About This Opportunity

Ecobank's Group Technology function is one of the largest in-house software development organisations on the African continent, responsible for maintaining and enhancing the digital platforms that serve millions of banking customers across 35 countries. From mobile banking applications and internet banking portals to core banking integrations, payment APIs, and internal management systems, Ecobank's developers build the infrastructure of African digital finance — work that combines real technical complexity with genuine continental-scale impact.

This Software Developer role is structured around the Group's Agile development framework, providing close collaboration with business analysts, project managers, and product owners across the bank's Commercial, Corporate, and Consumer banking domains. For software developers seeking to grow within Africa's banking technology landscape, Ecobank's scale and disciplined development environment provide an exceptional foundation for both technical and professional development.

Developers who build their careers within pan-African banking technology consistently develop a highly marketable expertise — the intersection of financial services domain knowledge and software engineering skills is increasingly valued by African fintechs, international banks, and technology consultancies.

JOB PURPOSE

The Role will be responsible Researching, designing, implementing and managing software programs. Testing and evaluating new programs. Identifying areas for modification in existing programs and subsequently developing these modifications. Writing and implementing efficient code for the entire Ecobank group

JOB CONTEXT

The role will work with key stakeholders i.e. developers, Business analyst, Project Managers in actualizing development of solution to meet customer needs.

The role will implement solution based on documented approach of Ecobank software development standard.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

▪ Get involved in the implementation of the 3-tier domain for Commercial, Corporate and Consumer Banking for the Group

▪ Participate at all stages of the software development lifecycle as part of a cross-functioning team.

▪ Be a part of a small, close knit and Agile team working on a wide range of activities to get a new business and products up and running.

▪ Develop, test, and implement new software programs.

▪ Independently install, customize, and integrate commercial software packages.

▪ Work with experienced team members to conduct root cause analysis of issues, review new and existing code and/or perform unit testing.

▪ Analyse user requirements and convert requirements to design documents.

▪ Provide comprehensive support to internal customers; achieve resolution to outstanding problems or issues

Applying for This Role

• Enterprise SDLC experience matters: Ecobank's development environment is structured and process-driven. Demonstrate familiarity with requirements documentation, code review practices, version control governance, and deployment pipelines.
• Banking domain knowledge is a differentiator: Experience developing for financial services — even adjacent to banking — helps you understand the business context of the systems you are building. Highlight this if you have it.
• Prepare an end-to-end project example: Describe a software project from requirements through to deployment: what the business problem was, the architecture you chose, how you tested it, and what the outcome was.
• Core banking technology context: Ecobank's primary systems are Java-based. Strong Java development experience, particularly in enterprise application environments, will be competitive in this selection process.

Qualifications

▪ Education: – University degree preferably in Computer Science/Electrical Electronics/Mechanical Engineering or its equivalent

▪ Multi-lingual ability will be an advantage.

Skills & Experience:

▪ Possess good problem-solving attribute and critical thinking skills.

▪ Ability to learn various programming language and standards which includes but not limited to JAVA, REST, XQuery, XPATH, XSLT, JMS, Memcached, Oracle Middleware component, Linux, MySQL, JSF and Spring MVC, web components, SQL, other database languages, NoSQL, structured and Unstructured database, PL/SQL

▪ Basic understanding of Systems Development Life Cycle.

▪ Communicate effectively and professionally in all forms of communication with internal customers.

▪ Basic knowledge of software methodologies and design patterns.

▪ Basic Understanding of Data structure and algorithm

▪ Experience working with multi-cultural & multi-national environment.

▪ Availability and willingness to travel to other locations as required