Job Description

AeTrade Group is recruiting qualified technology professionals to support the development and deployment of AeTrust, a digital financial services platform designed to advance financial inclusion, digital inclusion, MSME empowerment, secure payments, and sustainable business growth.

AeTrust will support wallet services, merchant payments, digital onboarding, KYC workflows, payment integrations, operational dashboards, and future integration with AeTrade Group’s wider ecosystem, including Sokokuu and AeLearning.

We are seeking professionals who can build secure, scalable, reliable, and user-centered digital financial products for high-trust and high-impact use cases.

AeTrade Group is seeking a Backend Engineer / Mid-Level for the AeTrust platform. The successful candidate will build and maintain scalable backend services, APIs, integrations, admin features, dashboard functionality, KYC workflows, and operational tools.

The role will work under the guidance of the Senior Backend Engineer / Lead and will contribute to both day-to-day feature delivery and longer-term platform development.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and maintain backend services and APIs.
• Deliver backend features from design through deployment.
• Build integrations for KYC, dashboards, admin tools, payment workflows, and operational services.
• Work across Python/FastAPI, Node.js/NestJS, and where needed, Java/Spring Boot services.
• Collaborate with the Senior Backend Engineer on architecture-critical and high-risk backend work.
• Own lower-risk feature development independently.
• Write automated tests and maintain code quality for all delivered features.
• Support debugging, issue resolution, and production improvements.
• Work with frontend, mobile, design, product, and operations teams to deliver complete product functionality.
• Maintain clear documentation for APIs, services, and technical decisions.