Principal Backend Development Officer

Job Description

Job Description

• Lead backend architecture and technical design for complex features and systems by creating scalable, maintainable solutions that meet business requirements, ensure long-term system integrity, and establish patterns that guide future development across the backend codebase.
• Guide backend development team on technical approaches and best practices by providing architectural direction, conducting technical design reviews, and ensuring solutions align with established standards while enabling team members to develop their technical skills and understanding.
• Design and implement complex integrations between systems by architecting solutions that enable seamless, reliable data flow between core banking, digital channels, payment switches, and partner platforms while maintaining security, performance, and data consistency.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex backend issues by applying deep expertise in debugging distributed systems, performance analysis, and root cause investigation to diagnose problems efficiently and implement effective, lasting solutions that prevent recurrence.
• Drive continuous improvement of backend development processes and tooling by identifying inefficiencies, researching better approaches, and implementing changes that increase team productivity, code quality, and system reliability.
• Represent backend technical perspective in architecture reviews and planning sessions by contributing expertise to broader technical discussions, ensuring backend considerations are incorporated into cross-cutting decisions that affect the entire technology stack.

Job Requirements

First Degree in Computer Science/Soft ware Engineering/Computer Engineering/Electrical engineering/or related fields with 6 years of relevant experience.

• Expert-level proficiency in Java (17+), including modern language features (records, sealed classes, pattern matching, virtual threads)
• Strong hands-on experience with Spring Boot — Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Security, Spring Cloud/microservices patterns
• Deep understanding of RESTful API design, versioning, and secure API gateway integration
• Experience with process-oriented/workflow-driven architecture (BPMN engines such as Camunda/Activiti, or custom process orchestration layers) — given the “Process Focused” scope of the role
• Strong grasp of microservices architecture: service decomposition, inter-service communication (REST/gRPC/messaging), circuit breakers, and resilience patterns
• Proven experience building and integrating USSD systems — session management, gateway integration (e.g., with telecom/MNO USSD gateways), menu-driven flows for feature-phone users
• Hands-on Internet Banking development experience — secure transaction processing, session/token management, multi-factor authentication flows
• Practical experience supporting or integrating Flutter-based mobile app backends — API design for mobile consumption, push notification services, offline-sync considerations.

How To Apply

• • only highly qualified & short-listed candidates will be contacted
  • Any physical application request will not be accepted
  • The Bank has the right to cancel the post advertised

  Interested and qualified applicants are invited to register using the following Link https://forms.gle/rjjx5U82RPzt5ZZDA