Staff Full Stack Engineer
Upload My Resume
Drop here or click to browse · PDF, DOCX, DOC, RTF, TXT
Requirements
• Our tech stack: Typescript, React, NextJS, NodeJS, Express, PostgreSQL • A product mindset is core to how we build - everyone at Capi is encouraged to think about the customer, the business, and the long-term impact of what we ship. • A strong understanding of web development, frontend and backend best practices. While mainly working with JavaScript technologies • Experience in a VC-backed or high-growth engineering team and building products used by customers. • You are comfortable working in an early-stage startup environment with high pace, rapid growth, involvement in the entire product development process, and a high degree of ambiguity • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for expressing ideas, designs, and potential solutions with both technical and non-technical team members and customers • You care about our mission and solving the problems faced by African businesses • Based in London or Paris • Speak and write in French & English • Experience in Fintech, payments, wallets or building ledgers • Expertise in security and data protection best practices needed in a FCA regulated business • Some projects the team has been working on: • Automated payouts and AI invoice approval • Onboarding + payment automation with Swift network and banking partners across the world • WhatsApp bot that creates quotes for customers based on their responses • Self-serve onboarding flow that collects company information and KYC documents from customers • Asynchronous workers that OCR invoices • Internal tooling to manage and process millions of dollars of transactions • What to expect when interviewing with Capi? • Our interview process includes: • Screen interview with our Tech Recruiter Gracie (30 mins) - Learn about the Capi story and mission. Whilst ensuring we are aligned as an exciting opportunity for what you're looking for • Screen interview with our Tech Recruiter • Gracie • (30 mins • Technical challenge with one of our Principal Engineers (1 hr) - Demonstrate your abilities in a whiteboard-style interview with one of our senior team members. We like to keep this as natural as possible, as if you were joining us tomorrow. This interview is to assess your skills, interests, and potential to see the impact you could make. While also ensuring Capi can support your growth • Technical challenge with one of our Principal Engineers (1 hr) • Deep dive (1 hr) - Meet the hiring manager and explore your relevant experience and our upcoming projects • Deep dive (1 hr) • Founder chat (30 mins) - Meet the founders to learn about Capi's growth plans, mission, and revenue targets. This is also your opportunity to ask any final questions to make sure our journey is right for you. • Founder chat (30 mins) • References • Offer!
Responsibilities
• Delivery • Delivery • Contribute to the product process from end-to-end, from ideation to building the UI, backend logic, deployment, feedback and measurement • Communicate internally and externally about new features, be it collecting feedback pre-implementation or explaining them on launch • Define and manage delivery milestones, ensuring alignment between engineering and product priorities • Technical • Technical • Build intuitive and performant web interfaces for business owners in Africa • Implement IT security and data protection best practices in a regulated environment • Proactively drive architectural decisions e.g., improving scalability, observability, and modularity of the codebase • Champion code quality through robust testing, documentation, and reviews • Operational • Operational • Observe opportunities for improvements internally to help automate our non-tech processes and add to our tech best practices to improve our output and efficiency. Including handling production incidents with confidence • Leadership • Leadership • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to their professional growth through pairing, reviews, and feedback • Represent engineering in cross-functional discussions (including Finance, Operations, Senior Leadership) to help translate business goals into technical plans • Set and uphold team standards for communication, collaboration, and technical excellence • Culture • Culture