• Application Deadline:
• Position: Senior Software Engineer (Backend)


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 3 - 10 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

What We Need

• We are sourcing for a Backend Engineering Lead with specialty in core Java or/and Spring booth to work with our backend engineering team to complement the technical skills needed to serve as a key contributor in building and maintaining our core infrastructure and products development launch and scale.


• The candidate should have hands-on experience in software development and agile methodologies.


• S/he should be able to work independently with little or no supervision with an excellent organization and problem-solving skills.

What You Will Do

• Take ownership of technical solutions from coding, release, to production.


• Write clean and scalable codes to develop functional applications.


• Design and improve the maintainability of the code base through innovative design.


• Use technical skills to build amazingly exciting world-class products.


• Constantly communicate with diverse internal and external stakeholders in embracing agile practices.


• Seek to understand how the business work to identify risks (in code, features, and design).


• Diagnose complex issues across various levels of the stack.


• Understand the business context deeply and leverage engineering knowledge to propose creative solutions to problems.


• Work collaboratively to complete projects, showcase progress, and address problems.


• Mentor and coach junior and intermediate engineers within the Engineering team.


• Constantly improve to keep pace with new innovations and technologies.


• Balance deep work with cross-team collaboration.


• Work alongside front-end developers to produce efficient and user-friendly systems.


• Work on other tasks as assigned by the Engineering Leadership.

Requirements

• 5-10 years of cognate experience working with Java EE/Spring.


• Knowledge of Object-oriented Programming concepts.


• Good understanding of relational databases, and agile methodologies.


• Working knowledge of core data structures.


• Test-driven development (TDD) experience.


• Experience working with AWS, architecture, and design principles.


• Strong team leader and player, with the ability to improve knowledge and skills.


• Good Interpersonal, stakeholder management, and communication skills.


• Strong passion for Software Development.

Desired Skills:

• At least 3 years’ experience as a Senior Software Engineer.


• 7-10 years of experience in software development


• Experience using system monitoring tools (e.g. New Relic) and automated testing frameworks.


• In-depth knowledge of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases.


• Familiarity with various operating systems.


• Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude.


• Ability to work independently.


• Excellent organizational and leadership skills.


• BSc/BA in Computer Science or a related degree.