Senior Software Engineer (Lagos)

ABOUT VERTO

At Verto, we're on a mission to democratise global finance and empower businesses in Emerging Markets to reach the world. Founded by British-Nigerian entrepreneurs Ola Oyetayo and Anthony Oduu, our roots in Africa provided a firsthand understanding of the significant challenges businesses face with cross-border payments, ranging from illiquid currencies and high fees to slow transactions. This deep-rooted insight is why Africa remains a core focus, as we're committed to bridging the gap between emerging and developed markets and fostering global economic growth.

What started as an FX solution for the Nigerian Naira has evolved into a market-leading platform, enabling thousands of businesses to seamlessly transfer billions of dollars annually. We believe that where you do business shouldn’t determine your success or ability to scale. We're creating equal access to the easy payment and liquidity solutions that are already a given in developed markets.

We're not alone in realising this crucial need; we're backed by world-class investors including Y-Combinator, Quona, and MEVP. With Verto receiving the Milken-Motsepe Prize, appearing on CNBCs list of fastest growing UK companies, the Deloitte Fast 50 and Sifted’s fastest-growing UK tech companies, we are building a seamless cross-border payment future.

Join us as we continue to grow and transform global finance.

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer that impacts Verto by driving active development, designing robust RESTful APIs, and building highly scalable web applications and cloud services. The work directly contributes to the company's system architecture and fosters innovation through prototyping new ideas.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Engaging in active development assignments

• Designing and implementing RESTful APIs

• Collaborating with a team to develop and test highly scalable web applications and services

• Contributing to the overall system architecture

• Prototyping and implementing new ideas

• Leveraging modern AI tools and software engineering assistants efficiently to accelerate development workflows, maximize code quality, and optimize day-to-day productivity

WHAT YOU NEED

• 4+ years of professional experience in object-oriented languages

• Significant experience with NodeJS

• Knowledge of modern web application building libraries like Angular

• Working knowledge of developing scalable distributed cloud applications on AWS or other cloud platforms

• Strong skills in MySQL and relational databases

• An AI-driven approach to software engineering, featuring a strong understanding of tokenization, prompt optimization, and how to unlock the full potential of various developer-focused AI models without wasting context windows or tokens.

• Clear communication and articulation skills

BEST IF YOU HAVE

• Experience with the MEAN/MERN stack

• Experience with fintech industry

• Worked in an early stage or growing stage start-up

• Majority experience with product-based companies

• Awareness of modern trends in distributed software application development

• Experience with various development tools, including AWS Codebuild, git, npm, Visual Studio Code, Serverless framework, Swagger Specs, Angular, Flutter, AWS Lambda, MongoDB, Redis, SQS, and Kafka

ABOUT THE INTERVIEW PROCESS

It will have a video assignment, chat with the talent team, an online assessment round, tech round with a tech lead, and final round with our Head of Tech or Growth Engineering

LIFE AT VERTO

PERKS

• Insurance paid by the company

• Health and wellness benefits (with specific added benefits depending on the location of the role)

• Yearly salary review based on inflation, personal and business performance

• Access to entire Udemy’s library

• Budget for professional development courses

• Work-From-Anywhere policy for certain durations

• Integration programme (opportunity to work from our global offices)

• Regular team social events

• Pension scheme (depending on the role location)

• Flexible work arrangements

• Exposure to work with globally distributed teams

• Location specific benefits like car lease policy, cycle to work, gym membership, etc.

YOU’LL FIT RIGHT IN IF YOU

• Love asking “why?”

• Value solving problems over just completing tasks

• Understand sync vs. async communication practices

• Thrive in ambiguity and change

• Actively seek feedback

• Prioritise impact over activity

• Are fun to work with - we love good humour!

CULTURE

• Our Core Values: These values reflect our focus, energy, and shared expectations.

  • Champion the Mission: We are driven by curiosity and belief to solve global cross-border payment challenges.

  • Be the Best: We are open, take calculated risks, focus on results, and excel in our work.

  • Work as One: We transparently share failures and successes.

  • Go the Extra Mile: We deliver beyond expectations and achieve the impossible.

  • Customer First: We creatively solve problems and boldly design better experiences for customers.

  • Run with It: We are determined, embrace challenges, own tasks, act swiftly, and deliver results.

• Industry Competitive Compensation & Benefits: We reward employees for their value to the business with competitive compensation and benefits across all locations. This includes performance-based salary reviews, comprehensive health and wellness benefits, generous paid time off, and flexible working arrangements to support your career and life.

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION AT VERTO

Verto is an equal opportunities employer and we value diversity. Anyone seeking employment at Verto is considered based on Merit, Competence, Qualifications and their Talent. We are proud to be a truly international team and we do not discriminate in our hiring process.