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 solution to save, transfer, and borrow money

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Financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money

1001+ employees

FintechB2BPaymentsMobile

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

FintechB2BPaymentsMobile

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

Founders Drew Durbin and Lincoln Quirk founded Sendwave in 204 to allow remittances between North America, Europe, and select African and Asian nations,. The venture gained traction and was acquired by WorldRemit in 2020 for $500M in cash and stock. During this journey, Durbin and Quirk initiated the development of Wve, a user-friendly mobile money service that champions simplicity and eliminates account fees.

Africa grapples with a lack of accessible and economical financial services, leaving around 57% of its population unbanked due to exorbitant charges, inconvenient branches, and limited card usage. Wave addresses this gap with innovative technology, offering a straightforward and cost-effective tool accessible to everyone via their mobile. The impact has been substantial; in 2021, a GSMA report indicated 562M registered mobile money accounts in Africa, facilitating transactions valued at US$495B.

Wave has already established its presence in Senegal, the Ivory Coast, and Gambia. Future plans involve expanding to regulation-friendly countries like Uganda and channelling investments to enhance product development, business operations, and engineering efforts.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

Some 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 and retirement contributions (both 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
Yearly travel to one of our African operating countries
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

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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