Software Engineer

Summary

Join Wave, a company on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent, and help build and improve the ways people pay. As an engineer, you will own every step of the process, from understanding the problem to shipping your solution and resolving customer issues. You'll be part of an autonomous, cross-functional team focused on a specific area of Wave's product, working on projects like enabling in-store payments, integrating with utility companies for bill payments, building an app for employee salary payments, and enabling transportation payments. You will work remotely with flexible vacation time and receive competitive salary, equity, and benefits. Wave offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on financial inclusion in Africa.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a software engineer
• Fluent in English, (bilingual in French is a big bonus!)
• Successful candidates must be willing to travel to one of our operating locations at least once per year for a minimum of 6 consecutive days

Responsibilities

• Build and improve the ways people pay with Wave
• Own every step of the process: from understanding the problem to shipping your solution to users to helping the customer support team resolve problems
• Be responsible for a feature or improvement end-to-end, from design through deployment

Preferred Qualifications

• Reflexively ask yourself, “is this code the best way to make my users happy?”
• Want to learn to solve hard problems and aren’t afraid to ask for help when you get stuck
• Are excited to learn about complex systems
• Can communicate clearly with colleagues who work, speak and think differently
• Work to make things easier for the next engineer who will touch your code
• Always try to improve as a programmer and colleague
• Are excited to deeply understand the inner workings of the tools you use

Benefits

• Subsidized health insurance for you and your dependents and retirement contributions (both vary from country to country)
• 6 months of fully paid parental leave and subsidized fertility assistance
• Flexible vacation, with most folks taking between 21-30 days exclusive of statutory holidays
• $10,000 annual charitable donation matching
• Wave covers travel once per year to one of our operating countries in Africa, as well as a yearly stipend of $1200 to meet with coworkers
• We run performance reviews twice a year and award bonuses or promotions to strong performers who have been with the company for more than six months
• Our salaries are competitive and are calculated using a transparent formula. For this role, depending on your level and location, we offer a salary of $96,500- $152,100 USD, plus a generous equity package