• Application Deadline:
• Position: Senior Software Engineer - Backend


• Job Type Full Time , Remote


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 5 years


• Location Not specified


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

JOB DESCRIPTION:  

• As a Senior Software Engineer, you work in a team that owns the design, development, and operations for mission-critical applications of the payments business.


• You are responsible for developing frontend applications using best practices.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Delivering complete features and maintaining existing ones.


• Design and implement scalable distributed systems using Kubernetes, Docker, and other tools in the Cloud Native landscape.


• Build configuration and deployment assets required to deploy and run the distributed applications.


• Work with the frontend and API engineers to define RESTful API Specifications.


• Creating self-contained, reusable, and testable microservices and components.


• Participating in Sprint Planning and tracking work items


• Work well with technical and non-technical people to deliver high-value results


• Ensure that all written code and architecture is high quality, scalable, and performant


• Take initiative in refactoring and keep things simple


• Take full ownership of a feature set, from the first discussion to going live.


• Using test-driven development to write well-tested code.


• Fixing bugs fast and taking your time to solve hard problems well.


• Prototyping new ideas to help with initial feature definition.


• Participating in architecture and code reviews.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

Must have experience:

• 5+ years of industry experience building and operating large-scale, highly available distributed systems.


• 5y+ Experience with Java/C# on large-scale projects.


• Strong knowledge of building cloud-native applications using Java, Spring, and Spring boot.


• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals.


• Confidence with the unit and automated functional testing in Spring boot.


• Experience building multi-tenant distributed SAAS applications is a strong plus.


• Experience with CI/CD.


• Experience with performance analysis and optimization in Java is a strong plus


• Proven software architecture experience.


• Ability to understand and break down large features into complete solutions.


• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work well with all levels of engineers and other disciplines.

Experience that will count in your favour: 

• You’ve mentored teammates on new ways to deepen their technical craft

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Personal attributes: 

• Proficient, autonomous, and rigorous behavior.