Farsight Africa Group Software Developer Jobs in Kenya

Farsight Africa Group Software Developer Jobs in Kenya

About Farsight Group:

Farsight Africa Group is an advisory and implementation company that provides services in Public Sector Advisory, Technology and Innovation, M&E Research and Learning, Human Resources and Strategic Communications. Our clients include governments, regional administrations, development organizations and private companies.

Farsight Africa has strategically focused on three key products that respond to technological needs of fragile and developingstates, necessary for the digitization of government servicessuch as Revenue collection systems, e-government and HRMIS systems.

Farsight Africa Group focuses as well onbusiness solutions and insights that comprise of payment getaways, banking systems and E-commerce platforms.

Be the Strategy Behind the Game

Farsight is growing quickly and we’re looking for a Software Developer who will develop information systems by studying operations, designing, developing and installing software solutions; support and developing the software team.

The Senior Software Engineer will be a lead software developer with a team of developers responsible for building new software solutions for Public Sector, e-government, and supporting existing clients. Interested? Join us.

What You’ll Do as a Lead Software Engineer:

• Design algorithms and flowcharts to create new software programs and systems/portals.

• Develop and test software/portal to meet client’s needs.

• Developing and directing software system validation and testing methods.

• Provide information by collecting, analyzing and summarizing development and service issues

• Support and develop software engineers by providing advice, coaching and educational opportunities

• Proactively research operational challenges for our highest priority products and services and design and develop automation-based solutions for your findings.

• Ensure solutions are developed under the highest industry standards and meet production readiness criteria for global 24/7 operation.

• Collaborate extensively with R&D teams to guide them in implementing resilience and scalability requirements and educate them on how to employ the developed tools and frameworks

• Lead by example by mentoring other engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and over-the-shoulder debugging to support the team’s objectives and contribute efficiently to their career development goals

What You’ll Bring:

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer and web development

• Master's degree in the appropriate field of study

• A passion for building robust software systems using raw coding, ready-to-use libraries, and open source frameworks to accomplish large-scale goals and objectives.

• A proactive approach to your work and accomplishing your goals with a specific focus on taking initiative to support large-scale systems, processing millions of requests per day.

• Practical Knowledge in OOP language like C# Java and are eager to continue learning new languages.

• A familiarity and understanding of ELK, Grafana, DataDog, Bamboo, Jenkins, Spinnaker, and JFrog.

• Previous experience creating solutions for automated systems monitoring and related domain specifics.

Key Necessary Experience, Track Record:

• Previous track record of the software development of revenue collection systems

• A proven track record in solving CI/CD challenges is considered an advantage.

How to Apply

Kindly send your application letter and CV to jobs@farsightafrica.com before 10th August.

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