Software Developer at Insidify

Department: Technology  
Specialization(s): Software/Web Development
Reports to: The Senior software developer (or the CTO should the former be unavailable).
 
Job Summary

• The talented members of this team do not just write codes and debug, they make a significant impact on the design and development to testing of all our solutions; building functional programmes.
• You are able to work independently with little supervision, possessing an excellent organizational and problem-solving skills in addition to a hands-on experience in development and agile methodologies.
• Our operation is fast-paced and collaborative.
• You are not just an individual, you are part of a collaborative and highly visible team that works on unique, fast-paced technology solutions/projects.
• You will be empowered within this open and dynamic environment to contribute to the team in delivering quality and exceeding expectations. Leveraging your experience; you create and maintain software products.
• You also develop products for our clients, and offer excellent technical support.
• With keen eye for details and problem-solving skills, you work with other developers, software implementation lead, testers, and more; using only accepted and pre-defined coding languages where your goal is to to develop high-quality software that is aligned with user needs and business goals.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Work closely with the team to develop software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle.
• Demonstrate and document solutions by developing documentation, design algorithms, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
• Produce clean, efficient code based on specifications
• Analyse and resolve software errors or bugs accurately on time and provide required status report update
• Integrate software components and third party programmes
• Verify and deploy programmes and systems
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software
• Gather and evaluate user feedback
• Recommend and execute improvements
• Create technical documentation for reference and reporting
• Develop high-quality software design and architecture
• Identify, prioritize and execute tasks in the software development lifecycle
• Review and debug code
• Perform validation and verification testing
• Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to fix and improve products
• Collaborate to ensure software is up-to-date with latest technologies
• Suggest, plan and implement software improvements and upgrades
• Supply design and development projects on time and within budget
• Analyse and resolve software errors accurately on time and provide required status report update
• Liaise in the development of new software applications, coordinating developers, analysts and designers
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of user manuals and guidelines
• Implement software products for end users to meet standard
• Support and assist junior/intern software developer, testers and analysts
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification and Person Specification

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or any related fields
• Demonstrate competencies required as a Software Developer/Engineer
• Proven experience in software development and scripting
• Experience with UI frameworks
• Proven ability to manage stress and work within strict timelines
• Ability to work independently and multi-task effectively
• Demonstrated understanding of projects from the perspective of both client and business
• Flexible and willing to accept a change in priorities as necessary
• Excellent communication skills
• Resourcefulness and troubleshooting aptitude
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Passion for excellent customer service

Required Skills and Competencies
All core competencies plus:

• Experience using system monitoring tools and automated testing frameworks
• Knowledge of selected programming languages (Java, Laravel, PhP)
• Demonstrates knowledge of relational databases
• Familiarity with various operating systems (Linus, Mac OS, Windows)
• Possess analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude
• Agile Software Development (Familiarity with Agile development methodologies)
• Experience with software design and development in a test-drive environment
• Experience with databases and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks
• Proven ability to learn new languages and technologies
• Ability to analyze and document a project’s business requirements and translate those requirements into functional and technical specifications
• Proven ability to manage stress and work within strict timelines
• Ability to work independently and multi-task effectively
• Ability to understand projects from the perspective of both client and business