About the company
Paystack helps businesses in Africa get paid by anyone, anywhere in the world. Since 2015, we've built reliable payments infrastructure trusted by hundreds of thousands of businesses, processing a significant share of online transactions across the continent. The Risk and Compliance team sits at the core of that trust, building the systems that keep our platform secure, compliant, and resilient as we scale.

About the role
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate the core systems that power Risk and Compliance at Paystack. In this role, you will take ownership of critical services such as merchant onboarding and KYC/KYB, transaction monitoring, fraud detection, sanctions and watchlist screening, case management, and regulatory reporting. You will work closely with product managers, engineers, infrastructure, risk analysts, compliance officers, and operations teams to build systems that meet regulatory requirements while remaining scalable, observable, and easy to operate. This role requires strong judgment, attention to detail,



and a high bar for correctness in production systems where false negatives can mean real financial loss and false positives can block legitimate businesses.
Key responsibilities
- Design, build, deploy, and maintain backend services for core risk and compliance domains, including merchant onboarding, KYC/KYB, transaction monitoring, fraud detection, screening, case management, and reporting
- Design and build fraud detection systems, including rules engines, real-time scoring pipelines, and feedback loops that adapt to evolving fraud patterns
- Own the implementation of complex backend features end-to-end, from requirements and system design through production rollout and ongoing support
- Build and refine merchant onboarding and KYC/KYB workflows that balance friction, conversion, and regulatory obligations
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate regulatory and risk-policy req

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