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Full Stack Developer Intern – Job Description
BaraChic is a fintech startup based in Cote d’Ivoire and the online payday lending company
active in French-speaking African markets.
“Because we understand that Emergencies are trying moments; we wish to provide Finances in
a timely and quicker way compared to what salaried employees experience today.”
BaraChic offers Salary Advances – guaranteed from direct salary deductions made by
employers. We provide a web and mobile platform where employees can make a request
online; receive a near-instant approval; get paid via a multi-channel approach of funds
disbursement from local wire transfer to mobile money and allow employers to keep track of
monthly repayments.
We are enlisting your help to building such a platform all by yourself.
Responsibilities
English-speaking developers are not common in Cote d’Ivoire and we need one. We are looking
to establish a long-term relationship with an experienced developer. We are initially offering a
6-month internship to build and engage together and once we are confident you’re the right
man/woman for the job, we are willing to have you as a permanent team member with a
package to be negotiated separately afterwards (including equity).
Why work with BaraChic?
- Mission-oriented organization
- Top 5 Startup in Cote d’Ivoire (Finalist African Development Bank 2015 Startup
Competition, Finalist SeedStars World Abidjan, Accepted into COFINA StartUp House
incubator, a prominent credit and banking institution in Cote d'Ivoire)
- Work from COFINA StartUp House incubator in the Central Business District of Abidjan
- Strong Founding team with pre-seed financing
- 99.99% uptime power (no dumsor )
Compensation:
- 250 USD/month (~1000 GHS)
- Free accommodation
Starting Date:
February 2016
Requirements
Solid experience building and shipping web applications (3+ years)
Love making things that serve users
Write clear, well-tested code
Solid TDD experience
Favor collaboration over isolation
Believe in shipping early and often
Find joy in your work
Excited to be responsible for production systems
Willing to relocate to Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire and must cover own transportation costs (~40
USD for one-way A/C bus coach or ~200 USD/350 USD for one-way/round-trip fare)
Optional bonus points
Our requirements are above, but here are some other things that we’d also be glad to see:
Experience building for or exposure in the financial sector
Deep git knowledge
A CS degree
Another CS degree
Devops and/or AWS/Azure experience
Contributions to open-source projects
Experience building highly reliable systems
Join us!
Interested? Send us the following email to [email protected] before January 15, 2016:
1. A link to (or a copy of) something resume-like (e.g., your website, LinkedIn)
2. Other links you’d like us to see (e.g., blog, GitHub, a project of yours)
3. To demonstrate that you’ve read this and are a serious applicant, a short answer to just one of
these:
o What was the last good book, article, or presentation you saw on
software development? What made it stand out for you?
o What’s a favorite open-source library? What do you like about it?
o What’s the language you learned most recently but haven’t yet had a chance to use in
production? What have you learned from it so far?
o What are three things you’d change about the language you’ve done most of your recent
coding in?
We regrettably can't accept applications that don’t include the 3 items listed above. It’s
not necessary, but feel free to write more if there’s something you’re eager to say.
We also welcome your questions.
