Engineer, Solution Developer at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria is part of the MTN Group, Africa\'s leading cellular telecommunications company. On May 16, 2001, MTN became the first GSM network to make a call following the globally lauded Nigerian GSM auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission earlier in the year. Thereafter the company launched full commercial operations beginning with Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. MTN paid $285m for one of four GSM licenses in Nigeria in January 2001. To date, in excess of US$1.8 billion has been invested building mobile telecommunications infrastructure in Nigeria. Since launch in August 2001, MTN has steadily deployed its services across Nigeria. It now provides services in 223 cities and towns, more than 10,000 villages and communities and a growing number of highways across the country, spanning the 36 states of the Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Many of these villages and communities are being connected to the world of telecommunications for the first time ever. The company\'s digital microwave transmission backbone, the 3,400 Kilometre Y\'elloBahn was commissioned by President Olusegun Obasanjo in January 2003 and is reputed to be the most extensive digital microwave transmission infrastructure in all of Africa. The Y\'elloBahn has significantly helped to enhance call quality on MTN network.

Job Summary

• MoMoPSB is seeking a highly skilled Specialist, Solution Developer with a strong background in FinTech and digital solution engineering and development.
• Deep experience designing scalable systems, and the ability to lead engineering teams in delivering secure, high?performance digital financial services solutions.
• The ideal candidate has hands?on engineering experience, exceptional leadership capability, and proven success building and deploying enterprise?grade products in a fast?paced, regulated environments.

Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership:

• Lead a team of engineers, architects, testers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver world class fintech application services.
• Lead end?to?end architecture, development, and deployment of complex financial applications.
• Drive technical decision?making, enforce engineering best practices, and ensure code quality across backend and frontend teams.
• Collaborate with product, security, data, and DevOps teams to design scalable and resilient systems.
• Architect and build robust backend services using modern frameworks (Node.js, Java, .NET, Go, or similar).
• Develop responsive, modular web interfaces using React, Vue, or Angular.
• Design and integrate APIs, microservices, and messaging systems.
• Build and enhance systems such as payments, wallets, transaction processing engines, KYC/AML, settlement systems, and digital onboarding flows.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (PCI?DSS, NDPR, ISO standards, local banking regulations).
• Implement secure coding practices, encryption, and fraud?mitigation measures.
• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Manage sprints, guide solution design, review code, and ensure timely, high?quality delivery.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate business goals into technical execution plans.

Full?Stack Engineering:

• Architect and build robust backend services using modern frameworks (Node.js, Java, .NET, Go, or similar).
• Develop responsive, modular web interfaces using React, Vue, or Angular.
• Design and integrate APIs, microservices, and messaging systems.
• Build and enhance systems such as payments, wallets, transaction processing engines, KYC/AML, settlement systems, and digital onboarding flows.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (PCI?DSS, NDPR, ISO standards, local banking regulations).
• Implement secure coding practices, encryption, and fraud?mitigation measures.
• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Manage sprints, guide solution design, review code, and ensure timely, high?quality delivery.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate business goals into technical execution plans.

FinTech?Focused Engineering:

• Build and enhance systems such as payments, wallets, transaction processing engines, KYC/AML, settlement systems, and digital onboarding flows.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (PCI?DSS, NDPR, ISO standards, local banking regulations).
• Implement secure coding practices, encryption, and fraud?mitigation measures.

Team & Delivery Management:

• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Manage sprints, guide solution design, review code, and ensure timely, high?quality delivery.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate business goals into technical execution plans.

Qualifications
Education and Experience Requirements:

• 3 - 7 years of continuous experience as a full?stack software engineer.
• 2+ years in a leadership or senior technical role.
• Proven experience building largescale FinTech or payments solutions.

Expertise in:

• Backend: Node.js, Java, Go, or .NET
• Frontend: React, Angular, or Vue
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
• Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines

Strong understanding of:

• Microservices architecture
• Distributed systems
• Event-driven designs (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
• API gateways & integrations
• Deep knowledge of security standards, encryption, authentication, and financial transaction integrity.

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