Lead Frontend Developer
TLDR
Drive frontend architecture and React-based tooling in a small engineering team, delivering internal and customer-facing tools for a payments platform handling millions of euros daily.
About Luo
Luo is one of the fastest-growing FX and cross-border payments companies in Africa. We help African businesses pay their international suppliers faster, more transparently, and more competitively than traditional solutions.
After becoming a leading player in a few markets in record time, we are looking to grow our engineering team and keep building the financial infrastructure for FX and cross-border payments in Africa.
Role overview
You will join a small team of experienced engineers and contribute to a diverse range of internal tools and customer-facing products. Your solutions will help grow and run a payment infrastructure that processes millions of euros of transactions per day.
This role requires a customer-centric mindset, the ability to balance effort and impact, and clear communication with both engineers and non-engineers to discover great technical solutions.
Key responsibilities
Build and ship React web applications.
Design intuitive user interface.
Communicate cross-team to collect requirements and feedbacks.
Contribute to product research and create wireframes.
Work closely with backend engineers to design APIs and coordinate shipping.
Perform rigorous testing.
Leverage AI-driven development practices.
What we are looking for
6+ years of experience building web products.
Experience working in a small high-paced team.
Product builder and customer-centric mindset.
Excellent written and verbal communication.
Ability to navigate trade-offs and balance effort vs impact.
Tech stack
React, Typescript, Golang, Postgres, Docker, Gitlab, GCP, Cloudflare
Start date
Immediately.
Location
Paris / Remote
Luo is a rapidly growing fintech that streamlines FX and cross-border payments for African businesses, enabling them to pay international suppliers with speed, transparency, and competitive advantages over traditional methods. As a leading player in West and Central Africa, we're enhancing our treasury infrastructure to meet the complexities of our expanding operations across the continent.