Scala Backend Engineer

Do you love working with functional programming languages and want to make an impact with your tech skills & knowledge? If yes, read on to find out more about our Backend Scala Engineer position! 

The Company

Tiko (previously known as Triggerise) believes in a world where all youth have the power to choose where, when, and how they meet their sexual reproductive health needs. Our digital platform delivers scalable and verifiable sexual reproductive health services for young people in 5 main markets in Sub Saharan Africa - Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa and Burkina Faso. We work together with local communities and use nudges like reminders, discounts, and reward points to encourage our users to access and use sexual and reproductive health services. We also support our users in becoming micro-entrepreneurs and adding value to their economies.

Tiko has offices in South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, the Netherlands and Portugal. Globally, our team consists of 160 enthusiastic, international colleagues. Whether you are working from our biggest office in Nairobi, the fast-growing office in South Africa, or from home, our people are young and our culture is global and dynamic. Our work environment is fast-paced, informal, and friendly. You can learn more about what being part of Tiko is like here.

We are open to remote work for this position and will happily accept applicants from Portugal, Kenya and South Africa.

The Job

Our Backend Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining our software by writing clean, scalable, and efficient code.

• You maintain and develop new features on our software platform.
• Applying software engineering principles to the design, development, maintenance, testing, and evaluation of our software.
• Working closely with team members, on development and other projects.
• Responsible for security and data protection when developing our software.

About you

You have great, in-depth development experience using Scala and building software from the ground up. 

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Informatics, Mathematics, or a related field is required
• You have a minimum of 5 years of experience working with Scala backend tools and frameworks, applying functional programming principles
• Experience working on long-term projects with a strong focus on product development.
  
• Experience in a microservices architecture is mandatory
• Cloud experience and knowledge of CI/CD 
  
• You don’t want to just write code, you want to make it with quality and scalable.
• We use Cats, FS2, ScalaTest, Testcontainers, and Flyway, among others. Having prior knowledge of these tools would be advantageous
  

Recruitment Process

Introductory call with recruiter | First Interview with Tech Team | Technical Challenge | Final interview with the Tech Team

In addition to your monthly salary, we offer you:

• Secondary benefits 

• A personal development budget

• Unlimited holidays, if you can make it work with your team you’re good to go

• Growth opportunities

• A product to help shape as we grow, to leave your mark on how we do things
• A vision that we trust that you will do your job without us having to invent unnecessary rules and regulations.

The Details
Interested? Click Apply for This Job! Want more information? Check out our website tikoafrica.org or contact our Global Recruiter. We only accept applications through the apply links, not by email.

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Tiko prioritizes integrity in our workplace and respects your privacy.

Tiko is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour by its employees at work, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct. This is why we will do reference and background screening checks on successful candidates before hiring. Tiko also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. As part of this scheme, we will request information from your previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during your employment, or incidents under investigation when you left employment. By applying for this position, you confirm you have read and understood these recruitment procedures.

We value your privacy and understand the importance of safeguarding your personal data. We invite you to review our privacy notice for the recruitment process to understand how we collect, use, and protect your personal data during the recruitment process. Click here to view the document. By applying for this position, you acknowledge that you have read and understood our privacy notice.