About PayJoy
PayJoy's mission is to deliver access to credit to the next billion people in emerging markets worldwide. Our unique mobile security technology creates collateral that enables customers to afford their first smartphone on credit and then allows them further access to credit to help weather life's unexpected financial surprises and climb the ladder of economic well-being.
Founded in 2015, today PayJoy has reached hundreds of thousands of customers in a dozen countries around the globe, from Mexico to Indonesia, India, Kenya, and Nigeria, and is on a strong growth path with support from major industry partners to bring credit to millions in 2019.
This Role
As a Software Engineer, you will build the technology to support millions of customers worldwide. Our unique locking technology combines our proprietary “secret sauce” (based on undocumented parts of Android and firmware) and the effective use of data to give users credit-based products in emerging markets. We're also focused on world-class app design, web frontend and backend, and partner API integrations. As a key part of PayJoy’s global engineering team, you need to be up for any technical challenge and willing to learn new technologies.
Responsibilities
- Code software primarily in PHP, Javascript/AngularJS.
- Web front-end programming in HTML and CSS.
- Query and manage MySQL databases.
- Work with global engineering teams and partners to deliver products into international markets.
- Work in teams with product, design, data science, risk, and operations to design and build products.
- Build and/or take ownership of sets of features.
- Be open to other software duties as required. For instance, collaborate with technical partners, implement major components of PayJoy’s web and mobile apps, work on the data platform.
Minimum Qualifications
- Holds a degree (Bachelors or Masters) in Computer Science
- 3+ years of relevant, full-time experience
- Prior experience in PHP and/or Javascript or the ability to pick these up quickly.
- Creative and fast problem solving capabilities.
- Good verbal and written communication skills in English.
Desired Experience:
- High-caliber high-performance experience at a top company, university, or equivalent
- Experience developing Android-based software
- Experience working in globally distributed software engineering teams
As part of PayJoy, you will have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects that immediately impact our customers, work alongside seasoned professionals and entrepreneurs, and contribute to a startup that is experiencing rapid growth.