Junior Developer - FIDO

There are 2B adults worldwide that don’t have a bank account. 2B. That’s ~40% of the world’s adult population. 350M of these live in Sub-Saharan Africa. They are hardworking, young, connected adults that are invisible to the traditional banking system. Fido is changing that. We are building a borderless digital bank so that everyone can access financial products like credit, savings, and payments that make lives easier and better.

Are you tired of building boring enterprise software? Want to be an early employee in a unique consumer brand? Want to do work that has an impact on society? Join us. We build consumer products that are powered by a magical cocktail of real-time mission-critical ML models, behavioural psychology and financial engineering. We promote meritocracy, decide fast and commit, and worship data. Come join us as one of our early team members.

Join our mission to make financial services accessible and improve the lives of millions of people in Africa and emerging markets.

What will you do?

As a Junior Developer, you will be responsible for supporting our software development team in all aspects of the development, testing and implementation of our products. You will write code, maintain existing applications, address bugs, and deploy app enhancements. You will work hand-in-hand with senior developers and customer user groups to create robust software solutions.

You will help create programs and participate in test runs. You will be expected to have an in-depth knowledge of common programming languages. Your success in this role will be demonstrated by delivering critical coding to help ensure applications are up-to-date and fully functional.

Qualification and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or a related field
• Minimum 2 years of work experience in software development
• Proven knowledge of basic coding and programming languages such as Python and SQL
• Detail-oriented and goal-oriented
• Proficient in MS Office
• Able to adapt to a fast-paced work environment