liwwa is building a high-tech infrastructure for lending to small and medium businesses in emerging markets. To date, we've underwritten more than $45 million in loans to over 1000 businesses in Jordan and Egypt. We've utilized computer vision, statistical modeling, and machine learning to augment our efficiencies across the board. We are now looking for a Director of Engineering to lead our technology teams in Amman. About liwwa’s technology culture: liwwa’s stack is built mainly using Python technologies, although we utilize non-python specialized tools where appropriate (such as R for data exploration). Our production servers are all hosted on AWS. We have a strong DevOps culture, where we treat our infrastructure as code, and every engineer is capable of shepherding their product from inception to production, including provisioning necessary infrastructure. We utilize continuous deployment/continuous integration workflows and deploy to production a few times a day...
26/11/2020
Full time
liwwa is building a high-tech infrastructure for lending to small and medium businesses in emerging markets. To date, we've underwritten more than $45 million in loans to over 1000 businesses in Jordan and Egypt. We've utilized computer vision, statistical modeling, and machine learning to augment our efficiencies across the board. We are now looking for a Director of Engineering to lead our technology teams in Amman. About liwwa’s technology culture: liwwa’s stack is built mainly using Python technologies, although we utilize non-python specialized tools where appropriate (such as R for data exploration). Our production servers are all hosted on AWS. We have a strong DevOps culture, where we treat our infrastructure as code, and every engineer is capable of shepherding their product from inception to production, including provisioning necessary infrastructure. We utilize continuous deployment/continuous integration workflows and deploy to production a few times a day...
liwwa (liwwa.com) is a fintech startup that provides trade and asset finance to small and medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) based in Jordan and Egypt, recently voted top 20 fintech startups in the Middle East by Forbes. liwwa owns and operates a loan marketplace which allows qualifying lenders to buy SME debt. The focus of our work is on finding high quality borrowers whose businesses will grow with the right access to funding and our mission is to achieve job and income growth and positive social impact across the MENA region. liwwa is looking to hire a Credit Analyst to support the Credit function by analyzing credit data and financial information to determine the degree of risk involved. Main Responsibilities: Performing credit review and risk assessment analysis of various types of SME loans such as Working Capital, factoring, etc. Interpreting financial and cash flow statements and performing financial analysis. Guiding and advising relevant internal teams...
19/11/2020
Full time
liwwa (liwwa.com) is a fintech startup that provides trade and asset finance to small and medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) based in Jordan and Egypt, recently voted top 20 fintech startups in the Middle East by Forbes. liwwa owns and operates a loan marketplace which allows qualifying lenders to buy SME debt. The focus of our work is on finding high quality borrowers whose businesses will grow with the right access to funding and our mission is to achieve job and income growth and positive social impact across the MENA region. liwwa is looking to hire a Credit Analyst to support the Credit function by analyzing credit data and financial information to determine the degree of risk involved. Main Responsibilities: Performing credit review and risk assessment analysis of various types of SME loans such as Working Capital, factoring, etc. Interpreting financial and cash flow statements and performing financial analysis. Guiding and advising relevant internal teams...
liwwa (liwwa.com) is a fintech startup that provides trade and asset finance to small and medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) based in Jordan and Egypt. liwwa owns and operates a loan marketplace which allows qualifying lenders to buy SME debt. The focus of our work is on finding high quality borrowers whose businesses will grow with the right access to funding and our mission is to achieve job and income growth and positive social impact across the MENA region. liwwa is looking to hire a Relationship Officer to join the Sales team to support in expanding liwwa’s portfolio of customers. Main Responsibilities: Focusing on lending to the repeat borrowers. Working with the Team Leader to identify existing clients that require follow up. Managing a portfolio of accounts exceeding USD 3 Million (direct facilities). Visiting and presenting liwwa’s financial products to prospective clients. Cross-selling liwwa’s range of products and services. Maintaining the relationship with...
04/11/2020
Full time
liwwa (liwwa.com) is a fintech startup that provides trade and asset finance to small and medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) based in Jordan and Egypt. liwwa owns and operates a loan marketplace which allows qualifying lenders to buy SME debt. The focus of our work is on finding high quality borrowers whose businesses will grow with the right access to funding and our mission is to achieve job and income growth and positive social impact across the MENA region. liwwa is looking to hire a Relationship Officer to join the Sales team to support in expanding liwwa’s portfolio of customers. Main Responsibilities: Focusing on lending to the repeat borrowers. Working with the Team Leader to identify existing clients that require follow up. Managing a portfolio of accounts exceeding USD 3 Million (direct facilities). Visiting and presenting liwwa’s financial products to prospective clients. Cross-selling liwwa’s range of products and services. Maintaining the relationship with...
