ENGINEER, SOLUTION DEVELOPER AT MOMO PAYMENT SERVICE BANK - MTN NIGERIA | ENGINEERING JOBS IN LAGOS

About Company:

MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.

Job Description:

• MoMoPSB is seeking a highly skilled Engineer, Solution Developer with a strong background in FinTech and digital solution engineering and development.
• Deep experience designing scalable systems, and the ability to lead engineering teams in delivering secure, high‑performance digital financial services solutions.
• The ideal candidate has hands‑on engineering experience, exceptional leadership capability, and proven success building and deploying enterprise‑grade products in a fast‑paced, regulated environments.

Key Responsibilities 
Technical Leadership:

• Lead a team of engineers, architects, testers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver world class fintech application services.
• Lead end‑to‑end architecture, development, and deployment of complex financial applications.
• Drive technical decision‑making, enforce engineering best practices, and ensure code quality across backend and frontend teams.
• Collaborate with product, security, data, and DevOps teams to design scalable and resilient systems.
• Architect and build robust backend services using modern frameworks (Node.js, Java, .NET, Go, or similar).
• Develop responsive, modular web interfaces using React, Vue, or Angular.
• Design and integrate APIs, microservices, and messaging systems.
• Build and enhance systems such as payments, wallets, transaction processing engines, KYC/AML, settlement systems, and digital onboarding flows.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (PCI‑DSS, NDPR, ISO standards, local banking regulations).
• Implement secure coding practices, encryption, and fraud‑mitigation measures.
• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Manage sprints, guide solution design, review code, and ensure timely, high‑quality delivery.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate business goals into technical execution plans.

Full‑Stack Engineering:

• Architect and build robust backend services using modern frameworks (Node.js, Java, .NET, Go, or similar).
• Develop responsive, modular web interfaces using React, Vue, or Angular.
• Design and integrate APIs, microservices, and messaging systems.
• Build and enhance systems such as payments, wallets, transaction processing engines, KYC/AML, settlement systems, and digital onboarding flows.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (PCI‑DSS, NDPR, ISO standards, local banking regulations).
• Implement secure coding practices, encryption, and fraud‑mitigation measures.
• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Manage sprints, guide solution design, review code, and ensure timely, high‑quality delivery.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate business goals into technical execution plans.

FinTech‑Focused Engineering:

• Build and enhance systems such as payments, wallets, transaction processing engines, KYC/AML, settlement systems, and digital onboarding flows.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (PCI‑DSS, NDPR, ISO standards, local banking regulations).
• Implement secure coding practices, encryption, and fraud‑mitigation measures.

Team & Delivery Management:

• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Manage sprints, guide solution design, review code, and ensure timely, high‑quality delivery.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate business goals into technical execution plans.

Requirements:

• 3-7 years of continuous experience as a full‑stack software engineer.
• 2+ years in a leadership or senior technical role.
• Proven experience building largescale FinTech or payments solutions.
• Expertise in: 
  • Backend: Node.js, Java, Go, or .NET
  • Frontend: React, Angular, or Vue
  • Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
  • Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
• Strong understanding of: 
  • Microservices architecture
  • Distributed systems
  • Event-driven designs (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
  • API gateways & integrations
• Deep knowledge of security standards, encryption, authentication, and financial transaction integrity.

Salary

Application Closing Date: 21st April, 2026

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