Reporting to the Delivery Lead Fintech - Financial Services IT, the role holder responsibilities will include financial services system development, support, capacity planning and technology evolution to attain a service availability of 99.999%.
- Uphold the company code of conduct, policies and procedures, ensuring integrity and accountability in every aspect of your work.
- All employees have a responsibility to adhere to safety, health, and wellbeing policies, guidelines and procedures in all actions and decisions.
- Design and develop scalable microservices using Java, Spring Framework, Apache Camel, Django, Flask, and Go.
- Build responsive front-end applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, and frameworks including React, Angular, Vue, Next.js, and Nuxt.js.
- Deliver end-to-end full-stack solutions leveraging microservices and micro-frontend architectures.
- Develop and implement new financial technology solutions aligned with approved solution designs and business requirements.
- Participate in solution architecture, technical design, and platform capacity planning for new digital services.
- Conduct functional, performance, security, and automated testing using TDD practices to ensure high-quality software delivery.
- Troubleshoot, debug, optimize, and enhance existing systems to improve performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Drive CI/CD automation, release management, and change management processes to support efficient deployments and operational excellence.
- Collaborate within Agile and Scrum environments using tools such as Jira and Confluence while contributing to code reviews and continuous process improvement.
- Support financial systems evolution, infrastructure integration, and platform modernization initiatives to achieve high availability, scalability, and innovation targets
- Degree in one of the following: Computer Science, Telecommunications; Electronic Engineering; IT (Computing) – Operating systems, databases, system development
- 2 years of work experience as an engineer in Financial Technology or a telecommunications environment.
- Knowledge and experience on coding languages (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript, html, css, type script) and frameworks/systems (e.g., Spring framework, AngularJS, React, Git, Apache camel, Node Js and GraphQL.)
- Experience and Strong understanding of both JSON and SOAP
- Experience in securing APIs using JWT, Oauth2, SAML, Spring security etc.
- Knowledge in Agile methodology. Certification in Scrum fundamentals is an added advantage.
- Knowledge in DevSecOps, CI/CD and version control (Git)
- Good understanding of writing unit tests.
- Experience working with relational and non-relational databases i.e., Oracle, MySQL, Mongo DB, Cassandra
- Experience in mobile money systems.
- Knowledge in cloud technologies (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Huawei or GCP).
- Knowledge in container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, openshift container platform etc.)
Safaricom is the leading technology company in East Africa. Our purpose is to transform lives by connecting people to people, people to opportunities and people to information. We keep over 60 million customers connected across Kenya and Ethiopia, and play a critical role in the society, supporting over 1.13 million jobs both directly and indirectly while our total economic value was estimated at KES 1.1 trillion ($ 8.5 billion) for the 12 months through March 2025.
Listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange and with annual revenues of close to KES 388 billion as at March 2025, Safaricom provides connectivity through wide range of technology. Our 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G network in aggregate covers over 99% of Kenya’s population.
We run the world’s largest mobile payment system and Africa’s largest Fintech, M-PESA, the world’s first mobile money transfer system. By empowering millions of customers to transact, save or borrow money through their mobile phone, M-PESA has driven financial inclusion in Kenya to 84.8% of the adult population in 2024, from a low of 26.7% in 2006, and generated over KES 161 billion in revenue as at FY25.
Our subsidiary, Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia, has deployed world class network and services to contribute to Ethiopia’s digital transformation.
Safaricom is an equal opportunity employer, actively recruiting staff from different backgrounds reflecting the communities that we serve. We are committed to equal gender representation at all levels.
As part of our ongoing commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we continue to work towards improving energy and resource efficiency in our network and facilities to reduce carbon emissions and our fuel consumption. We remain committed to becoming a Net Zero carbon-emitting company by 2050.
