Senior Product Engineer, Wave

$144k

+ Equity. Salary is benchmarked against US rates and may vary in other locations

React

Kubernetes

TypeScript

GCP

Python

GraphQL

iOS

Android

Postgres

Kotlin

Terraform

Swift

SwiftUI

Senior and Expert level

Remote in Canada, EU, UK, US

More information about location

Financial services for underbanked communities

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Financial services for underbanked communities

1001+ employees

FintechB2CPaymentsMobile

Be an early applicant

$144k

+ Equity. Salary is benchmarked against US rates and may vary in other locations

React

Kubernetes

TypeScript

GCP

Python

GraphQL

iOS

Android

Postgres

Kotlin

Terraform

Swift

SwiftUI

Senior and Expert level

Remote in Canada, EU, UK, US

More information about location

1001+ employees

FintechB2CPaymentsMobile

Company mission

To make Africa the first cashless continent.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a software engineer. There's no need to have previous experience with our stack if you are willing to learn
Fluent in English. French is a plus
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

What the job involves

We’re looking for an engineer who’s independent and excited about getting things done
You'll be responsible for building and improving the ways people pay and access money with Wave
You'll take ownership of every aspect of the process, starting with a deep comprehension of the problem, collaborating with Product and Engineering managers to identify the optimal solution for our users, leading the entire lifecycle of your project, and assisting the customer support team in resolving issues
You can work remotely from anywhere (between UTC -5 and +4) with reliable internet access
You'll join an autonomous, cross-functional and diverse team focused on a single area of Wave's product. Each team is led by a Product Manager and an Engineering Manager
We organize projects to give you as much ownership as possible. Typically, you'll be responsible for a feature or improvement end-to-end, from design through deployment
Our stack (note that we will train you on any of these—you don't need any prior experience): backend: Python 3 (+ mypy). API layer: GraphQL. Android frontend: Kotlin/Jetpack. iOS frontend: Swift/SwiftUI. Web frontend: TypeScript/React. Database: Postgres. Infrastructure: GCP/Terraform. Orchestration: Kubernetes

Our take

Because of things like high fees and a lack of local branches, about half of the adults in Africa still do not have a bank account. Although this is an improvement on past estimates, the continent is still significantly underbanked - which is what Wave helps to combat.

Wave addresses this banking gap with technology, offering a straightforward and cost-effective tool accessible via mobile. The impact has been substantial. A 2021 GSMA report suggested over 500 million mobile money accounts were registered in Africa, facilitating transactions valued at nearly $500 billion.

Wave has already established its presence in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Gambia and Mali, using steady investment to expand its footprint. It also continues to enhance product development and engineering efforts, as well as shore up business operations.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

9% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.3)

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Mar 2022

$10m

LATE VC

Sep 2021

$200m

SERIES A

Total funding: $210m

Company benefits

Subsidised health insurance for you and your dependents (vary from country to country)
6 months fully paid parental leave and subsidized fertility assistance
Flexible vacation, with most folks taking between 30-40 days per year
$10,000 annual charitable donation matching
Retirement contributions (vary from country to country)
Yearly travel to one of our African operating countries

Company values

We’re egolessly mission driven
We focus ruthlessly on the most important thing
We’re embarrassingly honest to stay aligned and move quickly
We don’t wait – we live our fullest lives now
We maximize our rate of learning

Company HQ

Mermoz Sacre-coeur, Dakar, Dakar Region

Articles

Wave: Africa's largest digital remittance makes waves in Gambia

Sequoia Heritage, Stripe and others invest $200M in African fintech Wave at $1.7B valuation

A mobile money company is Francophone Africa’s first billion-dollar startup

Money transfer firm Wave gets €90 million from IFC to spur financial inclusion in Senegal & Cote d’Ivoire

Leadership

Drew Durbin

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Previously co-founder and CEO at Sendwave (International Remittance).

Lincoln Quirk

(Co-Founder)

Previously co-founder and CTO at Newsbrane, Engineer at Demiurge Studios and co-founder of Sendwave (International Remittance).

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