Africa's payments and fintech platform processing $22B monthly
Moniepoint is a fully remote fintech operating across payments, banking, credit, and business management for 10 million African users. The tech stack (Java, Spring, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Firebase, Flutter) reflects a multi-platform backend scaled for distributed reliability, while active hiring in engineering and data (56 of 150 roles) paired with projects around credit scoring, POS architecture, and fraud reduction signals heavy investment in underwriting and operational risk — critical for a lender growing loan portfolios at scale.
Notable leadership hires: Recovery Head, M&A Head
Moniepoint Inc. serves as a financial infrastructure provider across Africa, with particular scale in Nigeria where it operates as the largest merchant acquirer. The platform processes $22 billion monthly across payments, merchant acquiring (POS), banking, credit products, and business management tools. Operating profitably and serving 10 million businesses and individuals, the company maintains engineering hubs across Lagos, Nairobi, London, and the US. The product surface spans merchant-facing (POS terminals, payment rails), consumer-facing (accounts, credit), and internal operations (fraud, collections, verification).
Primary stack: Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Docker, Firebase, Flutter (mobile), Angular (web). Infrastructure: AWS, GCP, Azure. Monitoring/observability: Datadog, New Relic, Grafana. Now adopting Terraform, TypeScript, and API Gateway.
Active projects include credit scoring model deployment, POS terminal architecture across platforms, fraud risk reduction, marketing mix models for attribution, API security audits, and automation to reduce operational toil. Also scaling loan portfolio and field verification operations.
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