Tech Lead (Backend)

In November 2020, we introduced a groundbreaking financial super app in Côte d'Ivoire, offering a comprehensive suite of services encompassing online and offline payments, peer-to-peer transactions, fund transfers, as well as savings and budgeting tools.

• Own the delivery and technical direction of a product squad (engineers, designer, PM).
• Run the team: weekly 1:1s, regular feedback, career growth conversations, sprint coordination.
• Break down projects into well-scoped work, manage dependencies, and keep the team shipping.
• Partner closely with Product and Design to shape what gets built, not just how.

• Architect, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable backend systems and services.
• Be a technical sounding board for other tech leads and engineers.
• Help first-time managers develop their leadership skills ; give them patterns, not just advice.
• Drive improvements to engineering practices: code review quality, testing strategy, CI/CD, design docs.
• Contribute to architectural decisions that affect multiple teams.
• Own the delivery and quality of backend features from concept to production.

• Write code. Review code. You're in the codebase, not above it.
• Lead by example on design quality, system thinking, and pragmatic trade-offs.
• Own technical decisions for your squad. Escalate the right ones, decide the rest.
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.

• Bring a strong perspective that inspires new ideas and motivates engineers to develop simple solutions to sophisticated problems.
• Foster strong cross-function collaboration with Frontend, Product, and Support to develop world-class products. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, and giving feedback on product specs and mocks.
• Participate in the full development cycle: design, development, QA, experimentation, analysis, launch, and monitoring.

• Experience working with event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Prior experience in a startup or hyper-growth environment
• Familiarity with mobile backend (API performance, offline-first, rate limiting)
• Contributions to open-source projects or engineering blogs

• Enabling users to save money and earn interest directly through the Djamo app.
• Giving users the ability to invest in the stock market.
• Providing in-app access to credit.
• Offering an instant, fee-free current account.

• A stimulating work environment
• The value of participating in the evolution of a startup that aims to rapidly expand throughout French-speaking Africa.
• A collaborative work environment with a strong team spirit
• A culture of continuous employee development

Contractor via DEEL - for non-residents of Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal

CDD / CDI - for residents of Sénégal

Desired start date

ASAP

Sector of activity

Mobile Financial Services