• Application Deadline: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Lead Software Engineer


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA


• Experience 7 years


• Location Lagos


• City Victoria Island


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  


• Salary Range ₦400,000 - ₦500,000/month
  

Job Summary

• You will lead and manage the department to develop high quality reusable software component, for business-to-business integration, using international best practices and new best-in-class technologies, concepts and philosophy.


• Design, code, test, analyse and manage software programs and applications that drive Go-truck’s strategy, product owners and third-party business.


• In addition to designing software, web applications, and web services, you will also hire, train, and manage staff, create and oversee budgets, and make progress reports to senior management.

Responsibilities

• Support other software developers, analysts, and designers in conceptualizing and developing new software programs and applications


• Assist with planning phases of the Software Development Life Cycle for a variety of projects and prepares/review documents software requirements and specifications


• Conducts research on emerging application development software products, languages, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts


• Recommends, schedule, and performs software improvements and upgrades


• Runs and monitors software performance tests on new and existing programs for the purposes of correcting errors, isolating areas for improvement, and general debugging


• Administers critical analysis of test results and delivers solutions to problem areas


• Generates statistics and prepare and write reports for management and/or team members on the status of the programming process


• Ensures robust and sustainable enterprise social collaboration architecture for software development by monitoring matrices of the SOA, and fixing complaints/bugs logged by customers


• Assists in the development and maintenance of user manuals and guidelines for ease of use by the client/customers


• Installs software products for end users as required


• Creates and manages Application Programming Interface


• Writes programming scripts to enhance functionality and/or appearance of company Web site and/or related Web applications as necessary


• Removes code script from company Web site and/or related Web applications as necessary


• Liaises with network administrators, systems analysts, and software engineers to assist in resolving problems with software products or company software systems


• Manages and/or provides guidance to junior software developers and research assistants.

Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor's Degree / HND in Computer / System / Electrical / Electronic Engineering / Applied Physics / Computer Science or a related discipline


• 7 years’ experience in a software development function or role


• A Master’s Degree will be an added advantage


• Relevant certification such as ITIL, CCNP, MCP or CCNA, MCTS, OCA, OCP, OSCA, OSCP


• JavaScript and NodeJS experience and knowledge are required


• Experience with microservices and jobs will be a good advantage


• Relevant knowledge and experience in AWS ECS, SQS, S3


• System design patterns (microservices architecture)


• CI/CD, NoSql DB, Telematics, MQTT, Heroku, Docker


• Third party API integrations.

Skills & proficiencies:

• IT product knowledge and IT Service management


• Knowledge of client industry and business


• Experience and knowledge of logistics business


• Clear project goal and a basic understanding of the expertise level required


• Customer service orientation, Database analysis and administration


• Knowledge of help desk support, computer systems and office automation tools (i.e. MS. Office suites) etc.


• Leadership & team management


• Analytical & problem solving and Excellent Communication (written, verbal).