Python
GraphQL
Kotlin
Senior Software Engineer
Overview
Wave is making Africa the first cashless continent by building financial services that are affordable and accessible.
Job Description
Wave is a company focused on providing financial services in Africa, aiming to make the continent cashless by offering services that are instantly available and accepted everywhere.
Responsibilities
- - Build and improve the ways people pay and access money with Wave
- - Take ownership of every aspect of the process
- - Collaborate with Product and Engineering managers
- - Lead the entire lifecycle of your project
- - Assist the customer support team in resolving issues
Required Skills
- - Minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a software engineer
- - Fluent in English, French is a plus
- - Reflexively ask yourself, ''is this code the best way to make my users happy?''
- - Want to learn to solve hard problems
- - Communicate clearly with colleagues
- - Work to make things easier for the next engineer
- - Excited to deeply understand the inner workings of the tools you use
Benefits
- - Work remotely from anywhere (between UTC -5 and +4)
- - Travel once per year to one of our operating countries in Africa
- - Yearly stipend of $800 to meet with coworkers
- - Performance reviews twice a year
- - Bonuses or promotions for strong performers
- - Subsidized health insurance for you and your dependents
- - 6 months of fully paid parental leave
- - Subsidized fertility assistance
- - Flexible vacation, with most folks taking between 30-40 days per year
- - $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!