Backend Developer at LifeBank

Jun 20, 2024

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LifeBank is a technology company that powers hospitals and care centers to deliver quality healthcare to patients in emerging markets.

The company’s technology, infrastructure, agile production, and distribution networks enable hospitals in emerging markets to catch up with their global peers.

The company has distributed 45,000+ medical products to 1000+ healthcare facilities, saving 18,000+ lives across Nigeria and Kenya. At LifeBank, we are the technology-led healthcare system for the future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Backend Developer

Location: Yaba, Lagos

Employment Type: Full-time

Salary: N380,000 – N400,000 Monthly

Job Overview

A Backend Developer builds and maintains server-side applications, databases, and APIs to support the functionality of software applications.
Success in this role is achieving scalable, secure, and efficient backend systems that integrate seamlessly with the frontend, ensuring high performance and reliability.
Backend developers enable the functionality and performance of applications, collaborating with frontend developers and stakeholders to deliver robust solutions aligned with the company goals.

Roles and Responsibilities

Designing and developing server-side logic and APIs.
Integrating backend services with frontend components.
Ensuring high performance and responsiveness of backend systems.
Implementing security and data protection measures.
Managing and optimizing databases.
Collaborating with frontend developers, designers, and other team members.
Troubleshooting and debugging backend applications.
Ensuring scalability and reliability of backend infrastructure.
Staying updated with industry trends and technologies.

Requirements

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Experience:

2-4 years in designing and optimizing complex backend systems, proficiency in backend languages and frameworks, expertise in database management, API development, cloud computing, and a track record of solving technical challenges.

Skills And Abilities:

Proficiency in programming languages like Python or Java, knowledge of database management systems, familiarity with web development technologies, and continuous learning to stay current with industry trends.

Personal Attributes:

Must possess strong problem-solving skills, effective communication, adaptability, and a collaborative mindset, combined with a passion for continuous learning and staying updated on emerging technologies.

Work Environment:

Must be able to foster collaboration, encourages innovation, provides access to cutting-edge technologies, and supports a balance between autonomy and teamwork.

Reporting Structure:

Reports to the Chief Technology Officer

About Team:

We are a team driven by our values. Every day we strive to fulfil these values in everything we do.

All LifeBankers must commit to these sets of values and this is the secret sauce of what makes working at LifeBank awesome. At LifeBank;

You must care for our patients, our people (team members) and our partners. Caring for patients means focusing on impact and doing all we can to rescue people on their worst days.
It is our duty to rescue the most vulnerable members of our community. We must rescue pregnant women who are bleeding, little kids who need oxygen, newborns who need vaccines, and many more critically ill people and we must do this at scale.
We learn. We are never satisfied with the status quo. Our work is never finished. Every day, we are committed to our personal growth and by extension the growth of the business.
Office politics bore us. We don’t play favourites and your growth in the business is not at all dependent on who likes you and who doesn’t. Your growth is entirely dependent on you
At LifeBank, we are builders. We are a team committed to creating an agile distribution system to power healthcare across Africa. Join us and save the World!

Benefits

Accompanied by the fact that we provide services that help save lives, we also ensure that our employees are well taken care of. The following benefits are available for all LifeBank employees: