Open Roles
We hire people who think deeply, move fast, and care genuinely about financial access in Africa. Most roles are remote-first within African time zones (GMT±3).
⚙️ Engineering
Senior Backend Engineer — Payments Core
Full-time Lagos or RemoteOwn the payment routing engine, provider adapters, and idempotency infrastructure. Node.js, Fastify, MySQL. You'll touch every corridor we support.
Security Engineer — Fintech
Full-time Accra or RemoteLead our security posture across API, web, and mobile surfaces. Own threat modelling, penetration testing, and incident response for a regulated fintech.
Mobile Engineer — React Native
Full-time Nairobi or RemoteBuild the AfriLink Pay mobile app for Android and iOS. We serve users on everything from the latest Galaxy to a 3G feature-phone-with-data — performance is a feature.
ML Engineer — Fraud & Risk
Full-time Remote (Africa)Train and deploy real-time fraud detection models. Our transaction graph spans 54 countries. You'll work with structured signals, USSD patterns, and velocity checks.
🎨 Design
Senior Product Designer
Full-time Accra or LagosOwn the end-to-end UX for cross-border payments — from corridor selection to transfer confirmation. You'll design for users with slow connections and limited data plans.
Design Systems Engineer
Contract / Part-timeEvolve our glassmorphic design system into a documented component library with accessibility, dark/light theming, and RTL support built-in from the ground up.
🏗️ Operations & Growth
Partnerships Lead — West Africa
Full-time LagosClose and manage strategic integrations with mobile network operators, banks, and aggregators in Nigeria and Ghana. You speak the language of CBN and BOG licensing.
Compliance & Regulatory Affairs
Full-time Nairobi or AccraOwn our licensing pipeline across Ghana (BOG), Nigeria (CBN), and Kenya (CBK). Experience with AML/KYC frameworks and cross-border remittance regulation required.
Why AfriLink?
Mission that matters
Cross-border payments in Africa cost 8% on average. We're building the infrastructure to cut that to near-zero. You'll see the direct impact of your work in daily transaction volume.
Move fast, ship real things
We have no six-week design sprints. Engineers ship to production weekly. Designers test in the field. We measure output in working software, not Notion documents.
Remote-first, Africa-centered
We operate in African time zones and understand African internet. No 3am standups to sync with a HQ on another continent. We are the HQ.
Real equity
Employee stock options with a 4-year vest, 1-year cliff. We explain the cap table clearly and don't hide the liquidation preferences in 200 pages of legalese.
Solve hard problems
Payment routing across 54 countries, 15 currencies, and 7 rails isn't a tutorial problem. You'll work on routing intelligence, fraud detection, and FX netting engines.
Diverse, senior team
Our team includes engineers from Paystack, Flutterwave, Stripe, and Google. We invest heavily in mentorship and have zero tolerance for gatekeeping.
How We Hire
Application review (3–5 days)
Send your CV and a short note on why this role, why AfriLink, why now. We read everything. A cover letter that mentions a specific problem we're solving gets priority attention.
Technical screen or portfolio review (60 min)
For engineers: a pair-programming session on a real problem from our codebase — no leetcode puzzles. For designers: a portfolio review and a 30-minute live design critique.
Final interview + offer (1 week)
A 90-minute panel with your future team. We discuss past projects, trade-offs you've made, and how you'd approach a specific challenge at AfriLink. Offer within 5 business days of final round.
Benefits
🌐 Remote stipend
$100/month internet and equipment allowance. We know fibre isn't everywhere yet — we help cover it.
📈 Employee equity
All full-time hires receive stock options. We believe the people building AfriLink should own a piece of it.
🏥 Health insurance
Comprehensive health coverage for you and one dependent, via country-appropriate providers in GH, NG, and KE.
📚 Learning budget
$500/year for books, courses, and conferences. No approval form — just send the receipt and expense it.
🏖️ Generous leave
25 days annual leave plus local public holidays. We don't track sick days. Rest is part of the job.
🛂 Visa support
If you need to relocate, we handle all visa applications and cover the associated legal fees fully.