[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer @Wave

Role Description

Wave is now the largest financial institution in Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire, with millions of users, growing rapidly year-on-year. We’re looking for experienced engineers who are independent and excited about getting things done. You'll be responsible for building and improving the ways people pay with Wave. You'll own every step of the process:

• Understanding the problem
• Shipping your solution to users
• Helping the customer support team resolve problems

We're helping millions of customers across West Africa access financial services through mobile money, and great support is fundamental to that. We believe the future of customer support lies in machines handling boring repetitive tasks so humans can focus on high value interactions that require empathy and creativity.

Our to-do list changes constantly, but here are some recent projects:

• Enabling people to use their Wave app to pay for products in stores.
• Allowing people to pay their electricity bills with Wave by integrating with electrical utility companies.
• Building an app for business owners to pay their employees' salaries using Wave.
• Allowing people to pay for their transportation on taxis, trains & buses.

Our stack (prior experience is a strong plus, but not required):

• Backend: Python 3 (+ mypy)
• API layer: GraphQL
• Android frontend: Kotlin/Jetpack
• iOS frontend: Swift/SwiftUI
• Web frontend: TypeScript/React
• Database: Postgres/CockroachDB
• Infrastructure: GCP/Terraform
• Orchestration: Kubernetes

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a product engineer.
• Fluent in English (bilingual in French is a big bonus!).

Requirements

• Care deeply about users.
• Are highly autonomous and resilient.
• Communicate clearly and frequently.
• Think about systems and outcomes.
• Continuously learn and improve.

Benefits

• Subsidized health insurance for you and your dependents and retirement contributions (both vary from country to country).
• 6 months of fully paid parental leave and subsidized fertility assistance.
• Flexible vacation, with most folks taking between 21-30 days exclusive of statutory holidays.
• $10,000 annual charitable donation matching.

Company Description

Wave provides a yearly $1,200 stipend to support coworking meetups with teammates. Remote team members are expected to travel to our operational markets (e.g. Senegal or Côte d'Ivoire) at least once a year. Exceptions apply, but we’ve found this key to understanding our users and product. Our salaries are competitive and are calculated using a transparent formula. For this role, we offer a salary of up to $133,100 USD, plus a generous equity package.