Software Engineer at Interswitch

Job Description

• We are looking for a Software Engineer to design, code, test, analyse and manage software programs and applications that drive the Interswitch’s strategy, product owners and third-party business

Technical Strategy and Planning:

• Assists other software engineers, analysts, and designers in conceptualizing and developing new software programs and applications.
• Plans phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC) for a variety of projects.
• Assists in the preparation and documentation of software requirements and specifications.
• Performs research on the requirements of software users and documents findings to serve.
• Works closely with the Team Leader, Business Analyst and Product Owner for understanding the functional and system requirements.

Acquisition and Deployment:

• 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.

Operational Management:

• Consistently writes, translate, and code software programs and applications according to specifications and PCIDSS standards
• Works closely with the QA team, Product Management team, and the Research and Development manager to ensure quality and timely software development within his/her responsibilities
• 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
• Updates tasks on JIRA
• 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 (API)
• 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

Education and Experience

• Minimum of Bachelor's Degree / HND in Computer/System/ Electrical/ Electronic Engineering/ Applied physics/ Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Relevant certification such as ISTQB Foundation Level or above, ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional), MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) or CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Administrator); MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist).
• Minimum of three (3) years in a similar function with a focus on IT Quality control