Cellulant Full Stack Software Engineer Jobs in Kenya
Cellulant Full Stack Software Engineer Jobs in Kenya
Job Vacancy: Full Stack Software Engineer
Cellulant is the leading one-stop digital payments company in Africa operating in 10 markets i.e. Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique; providing the glue connecting everyone to everything, every day.
To do this we are looking for qualified, passionate, dynamic and vibrant people to drive our strategy and agenda.
Role Summary:
Full Stack Software Engineer Software engineers are responsible for developing, managing or upgrading software.
They are experienced members of development teams and might take a lead role in software projects.
Their goal is to develop software that offers users high-quality performance and reliability.
Core Responsibilities:
Own the end to end software development of new and existing products
Debug, fix and verify reported issues within a given SLA (service level agreement)
Work with supervisor and peers to plan & prioritize the development and test strategy to ensure high quality and timely delivery of the fixes and tools
Contribute to the overall technical architecture to enhance and improve existing technical processes
Analyse data to measure the impact, effectiveness of current products which consequently will be used to make business decisions.
Drive for results, increasing our team’s impact as our processes and content identify issues more effectively.
Report in daily scrums on milestones, progress towards tasks, barriers needing attention, etc.
Work with designers and product managers to ensure that systems designs are feasible and build upon existing systems.
Be available to other teammates who may be building other systems, to maintain best practices and quality.
Work directly with our support team, customers and vendors to resolve issues.
Software Design
Estimate effort and time required to complete a task.
Analyse and critique requirements and make recommendations on possible solution designs.
Contribute towards establishing all possible options for designing and deriving the best solutions based on sound analytical judgment, team input and the customer’s’ best interest.
Research new technologies that push the boundaries and capabilities of design and provide insight.
Assist in continual improvement of software configuration management process.
Software Development
Accountable for optimization-focused design to ensure that all code is written with high availability and high-impact.
Accountable for efficiency-focused software that serves to ensure that all code is highly reusable and modular.
Develop push and pull data interfaces using the latest web and data sharing technologies
Develop software according to functional and technical design specifications and maintain a “common sense” approach that serves to recognize potential design gaps and provide insight into closing them.
Develop patches and defect fixes
Documentation
Author technical design documentation that fully defines all application code and the underlying methodology for the design decisions made.
Author user documentation for any projects/products worked on.
Product Testing
Provide feedback on test cases and test coverage to the quality assurance team.
Review code for potential performance issues, re usability, and/or anomalies.
Detail unit testing of code.
Perform and assist with quality
assurance activities as needed.
Product Support
Assess, troubleshoot, document and resolve issues
Troubleshoot client problems both remotely and on site.
Research and identify cause of reported defects and issues.
Develop and contribute to the improvement of maintenance procedures
Adhere to the terms of the Operating Level Agreement.
Reporting
Recording of time spent and tasks
Escalating any issues identified
Guidance and Mentoring
Participate in peer reviews
Arrange and execute training for other teams
Key Performance Indicators:
Ensure relevant documents are created, updated and shared
Ensure all development follows set standards, guidelines and meets requirements
Ensure set processes and policies are followed
Ensure product/project design and development is done with foresight, longevity and scalability in mind
Accurately report activities and achievements made
Ensure activities and tasks are delivered within allocated time with little or no issues or defects
Experience / Skills
Diploma or Degree in IT, Computer Science or related fields of study or 4+ years of industry software engineering experience
Exposure in design disciplines and processes, such as client server solution architecture, MVC Models, OOP or High-performance solutions.
Experience in at least 2 backend programming languages e.g. Java, C, C++, C#, Perl, Python, VB.Net, shell e.t.c.
Experience in at least 2 presentation languages e.g. ASP, PHP (Laravel/Lumen), Ruby, JSP/JSF, Android, Objective C e.t.c
Experience in Web presentation languages and frameworks e.g. html, CSS, Javascript (Node/Angular/Vue/React + Redux), ExtJS, Zend, jQuery, Code-ignitor, Yii e.t.c
Experience in at least 1 database management systems e.g. MySql, Oracle, Postgresql, SQlite, MS- SQL e.t.c
Experience using Agile software development techniques and tools e.g. SCRUM/Kanban, version control (Github/Subversion), Test Driven Development, continuous integration, docker e.t.c
Experience in consuming public APIs for at least one public service e.g. Google APIs
Experience using collaborative software tools such as SVN, GIT, CVS, Mercurial, e.t.c
Experience in data and database design standards and processes
Experience in customer engagement and Issue resolution.
Experience in Office Tools for publishing and presentation preparation. In depth understanding of spreadsheet manipulation and reporting.
Experience in system support, support processes, tools and reports.
Motivated engineer who can learn and implement on evolving and new technologies
Superior problem solving, debugging and troubleshooting skills with the ability to clearly explain complex bugs/issues
Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks concurrently and competently
Familiarity with Linux and Linux software development tools
How to Apply
Send your CV in PDF, email subject: Full Stack Software Engineer to jobs@cellulant.com before 15th April 2019.
Hiring will be done on a rolling basis.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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