• Application Deadline: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Software Engineer


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 4 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

Job Description

• The role of Software Engineer – Senior Web Developer is responsible for the development of high-quality web solutions.


• This role requires participation in the development and maintenance activities of software and other digital applications or services.


• The incumbent will be expected to develop user-centered software and contribute to developing technical specifications.


• This role requires fundamentals in engineering practices, an analytical and data-driven approach to problem solving, while following DevOps, SRE and Cloud Based practices.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Follow Agile methodologies (SCRUM / Kanban)


• Work in a DevOps culture


• Work closely with multi-skilled and cross-functional teams e.g., architects, developers, UX designers, business


• Participates in team design, scoping and prioritization discussions


• Document & Design solutions at an Application Level with guidance from seniors


• Participates in team design, scoping and prioritization discussions


• Contributes to and develop technical specifications and software application architecture and designs


• Build cloud based functional web applications at an enterprise level


• Build Front-end and/or back-end solutions on the web digital channel/platform


• Implement complex Business Features and solutions autonomously


• Contribute to the technical roadmap and vision of the Digital & Data team


• Understand, communicate and/or translate complex procedures


• Writes secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects.


• Assumes responsibility for the state of the code you both inherit and produce.


• Responsible for getting designs and code reviewed,


• Writes unit tests and tests code thoroughly


• Classifies, stores, and handles data in accordance with Old Mutual policies


• Clearly documents software to ensure that future generations of developers understand the intention behind the features and components built.


• Knowledgeable of and implements coding design patterns


• Review and refactor code according to coding standards


• Refactor complex code to improve maintainability


• Provide after-hours support of applications (you build it, you run it)


• Understands the maintenance characteristics, runtime properties, and dependencies of the team’s software, including hardware platform, operating system and build dependencies.  


• In the event of a problem, troubleshoots, researches the root cause of problems, and thoroughly resolve defects. 


• Drive monitoring and alerting for solutions


• Continuously develop skills


• Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind teams' software.


• Work effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions


• Understand and contribute to the technical roadmap and vision of the Digital & Data team


• Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind the team’s software.


• Work effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions


• Research and share programming/technology-related advances to team(s)


• Build and test software prototypes


• Provide higher-level technical and programming support to fellow-developers/engineers


• Mentor and coach developers


• Research and recommend programming-related advances to team(s)


• Create and test software prototypes

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

• First degree with relevant tertiary qualification


• 4+ years of experience in web application development


• Knowledge of, and experience in web frameworks and technologies such as:
  
  
  
  • .Net Core 
  
  
  • NodeJS
  
  
  • Kotlin
  
  
  • Asp.Net Core framework
  
  
  • Angular / Vue.JS / REACT
  
  
  • HTML / CSS/ SCSS/ Sass / Javascript / Typescript
  
  
  • Relational and Document-based Databases e.g., Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, Mongo, Postgres etc.
  
  
  • Containerisation technologies e.g., Kubernetes, Docker
  
  
  • CI/CD Tools e.g., Jenkins, AWS Code Commit
  
  
  • AWS (preferred) or another cloud provider such as Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform
  
  
  • IaC technologies e.g., Terraform/Cloudformation
  
  
  • Data Visualization tools e.g.  Data Dog, Grafana or similar toolchain
  
  
  • Test-Driven Development is one of our key practices.
  
  
  • Performance testing tools e.g., Locust/Jmeter/Gatling etc.
  
  
  • Static Analysis / Code standards (Linting)
  
  
  • Contract testing (e.g., Postman, Neman)
  
  
  • Collaboration tools e.g., Confluence, Jira, Microsoft Teams, Slack
  
  
  
  

• Familiarity with architecture styles such as Microservice and Serverless architectures


• Critical thinking, root cause identification skills and attention to detail


• Ability to learn new technologies quickly


• Good communications skills and a team player


• Comfortable with pair programming


• Possess commercial and business awareness

COMPETENCIES

• Customer focus


• Multi-functional team collaboration


• Data-driven and attention to detail and big picture


• Action Oriented


• Continuous Improvement Management


• Automation


• Problem Finding and Solving


• Conflict management and resolution


• High EQ