy.
- Opportunity for growth for all employees.
- Opportunity to work hard and play hard.
- …… and more!!
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1. Patiently scroll down and read the job description below.
2. Scroll down and find how to apply or mode of application for this job after the job description.
3. Carefully follow the instructions on how to apply.
4. Always apply for a job by attaching CV with a Cover Letter / Application Letter.
We, AZA Finance are passionate technologists who believe in making a difference to the lives of those living in emerging markets. We aim to change the landscape of finance and remittance.
Our development team is a group of skilled self-reliant engineers that have the ability to work together to solve complex problems and provide simple solutions for our customers. We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in one of our offices. The post holder will report to the Software Engineering Manager.
This role is hybrid but is open to candidates in South Africa, London, Dakar, Lagos, Accra, Madrid, Kampala and Nairobi.
How your skills and passion will come to life at AZA
- Mentor, train and support engineers in order to develop our in-house engineering skills.
- Innovate, develop, maintain and contribute to the existing AZA codebase and its associated applications.
- Improve our overall system development process via process improvements.
- Optimise application performance and test coverage.
- Deliver presentations demonstrating application feature delivery.
- Work with our product team to refine product requirements.
- Feasibility and effort estimations.
- Provide support to our customers including triaging any issues.
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Requirements
What we are looking for:
- Significant experience in a similar role Good knowledge of working with Ruby and Ruby on Rails. Preferably someone who has worked with Ruby and Ruby on Rails for a minimum of 5 years.
- Working knowledge of Javascript specifically React.
- Good knowledge of using automated testing frameworks such as RSpec and Cypress.
- Good knowledge of source control using Git.
- Familiarity with the agile development methodology specifically Scrum.
- Familiarity with deploying and managing applications on the cloud.
- Good knowledge of software deployment tooling and orchestration.
- Good knowledge of databases systems, especially PostgreSQL.
- Confidence in refactoring and working with both new and existing codebases.
- A strong and flexible work ethic.
- Excellent communication skills.
Desired
- Preference to participate in pair-programming and using GitHub pull requests to review code of others.
- Confidence in refactoring and working with both new and existing codebases.
- Familiarity with container frameworks, especially Docker and Kubernetes.
Benefits
- A competitive salary and benefits package.
- Global / regional network / exposure in FinTech / Blockchain industry.
- One of the hottest, fastest scaling startups in Africa.
- Casual work environment.
- Great work-life balance.
- We value autonomy.
- Opportunity for growth for all employees.
- Opportunity to work hard and play hard.
- …… and more!!