Current Job Vacancies at Opera Software Nigeria
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.
We strive to develop superior products and services for our users around the world, through state-of-the-art technology, innovation, leadership and partnerships.
Opera Software is looking for a qualified candidate to join the growing Opera Payments engineering team for the position below:
Job Title: Graphics Designer, Opera - OPay
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-Time
Job Descriptions
- We are looking for a passionate and engaged graphic designer with experience in advertising or marketing graphic design to join our design team. Web and mobile application visual design experience is a plus. The position is in Lagos, Nigeria and is part of the global Opera Payment Product 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 design team, you will work in close collaboration with the marketing team. Design deliverables will include, but are not limited to: campaigns, ad creation and placement, social media content, product launches, image retouches, packaging, and more. It is essential that the right candidate can articulate design rationally, verbally, and visually. You have the proven ability to work in a team of creatives with a hands-on approach from receiving the briefing to the final execution.
- 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
- Create graphic design (e.g. campaign posters, banners) aligned with our brand’s look and feel across all channels (e.g. online site, social media, stores)
- Create print material (e.g. poster, notepads, packaging)
- Help design digital projects (e.g. Android/iOS mobile application visual design, website design)
- Design and polish presentation decks based on corporate visual identity
- Fulfill several project requests simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines
- Be able to take initiative, be creative and curious, be able to organize design review meetings, and collect feedback from other teammates and from end users
- Communicate and collaborate with other cross-functional teammates
Requirements
- Minimum 2 years of experience working with graphic design
- B.Sc. in Design or a related field, or demonstrated design knowledge in equivalent practical experience
- Skills in SketchApp and Adobe Creative Suite
- Strong planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Intellectual curiosity to explore and push the limits of graphic design and art work
- Self-motivated and capable of working independently
- 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
- Motion design
- User experience design
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: State Manager
Location: Nigeria
Responsibilities
- Work with Beijing team and local marketing team to develop effective growth strategies and launch offline campaigns across the state.
- Supervise campus ambassors from each university. May involve traveling across the state to ensure efficient budget allocation and progress reporting.
- Report campaign progress and key metric performance analysis to provide timely feedback.
- Organize ad hoc marketing research and provide target user insight. Adjust campaign strategies accordingly if neccesarry.
- Work with Online Marketing team to leverage integrated marketing to drive greatest user growth.
Qualifications
- Language: Professional working proficiency in English required. Proficiency in local languages a plus.
- Experience: Should have at least 6 months experience in a similar role, preferably at a multinational tech company or local tech startup. Track record of success and proven results of growing online user base through managing offline marketing campaigns required. On campus marketing experience preferred. A/B Testing and Data Analytics experience a Plus.
- Skillset: Outstanding project management and coordination skills required. Should be resourceful in connecting with offline marketing channels.
- Preferred qualities: Familiar with Nigerian and international feed news apps and social apps. Familiar with changing consumer and market trends.
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: System Administrator, Opera - Payments Platform
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-Time
Job Descriptions
- The ideal candidate should be able to work together with the developers, development and operations engineers, project leads, and the security team to grow and improve our cloud infrastructure; automate and document changes resolve incidents; and provide developers with necessary cloud infrastructure, license management, and office infrastructure support.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Improve and scale infrastructure in AWS according to the needs of the project
- Resolve incidents
- Cooperate with the security team to ensure that our setup remains secure
- Provide technical support for the developers
- Integrating and migrating legacy infrastructure to the cloud
- Managing licenses, hardware inventory and local infrastructure
Requirements
- B.Sc. or M.Sc. in IT or equivalent experience
- Self-motivated, structured, quality-driven, and able to take initiative
- Strong systems administration experience with Linux
- Deep understanding of the network stack and traffic routing
- Experience with AWS services, such as ECS, EC2, and EBS
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken, and good communication skills
Ideal Job Requirements
- Experience in “infrastructure-as-a-code” platforms (Terraform, etc)
- Hands-on experience with docker containers orchestration
- Programming skills in scripting languages (Python/JavaScript)
- MongoDB administration experience
- Version control systems (GIT)
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: User Experience Designer
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-Time
Job Descriptions
- 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.
- 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 Product Department.
- 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.
- 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
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply