Senior Backend Developer at Leadway Assurance Company

Experience: Senior-level

Education: B.A/BSc/HND

Job-type: Full Time

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Field: Backend Developer, Developer

Company: Leadway Assurance

LEADWAY ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED (‘LEADWAY’) is one of Nigeria’s foremost insurance service companies, with a reputation for service efficiency and customer reliability. For over 45 years, LEADWAY has honoured its underwriting commitments and has earned its reputation of excellence in claims handling.  The evolution of LEADWAY since 1970 has mirrored the dramatic expansion of indigenous insurance service providers, with LEADWAY remaining in the forefront as an insurer of repute.

Job Overview

  • As a Senior Back End Developer, you will architect and implement microservices powering a multi-tenant, cloud-native insurance platform, focusing on policy, claims, reinsurance, and advanced analytics integrations.
  • Key responsibilities include ensuring compliance with IFRS 17, NDPR, and NIST, as well as seamless integration with the front-end, data, and DevOps teams.

Responsibilities

  • Microservices Development: Build and maintain RESTful APIs in .NET or Node.js that handle multi-tenant data, enabling tenant-specific configurations.
  • Database Management: Design schemas and queries in Postgres and MongoDB, supporting partitioning and isolation for different insurance entities.
  • Integration & Open APIs: Implement secure, well-documented APIs for third-party services (payment gateways, aggregator platforms, financial systems).
  • Performance & Scalability: Optimize service performance, incorporate caching strategies, and ensure the application meets high-availability requirements.
  • Compliance & Security: Collaborate with DevOps and security teams to embed NDPR, IFRS 17, and NIST controls (e.g., encryption, audit logging).

Requirements

Technical Requirements

  • High proficiency in .NetCore 7+, Entity FrameworkCore, Kafka, Container Orchestration (Kubernetes), Docker, and GraphQL (e.g., Hot Chocolate, GraphQL.NET)
  • Intermediate proficiency in Signal R, Redis, and RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, NOSQL (e.g. MongoDB, Cassandra, CosmosDB), SQL Server, and Observability (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)

Other Requirements

  • Experience with message brokers (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka).
  • Experience of Webhooks for real-time data synchronisation
  • Familiarity with DDD (Domain-Driven Design) and TDD (Test-Driven Development).
  • Knowledge of event sourcing and CQRS patterns.  Experience with Clean Architecture design patterns.
  • Experience with Azure services, AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)
  • Experience of parallel programming and concurrent request processing

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field.
  • Strong background in microservices architecture, REST APIs, and distributed systems.

Experience

  • 5+ years of enterprise back-end development in .NET/Node.js for large-scale, cloud-native applications.
  • Proven ability to implement multi-tenant architectures and integrate with CI/CD pipelines

Other Skills & Competencies

  • Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
  • Skilled at collaborating on-site with cross-functional teams (Front-End, QA, Data, AI/ML).

Method of Application

Meet the qualifications? Apply now at Leadway Assurance on forms.docs.google.com

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