VP & Staff Software Engineer(s)
Core
Architecting and building the core financial and billing infrastructure for an internet infrastructure network serving East African ISPs.
Role type
VP & Staff Software Engineer (Backend/Platform)
Builds
Production payment pipelines, billing engines, and integration layers for ISP partners.
Domain
Internet infrastructure / Fintech / Telecommunications
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Payment gateway integrations, Event-driven architecture, Microservices design
Preferred skills
East African fintech experience, Mobile money ecosystems (M-Pesa), ISP billing systems, RADIUS protocols, Monolith-to-microservices migration
Technologies
NestJS, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Kafka, Redis, SasaPay, ChoiceBank, FreeRADIUS, Next.js, GitHub Actions, Sentry, Loki, Pino
Responsibilities
Designing service boundaries and data models, implementing payment collection and revenue split logic, managing subscription lifecycle and automated renewals, building integration adapters for partner systems, leading migration from legacy monolith to microservices
Seniority
VP & Staff, hands-on IC with strategic ownership