Junior Software Developer (J2EE) at Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company

Reporting To: Enterprise Application Developer (Team Lead)

Role Purpose

• The Junior Software Developer will work under the supervision of the Team Lead, Enterprise Application Development and will be accountable for developing and maintaining key modules of Integrated Software Solutions that deliver true business value.
• The incumbent must be familiar with Java programming.

Responsibilities

• Work in a team of software developers to carry out ongoing customization of the company’s integrated application system as well development of other web-based applications to support business processes and functions
• Deliver excellent code quality in a collaborative team environment, typically working in small development project groups
• Communicate as required with internal and external stakeholders within the company, to capture requirements and troubleshoot issues relating to development and support
• Liaise with other members of the software development team to collaborate on, and continuously improve the technical capabilities, processes and knowledge of the development team 

Minimum Qualifications

• B.Sc. Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
• Experience building and integrating mobile applications with enterprise application systems
• Experience with test-driven development

Technical Competencies:

• Proficient in Java, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns
• Expert level knowledge of Java, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Ability to learn new tools and technologies
• Experience in MySQL or PostgreSQL and excellent knowledge of SQL, and optimization
• Skill for writing reusable Java libraries
• Knowledge of concurrency patterns in Java
• Possess a firm grasp of algorithms and data structures
• Familiarity with concepts of MVC, JDBC, and RESTful  API development and web security
• Experience with popular web application frameworks, such as Play, Spring and spark
• Knack for writing clean, readable Java code
• Experience with both external and embedded databases
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Basic understanding of the class loading mechanism in Java
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Basic understanding of JVM, its limitations, weaknesses, and workarounds
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Familiarity with build tools such as Ant, Maven, and Gradle
• Familiarity with continuous integration

Behavioral Competencies:

• Flexible, motivated, able to adapt in a dynamic environment, able to communicate effectively with certain other development team members; pro-active in finding new ways for improvement