Branch International provides the mobile generation with world-class banking services. Branch is a for-profit socially conscious firm with operations in the United States, Nigeria, Kenya, and India that harnesses the power of data science to minimise the cost of offering financial services in emerging nations. We think that everyone, everywhere, is entitled to equal financial access. The fast proliferation of smartphones provides an opportunity for the world’s expanding middle class to get access to banking services and financial freedom.
1). Backend Software Engineer
Location: Nigeria (Remote)
Employment Type: Full-time
Here are some things you’ll do
- Build out backend functionality for existing and new product lines such as Credit, Wallet, Bill Pay, and others.
- Integrate with various third-party systems, including payment systems, identity providers, and messaging platforms.
- Scale our backend services and pipelines to ever-growing levels of traffic and complexity.
- Help build flexible and easy-to-use tools used by our operations teams to handle customer inquiries and other business processes.
Minimum Requirements
- You have strong experience (2+ years) of building backend software for web-based or mobile products.
- You are an excellent collaborator and communicator.
- You listen to others and seek to understand, but aren’t afraid to speak your mind and debate in a respectful manner when you disagree.
- You are excited by the prospect of working in a distributed team and company, working with teammates from all over the world.
Preferred Requirements:
- You have a solid foundation in computer science fundamentals, distributed systems, data storage, and agile development methodologies.
- You are pragmatic and combine a strong understanding of technology and product needs to arrive at the best solution for a given problem.
- You are highly entrepreneurial and thrive in taking ownership of your own impact. You proactively identify problems and propose solutions.
Benefits of Joining
- Work in a mission-driven, global, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
- Competitive salary and equity package
- A collaborative and flat company culture
- Remote first, with the option to work in-person occasionally
- Fully paid life and health insurance benefit with Axa Mansard (Platinum plan)
- Work-life balance is not a myth, we offer a generous paid leave policy comprising; 28 days annual leave, 30 days sick leave, bereavement leave
- Fully paid parental leave – 6 months maternity and 3 months paternity leave
- Pension Benefit
- Monthly WFH stipend alongside a one time home office set-up budget
- We believe learning should never stop and so we provide a $500 stipend annually towards learning and development irrespective of role, title or tenure
- Discretionary trips to our offices across the globe, with global travel medical insurance
- Team meals and social events (Hybrid for now)
- Flexible working hours
- Opportunity to work and interact with a global team.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should use the links below to apply:
Note
- We’re looking for more than just qualifications – so if you’re unsure that you meet the criteria, please do not hesitate to apply!
- Branch International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company does not and will not discriminate in employment on any basis prohibited by applicable law.
2). Machine Learning Engineer
Location: Nigeria (Remote)
Employment Type: Full-time
Project Examples / Responsibilities
- Credit Decisions – Core to our business is understanding and building signals from unstructured and structured data to identify good borrowers
- Customer Service – Using machine learning, automate customer service interactions and provide context to our customer service team
- Fraud Prevention – Identify patterns of fraudulent behavior and build models to detect and prevent these behaviors
- Product Growth – Understand user experiences, test ideas, and improve conversion rates through experimentation
- Paid Growth / Marketing – Use external and internal data sources to measure and optimize marketing spend
Minimum Requirements
- You excel at software engineering and programming in Python and SQL for production systems.
- You have 5+ years of experience working on Machine Learning systems in a production setting.
- You know that startups are a team sport.
- You listen to others, speak your mind, and ask the right questions.
- You are a great collaborator and teacher.
Preferred Requirements:
- You have a diverse range of data skills including experimentation, statistics, and machine learning, and have used these skills to inform business decisions.
- You have a keen eye for detail and a healthy skepticism for data before relying upon it.
- You are highly entrepreneurial. You teach yourself new skills. You take the initiative to solve problems before they arise.
- You are driven by making an impact on customers’ lives.
Benefits of Joining
- Work in a mission-driven, global, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
- Competitive salary and equity package
- A collaborative and flat company culture
- Remote first, with the option to work in-person occasionally
- Fully paid life and health insurance benefit with Axa Mansard (Platinum plan)
- Work-life balance is not a myth, we offer a generous paid leave policy comprising; 28 days annual leave, 30 days sick leave, bereavement leave
- Fully paid parental leave – 6 months maternity and 3 months paternity leave
- Pension Benefit
- Monthly WFH stipend alongside a one time home office set-up budget
- We believe learning should never stop and so we provide a $500 stipend annually towards learning and development irrespective of role, title or tenure
- Discretionary trips to our offices across the globe, with global travel medical insurance
- Team meals and social events (Hybrid for now)
- Flexible working hours
- Opportunity to work and interact with a global team.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should use the links below to apply:
Note
- We’re looking for more than just qualifications – so if you’re unsure that you meet the criteria, please do not hesitate to apply!
- Branch International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company does not and will not discriminate in employment on any basis prohibited by applicable law.
3). Software Engineering Intern
Location: Nigeria (Remote)
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Role
- Branch launched in Nigeria in early 2017 and has seen rapid adoption and growth. We are expanding our product portfolio and user base in all our markets including Nigeria, and are more than ever dependent on reliable products and services to achieve our goals.
- We are looking for talented interns to join us and be part of this journey.
- As a Software Engineering Intern, you will work closely with experienced engineers at Branch and make significant contributions to our products and code base for 4-6 months.
- You will brainstorm, design, code, debug, and ship features serving our millions of customers while picking up skills necessary for your career.
Here are some things you’ll do
- Contribute to building functionalities for existing and new product lines and platforms such as Credit, Wallet, Payments, KYC, Data Platforms, etc.
- Integrate with various third-party systems, including payment systems, identity providers, and messaging platforms.
Minimum Requirements
- Have some experience building Backend or Android applications that are more than just toy projects. Applications that have real users or an open source project would be a great plus.
- You have a solid foundation in computer science fundamentals, distributed systems, and data storage.
- Know your way through various flavors of Unix and commonly used command line utilities.
Preferred Requirements
- Proficiency in at least one mainstream language like Python, Ruby, Java, etc.
- You are highly entrepreneurial. You take the initiative to solve problems before they arise.
- You’ve started and/or contributed to projects you’re passionate about.
- You are a great collaborator and communicator. You know that startups are a team sport.
- You listen to others, speak your mind, and ask the right questions.
- You are excited by the prospect of working in a distributed team and company, working with teammates from all over the world, and learning.
Benefits of Joining
- Mission-driven, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
- Competitive stipend as compensation
- A collaborative and flat company culture
- Possible job offer depending on your performance during the internship.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should use the links below to apply:
Note
- We’re looking for more than just qualifications – so if you’re unsure that you meet the criteria, please do not hesitate to apply!
- Branch International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company does not and will not discriminate in employment on any basis prohibited by applicable law.
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- We are an equal opportunity employer that values inclusiveness and diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of color, race, nationality, religion, age, ethnic origin, disability, gender, marital status or orientation gender in our employment practices
- Our employees are all equally talented in unique ways: we come from diverse traditions, personal experiences and perspectives. And we want to include your ideas, are you ready to inspire us with your ideas?
- We encourage all applicants to apply and do not discriminate in any recruitment process.
- Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
- Due to the necessity of the position, we are entitled to appoint a candidate who matches the required profile before the above deadline
- Only qualified candidates will be invited for an interview
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