Senior Backend Engineer job at Fanisi Hr Solutions
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Senior Backend Engineer
2026-03-11T09:35:47+00:00
Fanisi Hr Solutions
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Consulting
Computer & IT, Science & Engineering
KES
MONTH
2026-03-17T17:00:00+00:00
8

Fanisi HR Solutions

Fanisi is a HR consulting and management company that guides enterprises in setting up management and development of their workforce. We support Small and Medium Enterprises to excel in improving the people component of their businesses and organizations by building human capital through developing employee related policies and practices, staff training and...

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
  • Own and manage core business logic and system integrations.
  • Ensure system performance, security, and reliability across all backend services.
  • Review code, enforce engineering standards, and maintain best development practices.
  • Mentor and guide junior backend engineers to support their technical growth.
  • Support production deployments and troubleshoot incidents when necessary.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver new product features and improvements.
  • Contribute to system architecture decisions and continuous platform improvements.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 2 Years of experience with Laravel/PHP frameworks or similar backend technologies
  • Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs.
  • Strong knowledge of database management (MySQL or PostgreSQL).
  • Understanding of system security, authentication, and data protection practices.
  • Experience with Docker and cloud-based deployments.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to learn and adapt quickly in a dynamic environment.
  • Active participation or a strong network within developer or programming communities.
  • Experience working in fintech or high-scale systems is an added advantage
  • Experience working in startup or fast-paced environments is an advantage
  • Personal or open-source projects on platforms such as GitHub is an advantage
  • Design, implement, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
  • Own and manage core business logic and system integrations.
  • Ensure system performance, security, and reliability across all backend services.
  • Review code, enforce engineering standards, and maintain best development practices.
  • Mentor and guide junior backend engineers to support their technical growth.
  • Support production deployments and troubleshoot incidents when necessary.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver new product features and improvements.
  • Contribute to system architecture decisions and continuous platform improvements.
  • Laravel/PHP frameworks or similar backend technologies
  • Building and maintaining RESTful APIs
  • Database management (MySQL or PostgreSQL)
  • System security, authentication, and data protection practices
  • Docker and cloud-based deployments
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Ability to learn and adapt quickly
  • Active participation or strong network within developer or programming communities
  • BA/BSc/HND
  • 2 Years of experience with Laravel/PHP frameworks or similar backend technologies
  • Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs.
  • Strong knowledge of database management (MySQL or PostgreSQL).
  • Understanding of system security, authentication, and data protection practices.
  • Experience with Docker and cloud-based deployments.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to learn and adapt quickly in a dynamic environment.
  • Active participation or a strong network within developer or programming communities.
  • Experience working in fintech or high-scale systems is an added advantage
  • Experience working in startup or fast-paced environments is an advantage
  • Personal or open-source projects on platforms such as GitHub is an advantage
bachelor degree
12
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Vacancy title:
Senior Backend Engineer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Consulting, Category: Computer & IT, Science & Engineering]

Jobs at:
Fanisi Hr Solutions

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, March 17 2026

Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 11 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Fanisi HR Solutions

Fanisi is a HR consulting and management company that guides enterprises in setting up management and development of their workforce. We support Small and Medium Enterprises to excel in improving the people component of their businesses and organizations by building human capital through developing employee related policies and practices, staff training and...

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
  • Own and manage core business logic and system integrations.
  • Ensure system performance, security, and reliability across all backend services.
  • Review code, enforce engineering standards, and maintain best development practices.
  • Mentor and guide junior backend engineers to support their technical growth.
  • Support production deployments and troubleshoot incidents when necessary.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver new product features and improvements.
  • Contribute to system architecture decisions and continuous platform improvements.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 2 Years of experience with Laravel/PHP frameworks or similar backend technologies
  • Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs.
  • Strong knowledge of database management (MySQL or PostgreSQL).
  • Understanding of system security, authentication, and data protection practices.
  • Experience with Docker and cloud-based deployments.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to learn and adapt quickly in a dynamic environment.
  • Active participation or a strong network within developer or programming communities.
  • Experience working in fintech or high-scale systems is an added advantage
  • Experience working in startup or fast-paced environments is an advantage
  • Personal or open-source projects on platforms such as GitHub is an advantage

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Engineering jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Tuesday, March 17 2026
Duty Station: Nairobi | Nairobi
Posted: 11-03-2026
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 11-03-2026
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-10-2076
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