About Cellulant:
Cellulant is Africa’s leading payments company, providing seamless, secure and innovative solutions that empower businesses, banks, and global brands to thrive in a fast-changing global economy.
With a presence in over 24 countries and 200+ payment methods, including cards, bank transfers, and mobile money, our single API payment platform, Tingg, simplifies collections, disbursements, and reconciliations. It processes over 4.5 million transactions daily for market leaders across sectors such as
Airlines, Telecoms, E-commerce, Ride-Hailing, Retail, and Remittances.
By simplifying how people pay and get paid, we drive trust, commerce and scale – and connect companies to their ambitions.
Our Story:
Across Africa, payments are more than transactions. They are gateways to prosperity, connecting people, businesses and communities to opportunities and growth.
From enabling a logistics company in Lusaka to pay suppliers across borders, to enabling a hospitality brand in Lagos to scale effortlessly, to supporting an airline in Nairobi to reconcile payments from multiple platforms, Cellulant is the bridge that makes it all possible.
Through trusted technology and customer-centric innovation, we build connections that inspire progress, strengthen economies and transform payments into a tool for progress.
Since our founding in 2003, we've continuously adapted and grown, leveraging our experiences to simplify payments for businesses. We are driven by an unshakable belief that seamless people-centred payments are the key to unlocking prosperity.
Today, Cellulant powers online and offline payment processing, allowing businesses to collect payments, send payouts, and accelerate business growth.
Our Mission:
To deliver seamless, secure and innovative payment solutions for businesses.
Our Vision:
To create a connected world where businesses move money as easily as they share ideas.
Role Overview:
As a Software Engineer, you work in a team that owns the design, development, and operations for mission-critical applications of the payments business. You are responsible for developing applications using best practices.
What You'll do:
- Develop and maintain backend features and ensure existing systems run smoothly.
- Collaborate with frontend and API engineers to define and implement RESTful API specifications.
- Build and deploy microservices using Java, Spring, and Spring Boot.
- Write testable, efficient, and reusable code using test-driven development (TDD).
- Participate in Sprint Planning, track work items, and deliver high-quality results.
- Fix bugs promptly and approach complex problems methodically.
- Contribute to architecture and code reviews to ensure scalable and performant solutions.
- Prototype new ideas to refine feature definitions.
- Ensure written code adheres to best practices, is scalable, and optimized for performance.
What we are looking for:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field
- 2+ years of experience in backend development, building scalable systems.
- Proficiency in Java, Spring, and Spring Boot.
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
- Experience with cloud-native applications and deployment using CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with unit testing frameworks and automated functional testing.
- Exposure to building multi-tenant applications and performance optimization is a plus.
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate effectively with teams.
- Autonomous, detail-oriented, and eager to take initiative.
Bonus Points:
- Experience mentoring peers to enhance technical skills.
- Prior exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, or other tools in the Cloud Native landscape.
Why Work for Us?
At Cellulant, we are more than a payments company: we are bridge-builders. We believe that by simplifying the way people pay and get paid, we are connecting companies to their ambitions, people to opportunities, and Africa to the global economy. Our work goes beyond payments—it’s about what people, businesses, and communities can do when the movement of money becomes more dependable, seamless, and secure.
Some exciting things about us...
- We have an extensive footprint: We have an office presence in 10 countries, and our products serve 24 countries across Africa, with a global workforce of about 300 employees.
- We believe innovation is at the heart of Fintech: Thousands of market leaders and top enterprises trust our technology to power their payments. Our customers are in various sectors, including financial services, travel and hospitality, telecom, e-commerce, remittance companies, SaaS, and the gig economy.
- We support a diverse and inclusive workforce: We focus on the growth and development of our employees through well-developed, individualised career paths, ensuring you reach your full potential in a supportive and delivery-oriented environment.
- We put our employees first: At Cellulant, your contribution is rewarded competitively. We use clear career levels and role titles, and benchmark our base pay against data and a well-established internal process. Your actual salary will reflect your experience, skills, impact and the scope of the role, as well as our business needs and prevailing market conditions. We also offer generous personal time off, and medical and life insurance benefits (markets permitting).
- We seek collaborative builders: At Cellulant, we believe that great ideas happen when we come together. Therefore, we nurture a collaborative work environment that challenges, engages, and empowers each person to contribute to the growth and success of the business.
- We solve Africa's digital economy: We’re solving payment challenges on the continent to create opportunities and accelerate economic growth for all of Africa.
