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


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 5 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

Job Description

• The Senior Backend Engineer will be tasked with troubleshooting and improving current backend applications and processes and building new applications to streamline and enhance internal and external processes.


• The role holder will use his or her understanding of programming languages and tools to analyze current code and industry developments, formulate more efficient processes, solve problems, and create a more seamless experience for users.

Responsibilities

• Take full responsibility for products while they are in development and issues that arise when they are in use.


• Performs hands-on coding using Java 17 & unit testing.


• Interact with tech lead to understand technology direction/changes, standards and best practices.


• Resolve technical issues for designers and developers during product lifecycle.


• Designs, develops, and implements web-based Java applications to support business requirements. Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, and performs program coding and testing.


• Resolves technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation.


• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks.


• Contribute to the design and develops high-quality software for large scale Java/Spring Batch/Micro-service applications.


• Perform unit and system testing of application code as well as execution of implementation activities.


• Analyze business requirements, and create technical design documents that are in accordance with the company's architecture standards.


• Ensures that expected application performance levels are achieved. Designs, codes, tests, debugs, documents, maintains, and modifies computer programs of high complexity, significance, and risk.


• Performs and/or leads design, coding, testing, implementation, and documentation of solution. Develops basic and detailed program specifications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree


• Minimum 5 years software engineering core backend experience preferably in a financial technology company.


• Proficiency in Java 17, Spring, Spring Boot, REST, JSON, Micro Services, 12 Factor Apps.


• Experience with Microservices is a nice to have.


• Ability to design, develop and implement scalable, elastic microservice-based platforms


• Demonstrated knowledge of token-based authentication protocol and Security Coding Standards.


• Excellent problem solving/troubleshooting skills on Java 17 technologies


• Experience using Ziphster for Microservice development will be added advantage).


• Proficiency in the following general areas: Java 17 Spring Framework, Ziphster, DevOps pipeline and Github.


• Experience with RESTful services, Rabbit MQ/Kafka/Kinesis, JSON, Unix Scripting.


• Core development experience in large-scale enterprise Java applications using Spring Framework.


• Experience in using PostgreSQL database.

Benefits

• MacBook Pro


• Flexible working hours


• Remote friendly


• Health Insurance


• Team building events


• Paid Leave Days.