Associate Staff Fullstack Engineer

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Yellow Card App

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Yellow Card App is a pan-African fintech company operating in 20 countries. It is the largest and first licensed Stablecoin on-ramp/off-ramp on the African continent, offering secure and cost-effective solutions for businesses to buy and sell Stablecoins like USDT, USDC, and PYUSD using local currency. The platform facilitates borderless transactions and business payments through their Payments API and Widget, targeting businesses of all sizes. Yellow Card ensures secure and seamless financial operations across Africa with an emphasis on digital assets and mobile money integration.

Cryptocurrency Exchange • Payment Solutions • Bitcoin • Ethereum • Litecoin

51 - 200 employees

💳 Fintech

💸 Finance

💰 $40M Series B on 2022-09

📋 Description

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of robust, maintainable, and high-performance systems. • Provide technical mentorship and facilitate architectural decisions for cross-functional teams. • Align technical execution with business goals, planning and managing releases across teams. • Drive projects to completion by wearing many hats—taking on responsibilities across development, testing, deployment, and maintenance. • Take initiative in identifying technical gaps and propose innovative solutions to address them. • Work closely with product, design, and business stakeholders to align on technical execution. • Empower team members through mentorship, documentation, and reusable libraries. • Foster a positive and motivated team environment, celebrating successes and promoting shared goals. • Bring a foundational understanding of cryptocurrency, Web3 concepts, and decentralized technologies to support Yellow Card’s mission. • Leverage knowledge of generative AI (GenAI) to identify and implement AI-driven enhancements across the platform. • Implement and maintain strong DevOps practices, ensuring smooth CI/CD pipelines, scalable infrastructure, and robust monitoring. • Drive improvements in system performance, reliability, and operational efficiency. • Embrace and demonstrate core values: humility, creativity, and independence. • Communicate progress effectively, providing clear updates to stakeholders and team members.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience as a Software Engineer/Developer. • Proven experience as a technical lead engineer or similar role. • Strong expertise in AWS or similar cloud architectures (Google Cloud/Azure). • Extensive knowledge of Node.js/TypeScript, with the ability to adapt to new technologies and languages. • Solid understanding of event-driven architectures at scale. • Proven experience in designing and implementing scalable, maintainable, and performant systems. • Advanced DevOps skills, including CI/CD, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform). • Base understanding of cryptocurrency and Web3 technologies. • Good grasp of how generative AI (GenAI) works, including practical applications in engineering workflows. • Ability to lead and drive cross-organizational technology initiatives to completion. • Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and drive. • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas in a clear and concise manner. • Ability to work independently while providing mentorship and guidance to team members.