Wave
Senior Product Engineer
Wave
$167k - $178k
EMEA (Remote)
Python
GraphQL
Kotlin

Senior Product Engineer

Overview

Wave is hiring a Senior Product Engineer to help make Africa the first cashless continent by building financial services that are accessible and affordable.

Job Description

Wave is a financial services company focused on making Africa the first cashless continent. They provide financial services that are instantly available, have no account fees, and are accepted everywhere. Wave is the largest financial institution in Senegal with over 7 million users.

Responsibilities

  • - Collaborate with Product to design and build features and tooling for both external and internal users
  • - Investigate user feedback and resolve system bugs
  • - Drive technical design discussions and direction
  • - Actively pair with others and perform code reviews
  • - Mentor engineers and foster their growth
  • - Hold project debriefs and help us improve our project development cycle

Required Skills

  • - Minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a software engineer
  • - Fluent in English, bilingual in French is a big bonus
  • - Reflexively ask yourself, ''is this code the best way to make my users happy?''
  • - Want to learn to solve hard problems and aren’t afraid to ask for help when you get stuck
  • - Are excited to learn about complex systems
  • - Can communicate clearly with colleagues who work, speak and think differently
  • - Work to make things easier for the next engineer who will touch your code
  • - Always try to improve as a programmer and colleague
  • - Are excited to deeply understand the inner workings of the tools you use

Benefits

  • - Subsidized health insurance for you and your dependents and retirement contributions
  • - 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

About the company

We’re on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent. On a continent where over half the population has no bank account, Wave is building the first modern financial network — no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere!


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