Software Engineer at Shell Petroleum Development Company

Reference ID: 120839BR
Locations: Lagos and Port Harcourt
Experience level: Experienced Professionals

The Role

• If you’re a driven IT professional who has gained valuable experience in role above, this is the chance to propel and develop your career.

Where you fit in

• Information technology is critical to Shell’s businesses in Nigeria continuing to help meet the world’s growing energy demand in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways.
• The IT function provides capabilities that continually improve the way our business is run and is focused on aligning and simplifying IT systems to increase customer satisfaction and business value.
• You’re going to be joining a team of talented IT and Digital professionals, who relish taking initiative, think innovatively, and ready to develop new skills to be successful in a dynamic multinational environment.

What are the role?

• We are looking for high-potential Software Engineer who will create huge impact to the growth of our business in Nigeria.
• The Software Engineer will be entrusted of the delivery of software, which may include new development, configuration and installation of third-party packages, and software integration efforts.
• You will be part of every section of the software development lifecycle, including software and website design, development, programming, and software deployment for both the installation and decommissioning of software.
• In this role, you will be working closely with our highly skilled data scientists, business users, project managers, and engineers in achieving elegant IT solutions.

What we need from you

• We’re keen to hear from passionate professionals who have strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• You must have excellent communication and presentation skills to effectively translate business insights to our stakeholders.
• You’re someone who is innovative and thinks out-of-the-box to be able to quickly link technical solutions with business strategy.

Ideally, you should have as many of the following as possible on your CV:

• Bachelor’s degree in any of IT, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, minimum 2nd class lower
• 3-7 years of corporate IT experience
• Agile project delivery experience
• Professional certifications related to business analysis, project or programme management, systems and software engineering
• Understanding of systems engineering concepts and data/process analysis and modelling
• Ability to document requirements and specifications
• Experience in development platforms such as HTML5 - Microsoft .Net, Microsoft .Net (Services and Windows), Linux, Java, Mobile Development (IOS), Mobile Development (Android), HTML5 - SAP Application Development, Service - SAP Application Development, COTS (Commercial Off the Shelf Software)
• Ability to develop software in Java, Ruby on Rails, C++ , Python or other programming languages
• Excellent knowledge of relational databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
• Experience developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (JSF, Wicket, GWT, Spring MVC)
• Proficiency in software engineering tools
• Knowledge of Oracle Database 11g/12c or the latest version, Microsoft SQL Server 2014/2016 or the latest version, and awareness of HANA Database, Sybase database, SAP Solution Manager, Linux/Windows/Scripting, and ITIL.