Product Engineer

• Build and improve the ways people pay with Wave
• Own the process from understanding the problem through shipping solutions to users and helping customer support resolve problems
• Work in an autonomous, cross-functional team focused on a single area of Wave's product
• Develop features and improvements end-to-end, from design through deployment
• Enable Wave app payments for products in stores
• Integrate with electrical utility companies for bill payments
• Build tools for business owners to pay employee salaries using Wave
• Enable transportation payments for taxis, trains, and buses
• Work across backend, API, mobile, web frontend, database, infrastructure, and orchestration systems
• Address operational issues, clarify product specifications, and work in unfamiliar code to unblock teammates
• Write small pull requests, aim for MVPs, and balance speed with correctness and security for financial products

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a product engineer
• Fluent in English
• Bilingual in French is a big bonus
• Willingness to travel to one of Wave's operating locations at least once per year for a minimum of 6 consecutive days
• Must be based in the UK, Spain, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, or Burkina Faso
• Willingness to work across the entire stack, including mobile
• Prior experience with the listed technologies is a strong plus, but not required

• $1,200 yearly stipend to support coworking meetups with teammates
• Subsidized health insurance for you and your dependents
• Retirement contributions
• 6 months of fully paid parental leave
• Subsidized fertility assistance
• Flexible vacation, with most folks taking between 21-30 days exclusive of statutory holidays
• $10,000 annual charitable donation matching
• Generous equity package