Fuzu is Africa’s #1 career platform, nominated as one of the most promising
start-ups on the continent. We believe that every human being is born with talent, but
lack of opportunities and support makes us fall short of our potential. On Fuzu,
learning, inspiration and employment opportunities are just one click away.
Our product team currently comprises Head of Engineering, Head of Product,
RoR/React developers and two product designers. Our technical stack is Ruby on
Rails, React, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Python/Tensorflow.
● Develop our technical foundation, including APIs, algorithms, database
architecture/queries, and AWS-based server infrastructure
● Plan the application architecture, technical specifications, and sprint tasks
together with technical product leadership
● Coordinate tasks and support the work of
with Head of Engineering
● 5+ years of industry experience in a backend engineering role, with a mastery
of at least one backend web technology (preferably RoR or Python)
● Solid knowledge of backend development fundamentals. This includes API
design, OO / functional design patterns, testing / CI, relational databases, and
app performance optimisation.
● Experience in maintaining or working with cloud server infrastructure
(preferably AWS)
● A genuinely international work context and purpose-driven work culture
makes an exciting place to learn and grow
● A well-tested and recently refactored (⇒ developer-friendly 🙂 ) backend
codebase to work with
● A very data-driven environment where you will directly see the business
impact of your work
● In-depth technical onboarding, plus continuous support and coaching