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Software Engineer, Marketplace

Zowasel

Zowasel

Software Engineering
Nigeria · Remote
Posted 6+ months ago

As a Software Engineer on our Marketplace team, you’ll create responsive web and mobile applications that integrate with a rich ecosystem of services to power our Marketplace platforms.

Today, farming is complex, farmers don’t have the incentive to grow higher-quality crops. In fact, since crops are commoditized, farmers' main incentive is to simply grow as much volume as possible.

Our Marketplace flips the current model on its head through a holistic, two-side market access-based approach, by connecting smallholder farmers and emerging farms with buyers to directly transact while tracing crop identity.

We enable farmers to get paid a premium for growing high-quality desirable crops to significantly increase their incomes, improve quality of life and build paths to prosperity.

Your expertise in interface design and software architecture will help us deliver a world-class application to our growing suite of world-class marketplace products.

As a Software Engineer at Zowasel you’ll:

  • Help design and implement performant web applications using a modern web stack consisting of PHP, Flask, TypeScript, React, Magento and PostgreSQL hosted on AWS
  • Build user-facing features for our suite of applications by implementing Magento and React Components in Typescript and integrating with REST APIs
  • Lead features end to end, from technical design to implementation to deployment to production support, communicating risks and issues to stakeholders, and working together to find a path forward
  • Contribute to our internal tools and libraries, looking to leverage shared components, design patterns, and infrastructure wherever possible
  • Ensure that all APIs and applications are adequately tested in an automated framework, including functional and performance tests
  • Review code, have your code reviewed, and learn from other engineers
  • Collaborate with product managers, back-end engineers, and data science engineers to spec, build, test, and deploy high-quality code in the cloud

Expected Profile

  • You possess strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, programming languages, distributed systems, and data management
  • You have experience building web applications professionally for 5+ years
  • You’re able to research and propose new technologies or design patterns to improve the software ecosystem
  • You can convey technical concepts and trade-offs to both engineering and business audiences
  • You actively work to promote fairness, equality, and diversity in the workplace
  • You are a perpetual learner and passionate about technology
  • You care deeply about performance, usability, and accessibility.
  • You have experience building complex maps using Mapbox GL or similar tools.
  • You have experience building complex charts using Highcharts or similar tools.
  • You appreciate engaging and usable design and sweat the details.
  • You're comfortable collaborating with teams to discuss technical and usability trade-offs.
  • You strive to create fast, reliable, and documented code that others can understand.
  • You bring a positive attitude, a sense of humor, and self-awareness.
  • You are passionate about innovation and pushing the limits of web experiences.*