- Role: Backend Developer
- Organization: Bloom Impact
- Location: Accra, Ghana
Bloom Impact is a Fintech startup aiming to innovate and disrupt the delivery of financial services to unbanked and underserved MSMEs. We are dedicated to building a financially inclusive world with access to economic opportunity for all, by giving micro and small businesses the financial tools they need to grow a sustainable business.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced backend developer to join our technology team. You will be responsible for the server side of our web and mobile applications. If you have excellent programming skills and a passion for developing applications or improving existing ones, we would like to meet you. As a backend developer, you’ll work closely with our engineers to ensure system consistency and improve user experience.
Ultimately, you should be able to develop and maintain functional and stable server-based applications and APIs to meet our company’s needs.
Responsibilities
- Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
- Write clean code to support functional web and mobile applications
- Troubleshoot and debug applications
- Perform unit and coverage tests to optimize performance
- Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy applications
- Collaborate with frontend and mobile developers to integrate user-facing elements with server side logic
- Gather and address technical and design requirements
- Provide training and support to internal teams
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use
- Liaise with developers, designers and system administrators to identify new features
- Follow emerging technologies
Sound exciting? Here’s who we are looking for.
Skills & Qualifications
- Proven work experience as a backend developer
- In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
- Hands on experience with programming languages like Java, Ruby, PHP and Python
- Familiarity with front-end languages a plus (e.g. HTML, JavaScript and CSS)
- Familiarity with front-end frameworks a plus (e.g. Reactjs, Vuejs, etc)
- Excellent analytical and time management skills
- Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude
- BSc degree in Computer Science or relevant field
