Wasoko Principal Engineer - Software Jobs in Kenya

Wasoko Principal Engineer - Software Jobs in Kenya

About the Role

We are looking for an individual who has a deep interest and passion for innovation, and quick technology prototyping and loves solving problems, designing, coding, and owning/validating small-scale hypotheses/pilots/projects while working with people who will keep challenging you at every stage. You also have strong problem-solving, analytical, decision-making, and excellent communication abilities with interpersonal skills.

You should be self-driven and motivated with the desire to work in a fast-paced, results-driven agile environment with varied responsibilities and also have to provide technical leadership and mentoring to a small team of highly talented and motivated engineers to deliver these solutions with the highest quality.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Full Stack Engineering Member - Innovate (disruptive & continuous improvements) to the processes, systems, tools & products.

Designing and building quick-function, scalable & simple working prototypes

Serve as a technical lead on our most demanding, cross-functional innovation projects.

Ability to clearly communicate high-level strategy and technical details effectively across disciplines, locations, and organizations, including senior leadership.

Ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems.

Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straightforward solutions.

Fully and completely understand system interdependencies and limitations.

Leverage knowledge of internal and industry in design decisions.

Mentor other engineers, define our technical culture and help build a fast-growing team

Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience.

Proven team leadership, interpersonal skills, and ability to get things

done

Requirements:

10+ years prior experience in software product, innovation & lab development.

Masters / Degree in Computer Science or Related Field from premier institutes.

Must have:

Experience in a wide range of technology choices

Strong experience in architecting and building distributed systems

Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance

Strong knowledge of cloud technologies like AWS/Google Cloud/Azure

Proficient with RDBMS & NoSQL Databases

Strong knowledge of data stores, database design, data modelling, and SQL queries.

Strong knowledge of one or more big data processing stacks

Enforcing excellent code quality

Experience working on one or more large-scale applications/platforms

Driving Non-Functional Requirements

Should be proficient in Server Side (Java/Linux/J2EE) technologies

Experience in handling complex production issues

Good to have:

Knowledge of B2B & B2C retail e-Commerce

Experience developing, maintaining, and innovating large-scale, consumer-facing web applications.

DevOps mindset.

Experience in data science is plus

Experience in Spring boot or any good framework.

How to Apply

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