Kora Hiring Senior Full-Stack Engineer for Fintech Innovation

Full-stack engineers who want to build at the intersection of fintech, AI, and payments: Kora is hiring a senior full-stack engineer for its innovation team. The scope covers prototypes, MVPs, AI integrations, blockchain experiments, and payment infrastructure.

About Kora

Kora builds the payments infrastructure connecting businesses across Africa. The company offers a single API covering collections, disbursements, and currency conversions for African markets. Kora’s stated goal is to eliminate digital financial barriers for businesses operating on the continent.

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What the Role Involves

This is a senior position that combines individual contribution with team leadership. You will write production code and guide engineers at the same time.

Key responsibilities:

• Leading frontend and backend engineering direction across innovation projects
• Building full-stack applications across web interfaces, APIs, databases, and third-party integrations
• Translating product and business requirements into technical architecture plans
• Coordinating frontend and backend engineers and managing delivery dependencies
• Defining API structures, database schemas, and development standards
• Running rapid prototyping cycles and supporting MVP launches from concept to release
• Reviewing code, unblocking engineers, and raising engineering quality across the team
• Evaluating and shipping new-technology integrations across AI, automation, blockchain, and payment systems
• Mentoring engineers and building a culture of ownership within the team

What They Want

Required

• Strong full-stack engineering experience with React, Next.js, or Vue on the frontend
• Solid Node.js backend experience
• Database proficiency across PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, or comparable systems
• Experience building APIs, dashboards, integrations, or customer-facing platforms
• Cloud deployment, CI/CD pipelines, and modern development workflow experience
• Strong grasp of software architecture, performance, security, and scalability
• Ability to coordinate frontend and backend engineers and manage cross-team dependencies
• Clear written and verbal communication

Preferred

• Experience with LLMs, AI agents, RAG systems, or workflow automation
• Familiarity with wallets, stablecoins, smart contracts, or Web3 infrastructure
• Track record leading MVPs, pilots, or prototypes through to production
• Fintech, payments, or SaaS product background
• Cross-functional experience with product, design, data, and business teams

Salary and Benefits

Kora has not disclosed a salary range for this role.

The benefits package clears the bar for senior roles in the Nigerian market:

• Health insurance
• Group life insurance
• Monthly mental health support, up to four therapy sessions covered
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Low-interest loans
• Sponsored and tailored training
• Flexible work style.
• Day off on your birthday
• Employee interest groups

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Is This Open to Nigerians?

Kora is headquartered in Nigeria and built for African markets. The listing does not confirm whether applicants outside Nigeria are eligible; verify this before applying. If the role includes a remote component, confirm payment currency and structure during the hiring process.

How to Apply

1. Go to the official listing
2. Complete the Workable application form. Have your CV ready before you start.
3. Be ready to describe specific projects where you led both frontend and backend delivery.
4. If you have AI, blockchain, or payments experience, put it in the first paragraph of your application. The Innovation Team brief makes it a direct hiring signal.
5. Kora addresses imposter syndrome directly in the listing; underconfident candidates are encouraged to apply.

GizPulse Verdict

This role suits a senior full-stack engineer who has outgrown pure execution but has no interest in moving fully into management. The Innovation Team brief is broad: AI, blockchain, payments, and automation, and Kora wants someone who can lead architectural decisions and still write production code on the same day.

The therapy access and low-interest loans stand out. Most Nigerian tech employers stop at health insurance; Kora goes further. Salary is undisclosed; make that your first question in screening.

Who this is for: Senior engineers who have shipped fintech or SaaS products end-to-end, have strong architecture instincts, and want to mentor without becoming a full-time manager.

Who should look elsewhere: Engineers who prefer deep single-stack specialisation. This position demands movement across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and emerging tech simultaneously.

One tip: The listing uses the phrase “Water in the Desert,” Kora’s signal that they value resourcefulness over credentials. In your application or interview, lead with a story about solving a hard technical problem under real constraints. That framing fits Kora’s stated culture better than a skills list.

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