Senior Software Engineer (Identity) - Lagos

About this role

FairMoney, a digital lending platform in Nigeria, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer focused on identity. The role covers core systems such as identity verification, KYC, authentication, payments, transactions, and mobile app flows. The company emphasises ownership, autonomy and leading projects from start to finish without micromanagement. The position involves building scalable, reliable distributed systems for payments and app APIs, collaborating with Product, Risk and Compliance teams, and mentoring other engineers. Experience with identity, KYC or related financial services domains and a willingness to work with Go or transition to it is expected.

What you would do

• Lead complex technical projects from design to deployment and maintenance.
• Build and maintain distributed systems for payments, ledgers and mobile app APIs.
• Collaborate with Product, Risk and Compliance to turn regulatory requirements into secure software.
• Integrate AI coding tools to improve development speed and safety.
• Contribute to architecture and engineering standards and provide mentoring to engineers.

What they are asking for

• 3+ years of backend engineering experience with system design, CI/CD, and distributed systems.
• Experience in Identity, KYC, fraud, authentication or related domains, ideally in financial services.
• Go or strong backend experience with willingness to transition to Go.
• Strong written and spoken communication skills.
• Practical experience using AI coding assistants and LLM-assisted development workflows.
• Interest and potential for future people leadership and team management.

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