- Tongston is seeking a Full Stack Engineer (Back-End Focus) to help build and scale T-World, an AI-powered platform spanning education, enterprise, media, and finance.
- This role is ideal for a backend-leaning engineer who can own APIs, data models, integrations, reliability, and AI workflowswhile remaining comfortable delivering lightweight React web UI when needed to support product flows and internal tools. You will Participate in Agile ceremonies: planning, execution, review, and iteration.
Core Stack
Back-End (Primary Focus):
- Node.js with Express (API services / serverless routes where applicable)
- MongoDB (Atlas & Compass)
- React (Web)
- Vite
- Tailwind CSS
- State & data: TanStack Query, Zustand
Platform & Infrastructure:
- Authentication: Firebase (synced with MongoDB)
- Storage:
- Cloudinary (short-term media handling)
- AWS S3 (long-term storage with immediate migration )
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions
- Security: CodeQL, Dependabot, basic OWASP-aligned practices
- LangChain (or similar orchestration frameworks)
- API-based LLM workflows
- Wallets, signing flows, token interactions-conversion
- On-chain vs off-chain boundaries
- (Deep smart contract development is not required)
Roles and Responsibilities
Back-End & Architecture (Primary):
- Build and maintain server-side services and APIs using Node.js and Express
- Design, implement, and optimize MongoDB schemas, indexes, and query patterns
- Own backend integrations including:
- Authentication (Firebase)
- Media storage (Cloudinary, AWS S3)
- Environment configuration and secrets management
- Logging and monitoring
- Define modular service boundaries aligned with T-World's product structure (widgets, modules, sub-features)
- Ensure backend reliability, performance, and scalability
Front-End Support (Secondary):
- Ship or support React components required to validate backend APIs, AI flows, or admin/internal tooling
- Collaborate with frontend engineers to ensure clean API contracts and smooth UI backend interactions
- Maintain code quality via pull requests, documentation, and shared standards
- Integrate AI workflows across modules (UI API AI DB)
- Support AI-powered experiences such as:
- Assistants
- Search
- Content generation
- Ensure safe and reliable AI integrations, including:
- Error handling and fallbacks
- Latency and timeout management
- Rate limiting and caching
- Prompt and version management
- Traceable outputs for debugging and evaluation
Delivery, Security & Operations:
- Support CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
- Follow secure practices for:
- Secrets and key management
- Access control and offboarding hygiene
- Contribute to deployment, monitoring, and operational stability
Knowledge, Skills & Attitude Requirements
Technical Knowledge & Skills:
- Strong experience with Node.js and backend design patterns
- Strong experience with MongoDB (schema design, indexing, aggregation, performance tuning)
- Solid working knowledge of Express.js
- Comfort working with React for integration-level UI tasks
- Familiarity with REST APIs, server-side architecture, and environment configuration
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Clear communication and collaboration across teams
- Ability to prioritize, execute, and deliver with attention to detail
- Ownership mindset and comfort working in a fast-paced environment
- Strong alignment with Tongston's mission, values, and culture. Learn more about Tongston's culture
Nice-to-Have Knowledge & Skills:
- Exposure to AI integrations (LangChain or similar)
- Familiarity with Web3 integration workflows (wallets, signing, token flows)
- Experience with background jobs, queues, or serverless patterns
- Exposure to cloud infrastructure (AWS)
- Monthly professional fee of NGN200,000.
- A monthly Remote Productivity Support Package.
- A company-provided laptop and access to Tongston-funded platforms, software, licensed tools and other approved resources required to perform your role effectively.
- Pathway to full-time employment opportunity to secure additional benefits, including pension, HMO, statutory employee leave categories, promotion-based entitlements, and staff welfare benefits.
- Exposure to user research, product strategy, user journeys, wireframing, prototyping, usability testing, analytics-informed design improvement, and cross-functional product delivery across web, mobile and other digital platforms.
- Team-based execution and support, including an overall project management structure, reporting to a line manager, and collaboration within a sprint-based team workflow with defined weekly deliverables.
- A structured learning and growth pathway supported through twice-yearly performance review, development and growth conversations (January & July). If you join after a review cycle, your first review will take place in the next review window. The review helps you document and communicate how you've grown, developed and demonstrated being Valuable, Influential & Profitable.
- Learning & Development budget: NGN350,000 to support continuous upskilling, role-specific learning and broader professional development.
- Up to 10 working days of approved paid time away from active delivery annually.
- Eligible for the Tongston Annual Personnel High Performance Award which comes with cash prizes and certificates you can include in your profile for future jobs.
- Professional Visibility: listed on Tongston's website.
- Complimentary premium access to T-World, Tongston's integrated digital platform.
- Eligibility for discretionary performance-based bonus/allocation
- Participation in Tongston Academy sessions (scheduled periodically):
- Personal branding (includes CV/LinkedIn review)
- Personal finance & investing
- Sales, communication & networking
- Business development & strategy
- Project management, Cybersecurity awareness & Digital automation tools.