Ongoing Recruitment at Opera Software

Opera Software crafts products and services that connect millions of people to the internet. The biggest operators around the world choose to work with us to give their customers the best web experience. Our mobile advertising platform enables publishers to monetize their content and allows brands to reach millions of consumers.
We strive to develop superior products and services for our users around the world, through state-of-the-art technology, innovation, leadership and partnerships.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Android Developer
Location:
 Nigeria
Job Description
  • Opera Software is looking for an Android Developer to join the growing Opera Payments Engineering Team located across Sweden, Kenya, and Nigeria.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain our payment app and merchant app using Kotlin
  • Develop and maintain integration with our Golang servers
Requirements
  • B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent experience, with a keen interest in technology
  • Ability to work independently and take initiative, as well as being creative and curious
  • An understanding of modern Android development and passion for quality
  • Autonomous working style, with eagerness to improve systems, processes, and yourself
Strong Kotlin skills, including:
  • Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code
  • Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Kotlin code
  • Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
  • Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
  • A good sense of usability, attention to detail, and polish
  • Fluency in English, both written and spoken
Ideal job requirements:
  • Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
  • Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
  • Strong knowledge of Android’s UI design principles, patterns, and its best practices
  • Strong knowledge of the Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
  • Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
  • Familiarity with continuous integration
  • Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply

Job Title: 
Web Developer
Ref No: R-13646
Location: Lagos
Responsibilities
  • Opera Software is looking for a Web Developer to join the growing Opera Payments Engineering Team in Lagos, Nigeria.
  • Work on the front-end of our Golang servers, turning our UX design wireframes into production UI
  • Help design the overall architecture of the web application
Requirements
  • B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent experience, with a keen interest in technology
  • Ability to work independently and take initiative, as well as being creative and curious
  • Autonomous working style, with eagerness to improve systems, processes, and yourself
  • Strong web development skills, including:
  • Translation of VD/UX wireframes to visual elements
  • Design of the overall architecture of the web application
  • Implementation of services and APIs to power the web application
  • Building reusable code and libraries for future use
  • Optimization of the application for speed and scalability
  • Integration of the front-end and back-end aspects of the web application
  • A good sense of usability, attention to detail, and polish
  • Fluency in English, both written and spoken
Ideal job requirements:
  • Ability to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests
  • Good understanding of JavaScript libraries and frameworks, such as ReactJS
  • Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors, such as Sass
  • Understanding the differences between multiple delivery platforms and how to work with responsive design
  • Management of hosting environment, containerization, and scaling an application to support load changes
  • Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
  • Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply
Job Title: User Experience Designer
Location:
 Lagos
Hiring Deparment: Product Development

Job Description
  • We are looking for a passionate and engaged UX Designer with experience in web and mobile application design to join our UX Team. The position is in Lagos, Nigeria and is part of the global Opera Payment UX Department.
  • The Opera Payments Platform (OPay) enables users to pay for various services through their mobile or web browser. It provides fast, easy, and secure payments and money transfers.
  • Our key markets are emerging economies in Africa, Asia, and South America, where Opera has a traditionally strong presence and user base.
  • As part of the UX team, you will design and deliver a simple and easy-to-use payment experience both on the web and the Android app. As a UX Designer, you will collaborate with other members of our product, design, and engineering teams to translate concepts into a living, breathing product. You will follow up on the new functionality design and maintain the existing design documentations.
  • At Opera Software, we develop superior products and services for our users around the world through state-of-the-art technology, innovation, leadership, and partnerships.
  • Our product portfolio includes web browsers, payment solutions, news aggregation services, data compression, and privacy. Our products enable more than 350 million internet consumers to discover and connect with the content and services that matter most to them, regardless of the device, network, or location.
  • If you’re looking for a fast-paced, agile, and fun environment to work and have an interest in the payment industry, then Opera is the place for you!
Responsibilities
  • Deliver innovative, user-friendly design on web and mobile, including interaction design specifications, interactive prototype.
  • Maintain existing interaction design, including improving user experience and updating design specifications
  • Fulfill several project requests simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines
  • Work with product managers and design manager to develop design concepts
  • Be able to take initiative, be creative and curious, be able to conduct design review meetings, and collect feedback with other teammates
  • Communicate and collaborate with other cross-functional teammates
  • Assist engineers with the final development of Opera products.
Requirements
  • B.Sc degree in Design or a related field, or demonstrated design knowledge in equivalent practical experience
  • Fluency in the best practices for web-based and Android application information architecture and design, as well as a strong knowledge of usability principles and techniques
  • Self-motivated and capable of working independently
  • Skills in SketchApp or Adobe Creative Suite
  • An understanding of user-centered design process, methodologies, and principles of usability
  • Must be comfortable in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment and able to manage priorities well
  • Be fluent in English, both written and spoken
  • Portfolio required for candidates.
Ideal job requirements:
  • Visual design and user research skills is a plus
  • Motion design
  • Prototyping and scripting.
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply
Job Title: DevOps Engineer
Ref No: R-13645
Location: Nigeria

Job Description
  • Opera Software is looking for a DevOps Engineer to join the growing Opera Payments Engineering Team located across Sweden, Kenya, and Nigeria.
  • The ideal candidate should be able to work together with the developers, project lead and security team to grow and improve our cloud infrastructure; automate development processes; build tools for deployment, monitoring, and operations; and troubleshoot issues in our development, test, and production environments.
  • Opera Payments Platform (OPay) enables users to pay for various services through their mobile or web browser. It provides fast, easy, and secure payments and money transfers. Our key markets are emerging economies in Africa, Asia, and South America, where Opera has a traditionally strong presence and user base.
  • At Opera Software, we develop superior products and services for our users around the world through state-of-the-art technology, innovation, leadership, and partnerships. Our product portfolio includes web browsers, payment solutions, news aggregation services, data compression, and privacy.
  • Our products enable more than 350 million internet consumers to discover and connect with the content and services that matter most to them, regardless of the device, network, or location.
Responsibilities
  • Improve and scale infrastructure in AWS according to the needs of the project
  • Build and maintain IT solutions for internal processes
  • Cooperate with the security team to ensure that our setup remains secure
  • Provide technical support for the developers
  • Integrate and migrate legacy infrastructure to the cloud
Requirements
  • B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • Self-motivated, structured, quality-driven, and able to take initiative
  • Systems administration experience with Linux
  • Programming skills in scripting languages (Python/JavaScript)
  • Experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS
  • Experience with docker containers orchestration, such as ECS, Kubernetes, and Docker Swarm
  • Deep understanding of the network stack and traffic routing
  • Fluency in English, both written and spoken, and good communication skills
Ideal job requirements:
  • Programming skills in Go
  • Experience in “infrastructure-as-a-code” platforms (CloudFormation, Terraform, etc.)
  • Solid knowledge of web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • MongoDB administration experience
  • Version control systems (GIT)
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply

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