Meet MAKA

MAKA is changing how consumers in Africa shop for fashion & beauty. MAKA is a fashion & beauty marketplace where trusted creators can live-stream & sell directly to consumers. Shoppers can buy through live-streams, on-demand videos, or directly from the catalog. We are a venture-backed startup building the future of e-commerce. We are highly committed to creating an extraordinary software company, team and place to work!

Who We're Looking For

MAKA is hiring an entrepreneurial and experienced Backend Engineer to join our team and work towards making our vision a reality.

Your Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a backend developer, with at least 3 years of experience with JavaScript: Node.js, NestJS
  • [the years of experience are not negotiable - please do not apply unless you have the requisite full-time work experience]
• Experience working with AWS, Docker, TypeORM
• Experience with micro services architecture and securely integrating 3rd party APIs

What you'll do

• You will write the core code that drives our product experiences: from API integrations to recommendations, and a whole lot more. Your work will balance deploying quickly with accuracy & scalability
• You will troubleshoot and debug issues to ensure a seamless end-user experience
• You will integrate technical and design requirements to produce a world-class product
• You will create reusable code and libraries for future use
• You will contribute to a healthy engineering team culture

Who you are

• You are comfortable in an early-stage startup and are eager to scale with a fast-growing business
• You can prioritise and adjust tech investments with an eye to the short- and long-term
• You are a skilled communicator and can clearly articulate technical designs and trade-offs with technical and non-technical team members
• You are collaborative, enjoy working in a team and contributing to a healthy culture
• You are passionate about building world-class products